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I'll Kiss It Better
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Digitally manipulated image of graffiti on a brick building on St Asaph Street. The graffiti depicts a sticking plaster over a broken section of the wall, with the words "I'll kiss it better". The photographer comments, "After the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch band aid plasters starting to appear in different parts of the city on damaged buildings. A year later most can still be seen. This one was once a whole plaster, but it has slowly broken up where it crossed the gap. The red bricks seen to symbolise the terrible wounds caused to the City and it's people".
Bettina Evans's photograph 59
Images, UC QuakeStudies
The collapsed Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Lyttelton. Wire fencing has been placed outside the building to keep the public away. Pot plants have been placed along it to brighten it up.
Photograph of Gap Filler project 13 (5)
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The 10 square metre office building on a vacant site in Sydenham, serving as the Gap Filler Headquarters. In front of the building is a garden created by wheelbarrow 'pot plants'.
In The Cheese Shop
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Now empty and soon to be demolished - sadly for the family and all the customers. Fortunately all plant and stock saved and the search to go on for another suitable space
Koen Broekema's Photograph 218
Images, UC QuakeStudies
An abandoned cafe located in the Pavilion building on Cashel Street. A dead plant, magazines, and newspapers are laid out on the counter and the reflection of Les Mills Gym car park can be seen in the window.
Photograph of Gap Filler project 1 (59)
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The site of Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street. A mobile coffee vender can be seen as well as a garden made out of pot plants and lots of seating.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:30 17:13:11)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of a stepladder resting on a wall. Artwork on the wall shows kowhai flowers and other native plants. There are broken windows on the wall to the side of the ladder.
Agropolis Growing Photograph 5
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A close-up photograph of a plant at Agropolis urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. The photograph was taken during a working bee, which was part of FESTA 2014.
Light Fitting: Three Globe
Images, Canterbury Museum
One metal hanging light fixture with three globes. Frame features a stylized plants motif. The globes feature green, brown and white glass petals welded into a globe shape. Owner of Hadleigh House 1904-1921
Photo by Jennifer Middendorf 071
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Hand-written signs on the fence opposite the Gap Filler Pallet Pavillion advertise events at the pavillion. One advertises a plant sale on Saturday 22 December, the other high teas and cakes on Sunday 23 December.
Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :Xmas orders. 21 June 2012
Images, Alexander Turnbull Library
Scene set at Santa Claus' 'Online Christmas Orders Dept' at the North Pole. One elf remarks 'ANOTHER Marmite order from New Zealand'. The sole Marmite factory in New Zealand was damaged in the Christchurch Earthquake of 2011. Further aftershocks led to the shutting down of the factory until late 2012. The remaining stocks ran out, leading to panic buying at inflated prices by Marmite aficionados. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 12:42:31
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Prime Minister John Key visits a waste water plant near Bromley. Ian Wishart and Gerry Brownlee in the background".
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 132
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Plant beds made out of corrugated iron, greening the empty building sites along Colombo Street. These were placed here by Greening the Rubble, a community project in Christchurch to create temporary public parks and gardens on the sites of demolished buildings.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:30 17:12:12)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of street art on the side of a house. The artwork shows plants, kowhai flowers, two tui, and their eggs. A woman is standing in front of the artwork and a stepladder is set up nearby.
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 190
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A photograph of the location of the Green Room garden on Colombo Street. White picket fences have been placed around the edges of the site and a platform has been constructed in the back-right corner. Two garden plots have been sectioned off using bricks to the right and front of the site. The front plot has been planted with shrubs and grass. A path leading between the gardens up to the platform has been filled with gravel. Wire fences have been placed around the entire section as a cordon.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "The Green Room was built by Jonathan Hall and planted by Gina Payne."
IMG_2268
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
The farmer swore that his hedge was planted in a straingt line, but mother nature had other ideas! Aftermath of the Saturday 4 September 2010 magnitude 7.1 earthquake at the previously unknown faultline along which the quake originated.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 119
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The Gap Filler headquarters on a vacant lot on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Wheelbarrows full of new plants decorate the outside area. In the background is a mural with a poem reading, "The things which I have seen I now can see no more".
Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 12:08:30
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Prime Minister John Key visits a waste water plant near Aranui. Pictured with Christchurch mayor Bob Parker and his wife Jo Nichols-Parker".
Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 12:09:09
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Prime Minister John Key visits a waste water plant near Aranui. Pictured with Christchurch mayor Bob Parker and his wife Jo Nichols-Parker".
Agropolis Photograph 2013:10:26 10:26:19
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of Liv Worsnop of Plant Gang and another person shovelling compost during a composting workshop at Agropolis. Agropolis is an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. The workshop was part of FESTA 2013.
Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 12:19:11
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Prime Minister John Key visits a waste water plant near Bromley. Water lab technician Asli Carol and her son Alexander meet the Prime Minister".
22 February Earthquake - Photograph 26
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Damage to the garden of a house in Richmond. Liquefaction is visible among the plants and on the driveway. The photographer comments, "These photos show our old house in River Rd and recovery work around Richmond and St Albans. Back lawn under 10cm of water and silt".
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 232
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A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair and ottoman artworks in the Green Room garden on Colombo Street.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Flora and Otto in their lovely garden, made up of plants and materials salvaged from the Christchurch Red Zone."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 233
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A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair and ottoman artworks in the Green Room garden on Colombo Street.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Flora and Otto in their lovely garden, made up of plants and materials salvaged from the Christchurch Red Zone."
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:30 17:13:07)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of street art on the side of a house. The artwork shows plants, kowhai flowers, two tui, and their eggs. There is a stepladder on the right-hand side of the artwork and spray paint cans on the ground in front of it.
LYTTELTON
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A digitally manipulated image of the word 'Lyttelton' made out of damaged bricks. The photographer comments, "This shows the courage and humour of the earthquake wrecked port of Lyttelton. There is lots of little things that make you smile that the locals and volunteers from around the area have created".
All Right? Social Media: Facebook Timeline Image 18
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of Ciaran Fox (left), Donovan Ryan (right) and another All Right? staff member getting ready to plant coloured flags around the city. Each flag has a slogan beginning with "It's all right." All Right? posted the photograph on their Facebook page on 14 May 2013 at 10:24am.
Winter, Mark, 1958-: The Garden City. 19 March 2011
Images, Alexander Turnbull Library
The cartoon depicts a little plant with two tiny leaves; text reads 'THE GARDEN CITY'. A second version includes the words 'Begins to grow again'. Context - The earliest stages of the rebuilding of Christchurch after the earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Crack'd for Christchurch Plan 05
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A digital copy of a plan for the Greening the Rubble Green Room garden on Colombo Street. The plan shows a sketch of the garden including a raised floor, flower beds, a paved path, and a picket fence. It also contains measurements and notes on what will be planted in the beds.
BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 094
Images, UC QuakeStudies
The stump of an oak tree in the Halswell Primary School grounds. The oak tree had the be cut down after it broke during the earthquake and was hanging at a angle. The person who cut down the tree has carved "1870 - 16:9:2010" into the stump, the year that the tree was planted, and then the day that it broke and fell.