UC Senior Management Team and staff at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.
UC Senior Management Team and staff at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.
Second floor of the library, cleaned up and ready to use after the earthquake.
UC Senior Management Team and staff at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.
UC Senior Management Team and staff at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.
UC Senior Management Team and staff at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.
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).
A plastic wrapper containing Nobel lemon flavoured chewing candy. Wrapper is open.
Four strings of forest green, light green, yellow, orange and purple peace cranes.
White fabric artificial flower with plastic sepals and short plastic coated wire stem.
Red fabric artificial rose flowerhead, green fabric leaves, plastic sepals and short stem.
A house rocks in the night but the occupants are reassured that it is not 'another quake', only an aftershock, which although it causes the walls to crumble is nothing to worry about. Refers to the Canterbury earthquake of 4th September and the dozens of aftershocks that cause continuing tension and anxiety.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
One multi-coloured softcover book titled 'Christchurch, A Nostalgic Tribute' with colour photographs and text by Peter Morath, published by the Caxton Press, Christchurch, 2011. Christchurch city was badly damaged during the 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 earthquakes and will change dramatically as rebuilding progresses. ‘Christchurch: A...
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker being interviewed by TV3 at the Art Gallery/Civil Defence Headquarters.
Colombo Street looking north through Cathedral Square, towards the Port Hills. Taken from Victoria Square.
Martin Setchell, the organist, is shown playing a mouth organ made out of cardboard tubes.
This is a comment on the controversy over the replacement of Christchurch Cathedral, which was severely damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, by a temporary building made out of cardboard tubing.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Text at top left reads 'Where earthquakes come from' Below God and the devil stand on either side of a gaming board which shows a map of New Zealand placed on a numbered board. The croupier spins the numbers and says 'Faites vos jeux' while the devil furiously shakes the dice and God makes a peace sign and thinks 'Next move'..' Context - the apparently random nature of when and where earthquakes strike. Because of the Christchurch earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 many New Zealanders have been asking for more certainty about earthquake prediction which scientists cannot yet give them.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Damage to a residential property on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake. The house is on a lean due to liquefaction.
A truck laying gravel on the corner of Avonside Drive and Retreat Road, with road cones and "Road Closed" sign, after the September 4th earthquake.
Teddy bear wearing a New Zealand sweatshirt at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.
Teddy bear wearing a New Zealand sweatshirt at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt in a driveway after the earthquake.
White fabric artificial rose flowerhead and green fabric sepals. No stem. Stained and dirty.
A view across Durham Street to the earthquake damaged Canterbury Provincial Council buildings.
Multicolour softcover book titled "The Big Quake, Canterbury September 4, 2010" by The Press; colour illustrations and maps; accompanying DVD. The extent of the damage caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake is recorded in this book by Christchurch’s daily newspaper The Press. The overall message portrayed is one of community spirit and a com...
Multicolour softcover book titled "All Fall Down, Christchurch’s Lost Chimneys" by Geoffrey Rice with a title and a full colour photograph depicting a broken chimney on the spine and front cover; published by the Canterbury University Press, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 2011. Geoffrey Rice, retired Professor of History from the Unive...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing Her Majesty's New Zealand Ships (HMNZS) (left to right) Pukaki, Otago and Canterbury berthed at Number Seven Wharf in Lyttelton's Inner Harbour. HMNZS Canterbury was tied up in Lyttelton loading New Zealand Army equipment when the magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred on 22 F...
One sandwich board sign with plastic stand advertising the Red Bus rebuild Christchurch tour.
A woman in a florescent vest speaking to a member of the public outside a residential property. The woman is a volunteer for the Canterbury Earthquake Social Services Response team.
A woman in a florescent vest speaking to a member of the public outside a residential property. The woman is a volunteer for the Canterbury Earthquake Social Services Response team.
