Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together concert in Hagley Park for earthquake relief. Christchurch mayor Bob Parker playing guitar on stage with The Bats".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together concert in Hagley Park for earthquake relief. Christchurch mayor Bob Parker playing guitar on stage with The Bats".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together concert in Hagley Park for earthquake relief. A couple lie in the grass and listen to the music".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together concert in Hagley Park for earthquake relief. Christchurch mayor Bob Parker (middle) playing guitar on stage with The Bats".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Prime Minister John Key talks to media about a relief funding package. Behind is Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together concert in Hagley Park for earthquake relief. Christchurch mayor Bob Parker (middle) playing guitar on stage with The Bats".
PO Frankham on board the HMNZS Otago in Lyttelton. The ship travelled to Lyttelton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help in the relief effort.
PO Frankham on board the HMNZS Otago in Lyttelton. The ship travelled to Lyttelton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help in the relief effort.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together concert in Hagley Park for earthquake relief. Jordan Luck (left) and Ray Colombus (middle) lead the artists at the finale".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together concert in Hagley Park for earthquake relief. Jordan Luck (left) and Ray Colombus (middle) lead the artists at the finale".
Shows three new houses sinking into liquefaction after another series of strong aftershocks in early January. A sign reads 'Parklands' and an observer confidently asserts that it is safe to rebuild. Context: the suburb of Parklands in north east Christchurch has been badly damaged by liquifaction. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Text at top left reads 'Earthquake... aftershock... or "new event"... one thing remains constant...' Below is a snail with 'EQC payments' printed on its shell. Context - This is a reference to the problems that Christchurch people are having in getting payments from the EQC (Earthquake Commission) Disgruntled tradespeople who are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by EQC are considering legal action. Remaining unpaid can mean that companies may have to consider laying people off. The Amalgamated Workers Union says delays in EQC payments for housing repair work in quake-hit Christchurch are building to a crisis point. Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together concert in Hagley Park for earthquake relief. Prime Minister John Key and Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker back stage watching The Bats".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Teeing off: Storeman Wayne Smith at the 12th hole of the Contact Wairakei Charity Golf Tournament for the Canterbury Earthquake Relief Fund. Held earlier this month, the tournament raised more than $8000 for the Canterbury Earthquake Relief Fund. In total more than $30,000 was raised for three charities at this year's annual tournament held at the Taupo Golf Club. As well as the $8200 raised for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Fund, two local charities Taupo Big Brother Big Sister and the Taupo Therapy Centre, each received $11,000 each from this year's fundraising effort".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together concert in Hagley Park for earthquake relief. Jade Fitzgerald (2 1/2 years old) stands on a cooler to get a better view".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ernie Schoenfeld takes advantage of the 15 minute acupuncture session from Piedad Barillas. The New Zealand College of Chinese Medicine (NZCCM) opened its doors for Earthquake Trauma Relief day to help people move on from the September 4 M7.1 Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ernie Schoenfeld takes advantage of the 15 minute acupuncture session from Piedad Barillas. The New Zealand College of Chinese Medicine (NZCCM) opened its doors for Earthquake Trauma Relief day to help people move on from the September 4 M7.1 Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ernie Schoenfeld takes advantage of the 15 minute acupuncture session from Piedad Barillas. The New Zealand College of Chinese Medicine (NZCCM) opened its doors for Earthquake Trauma Relief day to help people move on from the September 4 M7.1 Christchurch earthquake".
The Minister of Defence, Wayne Mapp, speaking to sailors on the HMNZS Otago. The ship travelled to Lyttelton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help in the relief effort.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together concert in Hagley Park for earthquake relief. Prime Minister John Key congratulates Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker after playing guitar on stage with The Bats".
Several 'quake victims' dive into a fissure and zip it up as Santa Claus in the form of a malignant '$' symbol leaps towards them yelling 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' One of the quake victims shouts 'Quick Hide! Christmas is getting closer!!' Context; the Christchurch earthquake on 4th September and all the subsequent aftershocks have cost many people a great deal of money. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Fire Service Assistant Area Commander Dave Burford with LT Gore on the HMNZS in Otago. The ship travelled to Lyttelton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help in the relief effort.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mayor Bob Parker, too busy with meetings and work to get fully on the election campaign trail. In a meeting with Paul Ellis about the earthquake relief concert".
A signpost pointing 'West' and 'East'. The sign pointing West is intact; that indicating East is broken and barely hanging on to the post. Refers to the condition of Christchurch City after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011; the western wealthier suburbs were less damaged than the poorer Eastern suburbs. Also, progress on repair and rehabilitation of eastern housing had been slow. The redesign of the city centre seemed to be a western suburb priority which ignored the poverty and misery of living conditions on the east. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Roger Sutton, former chief executive of the the power lines company, Orion and since June 2011 Chief Executive Officer of the Canterbury Earhquake Recovery Authority, is shown in a straitjacket, raving. An unseen interviewer asks him how it feels after 'two years in the job'. Roger Sutton's work in leading the Earthquake Authority after the February earthquake was extremely stressful, considering the magnitude of the task. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force, Rhys Jones, speaking to sailors on the HMNZS Otago. The ship travelled to Lyttelton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help in the relief effort.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Halsey Drive School has organised a red and black day which raised close to $1000 for the Canterbury earthquake relief. From left: Laura Young, Dalton Hiley and Kitty Sun".
Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force, Rhys Jones, speaking to sailors on the HMNZS Otago. The ship travelled to Lyttelton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help in the relief effort.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Driver power: Hawarden Garage and Transport driver Ted McNabb pitches in to ferry members of the Student Volunteer Army for earthquake relief between Kairaki Beach, Pines Beach and Kaiapoi".
Glass vase with scalloped rim which flares out from base. The lower portion of the vase is cut in with vertical lines and the upper portion decorated in relief with leaves and flowers. Vase is dirty.