Christchurch Press 3 November 2014: Christchurch Stands Tall Sculpture Tra…

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Pages 1 and 4 of a Christchurch Stands Tall sculpture trail map in the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 3 November 2014.

Christchurch Press 3 November 2014: Christchurch Stands Tall Sculpture Tra…

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Pages 2 and 3 of a Christchurch Stands Tall sculpture trail map in the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 3 November 2014.

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 162-163: Stand Your Ground

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A PDF copy of pages 162-163 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Stand Your Ground'. Photos: Gap Filler

The Cabman’s Last Stand and the Triumph of the Taxi

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Cobb & Co, Corner of Cashel and High Streets c. 1880. Source: Christchurch City Libraries Photo Collection 22, Img 00803, Private Collection For as far back as 1856, when the first hansom cab p…

Dalgety’s Building, Cathedral Square 1928

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The streets are quiet – a parked car sits outside Dalgety’s, a lone tram rumbles towards the tram sheds and a tired delivery horse stands with his head bowed, eating chaff from his feed…

Day’s Hotel, Sumner c. 1888

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On an empty beach near Sumner, a young boy and his Irish Spaniel stand at the shoreline as the photographer captures the moment. Further down the beach, beneath the original formation of Clifton Sp…

Flax, Coffee, Tea and Chicory – the Trent Brothers’ Christchurch Empire

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It is ten days before Christmas, 1877 and two brothers, Frederick and James Trent, stand expectantly before the Reverend Henry Crocker Marriott Watson at altar in St John the Baptist Church, Latime…

Deutsche Kirche, corner of Worcester and Montreal Streets, 1880

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It is the year 1880 and Wilhelmina Arnst and John Christian Aschen have just married in the Deutsche Kirche, on the corner of Worcester and Montreal Streets. They stand outside on the street with t…

Holly Lea – a Rich Man’s Folly?

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An elderly man, dressed in a plum coloured suit and bow tie, stands gazing at his nearly completed home. It is September 1900, and this is no ordinary home, it is reputed to be the largest wooden r…

Built with earthquakes in mind – St. Michael and All the Angels Church c.1…

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The Anglican church of St. Michael and All the Angels, at 84 Oxford Terrace, stands on the site of the first church the Canterbury Association’s settlers built in 1851.   Perhaps there a…

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 106-107: COCA Windows Pro…

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A PDF copy of pages 106-107 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'COCA Windows Project'. Photos: Ed Lust, Chloe Geoghegan. With permission: COCA Gallery.

All Right? Pasifika: I Am... Identity Poster 18

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An PDF copy of a poster featuring young Pacific Cantabrians. The poster reads, "Be brave, surprise yourself and inspire others. Great things can happen when we dream big and stand together. The poster is from the All Right? I am ... Identity project, which sought to celebrate identity and its importance to Pacific youth and their wellbeing.