A damaged chimney on the roof of a house in Kaiapoi. The bricks have crumbled onto the roof where they lie precariously. These will have to be removed and the rest of the chimney deconstructed by hand.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kaiapoi".
Warwick Isaacs is director of planning and transition for Civil Defence and as such has issued demolition orders for 128 buildings, 37 in the city. Gerry Brownlee has chosen the Government's 'demolition man' Warwick Isaacs to head the rebuild of central Christchurch. The buildings were damaged in the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.
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Dove carries worm to chicks in a sunlit nest; the background is broken columns and rubble. Context - the 22nd February 2012 was the first anniversary of the earthquake of 22nd February 2011 in which 185 people died.
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Three men chat in a pub. One of them reads a newspaper article about the Mayor of Christchurch, Bob Parker, who commented that he was scared of earthquakes when in Wellington. All three drinkers would rather be in Wellington than trapped beside Bob Parker at a dinner table.
Context: Christchurch's Mayor has told the Emergency Management Conference he's scared to be in Wellington. He gave graphic descriptions of the Christchurch earthquakes, getting people to bang on the tables for 45 seconds so they could see what it felt like.
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A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings, taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
A photograph of an empty site on the corner of Tuam Street and Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
A close-up photograph of a wire fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rear of 147 Armagh Street".
File reference: CCL-2012-02-19-IMG_0262
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Historic Post Office in Cathedral Square from the site of the Regent Theatre (telephoto lens used)".
A photograph of a partially-cleared building site and badly-damaged buildings between St Asaph Street and High Street, taken from St Asaph Street. The old post office building can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Historic Post Office in Cathedral Square from the site of the Regent Theatre with the new Telecom building to the right".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the former Sydenham Post Office".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the former Sydenham Post Office".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Intersection of Colombo and Brougham Streets".
A toppled fence post on Cambridge Terrace.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Old Post Office in Cathedral Square with the Telecom exchange building behind, and Clarendon Tower under demolition".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wildflowers on the site of a demolished building in Sydenham".
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
