File reference:
CCL-2012-02-22-
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference:
CCL-2012-02-22-
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
The Kate Shepard memorial and Our City O-Tautahi seen through the cordon fencing.
People looking inside the City cordon at the corner of Cashel and Litchfield Streets.
A photograph of a tour bus offering "Christchurch City Sightseeing" travelling down Colombo Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cranes dominating the sky in the central city".
The Alice in Videoland building just outside the Central city cordon on Tuam Street.
A notice on the cordon fence around the site where the CTV building once was. It says 'Please respect this site. In recognition of the special significance this site holds for the people of our city and all those affect by the earthquakes, the Christchurch City Council is working with Canterbury Museum to preserve aspects of our remembering. Tributes may be left at this site. Older tributes will be removed from archiving by the Canterbury Museum to become part of the city's memory of the Canterbury Earthquakes. Organic materials will be composted and used in the city's gardens'.
Shows a mobile phone with a text on it that reads 'Dear Chch (Christchurch) thinking of u (you) all xxx NZ'. Context: Refers to the commemoration events taking place in Christchurch on 22 February 2012 which is the first anniversary of the 2011 earthquake which killed 185 people. Mobile phones were instrumental in helping to locate victims and in enabling people to communicate with trapped victims.
B&W and colour versions of this cartoon available
Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
A plane flies into the distance. Attached to it by a rope is a large package containing Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker and CEO of the City Council Tony Marryatt. The package is addressed 'Deepest Siberia c/- isolated hellhole Russia'. The mayor looks on the bright side considering this to be a junket the people will approve of. Context: Public disapproval of the Mayor's two-week tour of Asian countries with a Christchurch International Airport-led delegation. The airport is paying for the mayoral couple to take part in the trip. There is public criticism that the trip take place at this time because of ongoing problems with the council and earthquake recovery. There is also criticism of Tony Marryatt's $68,000 pay increase considered poor form when so many people are struggling with earthquake related problems.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
The top frame shows the barbed wire and watch tower of a prison. There is a comment about someone wanting the warmth of a prison cell. The second frame shows prison staff chatting at cross purposes about a petition from Christchurch with homes wrecked by earthquake pleading to be allowed to live in prison and the sentence imposed on the Bridgecorp directors who have been accused of defrauding investors.
Colour and black and white versions available
Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Shows a doctor trying to test the heart of New Zealand who sits on a chair shaking uncontrolably. The doctor thinks it must be substance abuse or alcoholism. Context: refers to the Christchurch earthquakes and earthquakes elsewhere in New Zealand.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Shows Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, telling a Christchurch couple that NZ on Air is funding a six part television drama about the Christchurch earthquakes. Context: the series will be directed by Gaylene Preston.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The City Council Administration building on Tuam Street, viewed from Lichfield Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The City Council Administration building on Tuam Street, viewed from Lichfield Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The City Council Administration building on Tuam Street, viewed from Lichfield Street".
A photograph of a crane outside the former Christchurch City Council building on Tuam Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Central Christchurch City Library at 91 Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Tuam Street City Library being set up".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Tuam Street City Library being set up".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Tuam Street City Library being set up".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cambridge Terrace, central city and Band Rotunda (centre left)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Central Christchurch City Library at 91 Gloucester Street".
Topiary plants presented by the Christchurch Garden City Trust liven up the Re:START Mall.
Topiary plants presented by the Christchurch Garden City Trust liven up the Re:START Mall.
A photograph of a city centre map attached to a cordon fence on Hereford Street.
A photograph of a city centre map attached to a cordon fence on Hereford Street.
Topiary plants presented by the Christchurch Garden City Trust liven up the Re:START Mall.
The Farmers car park being demolished. Seen from Gloucester Street during the LuxCity event.
File reference:
CCL-2012-02-22-IMG_9644
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.