Today’s post presents the story of William Bowen, a prominent Christchurch builder, as told by his residence at 441 Madras Street. Archaeologists recorded this building using building archaeology techniques before and during its post-earthquake demolition. 441 Madras Street was initially … ...
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 7 May 2013 entitled, "My Thoughts on the Rebuild of Christchurch".
- Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown’s School Days, 1857 It’s hard to picture what many of Christchurch’s buildings looked like before the earthquake. For many locals the torn down remains of a building or an empty lot remind them of a … Continue reading →
A PDF copy of pages 246-247 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'The Earthquake in Chile'. Photos: Sharon Mazer. With permission from Free Theatre.
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 28 December 2013 entitled, "Christchurch Christmas 2013".
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 22 February 2013.
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 3 July 2013.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 21 May 2013.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 1 January 2013.
A PDF copy of pages 282-283 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Co-Location of Secondary Schools in Christchurch Post 22 February 2011 Earthquake'. Photo: Phil Arvidson. With permission: St Bede's, Marian College and the Ministry of Education.
A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Wednesday 27 March 2013.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 17 September 2013.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 27 March 2013.
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 30 July 2013.
A transcript of Rev Darryl Tempero's interview for the Church in the Quakes Project. The interview was conducted by Melissa Parsons on 3 October 2012. At the time, Darryl Tempero was a Minister at Hope Presbyterian Hornby, the Presbyterian Earthquake Coordinator, and the Co-Chair of Christchurch Post Earthquake Churches' Forum.
A PDF copy of pages 280-281 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Temporary Housing'. Photos: Tessa Peach
A blog post from Moya Sherriff about her sixth month as Intern for the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre (CCCRC). In this post Sherriff interviews Jane Teal, the Archivist of the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch, about her experiences rescuing the archive after the earthquakes and moving in to the Recovery Centre. This blog post was downloaded on 18 November 2014.