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Horseshoe Lake 16

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A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image taken from within a Red Zoned home on Kingsford st. Residents still living here and have written poems on the walls of the lounge.

Horseshoe Lake 18

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A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of a Red Zoned home being demolished on Kingsford street. Photo looking North West.

Dallington 10

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A photograph showing Jean Sprott in her 'red zoned' home, soon to be demolished following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.

Dallington 1

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A photograph captioned, "So they gradually go".

Caption reads: "I lived in London all through the Blitz, you get used to these things. Living here after the earthquakes didn’t bother me. I had a small battery operated radio and the neighbour lent me her generator. Initially I used it to run the fridge but after a while I couldn’t get it started. I don’t want to move, to be quite honest. There’s nothing that will be able to replace the life I built here."

Dallington 17

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A photograph showing earthquake damage in a Dallington resident's home, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.

Dallington 14

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A photograph showing a window in a 'red zoned' home in Dallington, Christchurch following the February 2011 earthquake.

Bexley 16

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Caption reads: "We all wish we could stay here. We want them to repair our homes, but they say they won't and you know nothing will change their minds."

Dallington 17

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A photograph captioned, "I guess the only good thing that came out of the earthquake is that we know the residents better. It definitely bought people together, and the support was incredible. If you didn't know your neighbours before, you definitely knew them after the quake. We made friends out of this".

Bexley 8

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Caption reads: "Bexley was a hidden gem. A diamond in the rough. It was a paradise, a place where you could hear the sea and smell the salt."

Bexley 13

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Caption reads: "We were meant to live here all our lives, our working life, our retirement. That’s no longer possible."

Dallington 21

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A photograph captioned, "See, Dallington still is beautiful".

Bexley 6

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Caption reads: "We wanted a home where we could retire and live the rest of our lives."

Follow the Red Brick Path

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Recently we’ve been working in Lyttelton at the intersection of Canterbury and Winchester Streets for the installation of a replacement stormwater. While Lyttelton isn’t exactly over the rainbow, for archaeologists it is a pretty fantastic place to discover heritage and … Continue reading →

Empowered Christchurch Letter to Gerry Brownlee 1

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A copy of a letter from Empowered Christchurch which was sent to Gerry Brownlee, Minsiter for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, on 15 April 2014. The letter lodges an Official Information Act request about the remediation of land that is subject to liquefaction and flooding.

Anecdotes from the appraisalists

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Call us appraisalists, historical researchers, or even cyber archaeologists. Most of our day consists of using a wide variety of historical material to pull together the histories of sites around Canterbury (and to make sure those archaeologists in the field … Continue reading →

All Right? Pasifika: Polyfest T-Shirt Mock-up

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An PDF copy of a t-shirt design for Polyfest 2015. The front of the shirt includes the Polyfest Canterbury 2015 logo. The back includes the All Right? And CPH Pacific Health logos, beneath the text, "It's all right to love your Pacific culture".

All Right? Resources: Tiny Adventures Invite

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A PDF copy of an invitation to the launch of Tiny Adventures. The invitation reads, "Psst... Be a part of a Tiny Adventure! Come along for the grand unveiling of a wee Canterbury gem that's set to make a big difference to Kiwi parents".

The Space Between Words - Exhibition Panel 12: Wendy Griffiths

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A pdf copy of panel 12 of Guy Frederick's 'The Space Between Words' exhibition. The panel includes text from an interview with Wendy Griffiths about her experiences of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Above this is an image of Griffiths on a beach.

Allons creuser! Let’s go digging!

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Working in archaeology here in New Zealand we most often encounter the material remains of Māori settlement and colonisation by the British Empire in the 19th century. Groups such as the New Zealand Company and the Canterbury Association laid out … Continue reading →

A local Lyttelton landmark lives on

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

This week on the blog, we look at what we found beneath a local landmark in the community of Lyttelton: the newly refurbished Albion Square. The Albion Square, on the corner of London and Canterbury streets, is home of the … Continue reading →

Finding out more, under the floor

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Recently, Peter Mitchell, one of our building archaeology specialists, recorded a 19th century residential dwelling just on the edge of Christchurch’s Central City. This dwelling was similar in form and function to others we have seen in Canterbury – it … Continue reading →