Fairfax Video, October 2013 (2)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A time-lapse video of excavators demolishing the Heritage Tower in Cathedral Square. The video was filmed over three months.

Fairfax Video, September 2011 (8)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A time-lapse video of New Regent Street, taken from The Press building, which accidentally captured the collapse of the Copthorne Hotel. A cloud of dust from the collapsing building can be seen in the top of the video. The hotel collapsed while it was being demolished.

Fairfax Video, December 2013 (3)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video telling the story of a Dallington house which was built by Bill Cooper in 1957. The house was demolished last month as part of the clearance of the Christchurch residential red zone. The story of the house is used to illustrate what is happening in many Christchurch suburbs. The video also includes the story of a sea elephant that lived in the Avon River in the 1970s and 1980s.