Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. The Country Theme Building on Manchester Street is due for demolition".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. Bricks from the demolished house next door still lie on the roof and against the side wall.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Grey Lynn resident Laura Caygill was visiting family in Christchurch on the weekend when the earthquake struck. She was injured by a falling chimney".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Grey Lynn resident Laura Caygill was visiting family in Christchurch on the weekend when the earthquake struck. She was injured by a falling chimney".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Grey Lynn resident Laura Caygill was visiting family in Christchurch on the weekend when the earthquake struck. She was injured by a falling chimney".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Pupils at St James School with their coin trail, created to raise money for St James Catholic School in Christchurch affected by the earthquake".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building in the Christchurch central city. Some of the windows have been broken, and blinds are hanging out of them.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. The roof of the house has collapsed, bringing the top of the front wall down with it.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kelland and Ruth Ramsay. They are from Christchurch and will be having a baby in Blenheim because they were not happy with the earthquake".
Text reads 'Water - One minute too much - The next, not enough' In the first frame a man is fed up with another downpour and in the second frame there is shown a plastic bottle of drinking water. Refers to the amount of rain in recent times but also the need for bottled or boiled water In Canterbury after the earthquake of 4th September 2010 which caused major damage to sewage and water systems.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Shows a couple (representing the suburbs) under a large blue umbrella (representing the Christchurch Blueprint) in a rain storm. Refers to the blueprint for central Christchurch developed by the Christchurch Central Development Unit, which was unveiled on 30 July 2012.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
The South Island is depicted as a punch bag which is reeling with the punishment inflicted after having been practised on by 'blizzards', 'earthquakes', 'disasters' and now 'drought'. Context; the Christchurch earthquake of 4 October and the Pike River Mine disaster of 19 November as well as some fairly extreme weather.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Photo taken Jan 2011 as the church is demolished. The next day the stain glass window at the far end was removed and saved.
A bunch of yellow, red and orange artificial fabric lilies tied together with green mesh fabric, purple flower paper and a golden ribbon and pink metallic string.
Fabric butterfly with wings of mesh with wire skeleton decorated with silver and blue glitter and sequins. The polystyrene body of the butterfly has a magnet attached underneath.
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Will be opening asap when suitable site located. Mail orders still taken. and farmers markets a possibility.
But later demolished along with the adjacent building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road. The bricks in the gable have crumbled, exposing the wooden structure underneath and crushing a van below. Police tape has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A contractor with a roller stands in an enormous hole, and shouts up to a family standing at the top that it's now ready to be built on. Refers to efforts to compact soil in Christchurch to prevent further liquefaction following the Canterbury earthquakes.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Text at top left reads 'Why Christchurch should have the World Cup' Following are four cameos that show tents representing 'Lots if low cost accommodation', 'Plenty of toilet facilities', 'aftershock home advantage' as the ball misses the goal post because it sways, and a 'free hard-hat with each ticket' Context - Anxiety about whether Christchurch can still hold the Rugby World Cup fixtures that are planned. A decision was made that it was not possible.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A rather overweight and unattractive man has dressed up as a lady of the night and is pulling on a yellow wig in her Rachel Hunter disguise. She says 'Maybe NOW they'll let me into the Red Zone!' and the woman who has given her the disguise says 'It won't happen overnight... but it WILL happen!' Context - Businessmen and shopkeepers are becoming frustrated at not being allowed into the Red Zone to take up the businesses again. Pretending to be a prostitute might solve the problem.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A close-up photograph of parts of the Townsend Telescope recovered from the rubble of the Observatory tower. The telescope was housed in the tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. It was severely damaged when the tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.