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A video about the 2012 Ellerslie Flower Show in Hagley Park. The video includes an interview with Paul Roper-Gee, Exhibition Garden Gold Medal winner. It also includes an interview with Rachael Matthews, Emerging Designs Gold winner and Student Designer of the Year.

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A video of interviews with residents of Carrick Street about the constant flooding. Babu Chatterji, Adam Smith, and Pip Thurlow are interviewed. The residents talk about how the increase in flooding since the earthquakes, how the flooding is affecting their lives, and the lack of help from the authorities.

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A video of an interview with Graham Price, about the superloo industry in Christchurch. Price talks about servicing portable toilets around Christchurch after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. The interview is part of the 'Spilling the Beans' video series which examines the extraordinary lives of ordinary people in Christchurch.

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A video of an interview with nuns at the Jesus of the Carmelite monastery in Halswell, about their experiences during the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The video includes interviews with Sister Dorothea Mary of Jesus, Sister Cushla of Mary Immaculate, and Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity.

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A video of a tour of the new central Christchurch police station. The video includes interviews with Riwai Grace, Fire Communications Shift Manager at the New Zealand Fire Service, and Superintendent Gary Knowles, Canterbury Area Commander for the New Zealand Police. Knowles gives The Press a tour of the new training area, cafeteria, courtyard, firearm simulator room, prosecution area, interview rooms, and cell blocks.

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A video about tourism in Christchurch. The video includes interviews with tourists Silke Winterfeld and Mathias Rauh from Germany, Paul and Val Bucknell from Melbourne, Matt and Sarah Edwards from the United States of America, Geoff and Barb Wagner from Adelaide. It also includes interviews with walking guide Veronica Shepherd, and Robin McCarthy from Christchurch Tours.

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An video recording of Rev Darryl Tempero's interview for the Church in the Quakes Project. The interview was conducted by Melissa Parsons on 3 October 2012. At the time, Darryl Tempero was a Minister at Hope Presbyterian Hornby, the Presbyterian Earthquake Coordinator, and the Co-Chair of Christchurch Post Earthquake Churches' Forum.

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A video about the reopening of the trams in Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The video includes an interview with tram driver Brian Erikson. Erikson talks about taking a job at a supermarket while the trams were closed, and the feeling he gets when he drives the trams. The video also includes an interview with Syleyman Sekman, whose son, Jubiter Ubukata Sekman, could not sleep because he was so excited to ride the trams again.

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A video about C1 Espresso's pneumatic tube food delivery system. The video includes an interview with café owner Sam Crofskey about his decision to install the pneumatic tubes. It also includes an interview with chef Richie Ward, who demonstrates how the tubes work. Mini burgers will be stacked inside tubes and then placed in the pneumatic system. The tube will then be sent through the café at 140 km/h to appear at people's tables.

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A video of interviews with three residents about their Port Hills properties. The video was filmed the day after Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced the red-zoning of 285 Port Hills properties. The video includes an interview with Marine Kent (whose house was zoned white to green), Mark Tranter (whose house was zoned white to red), and Tony Ging (whose house is still white-zoned).

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A video about the demolition of buildings on Victoria Street. The video includes footage of an excavator demolishing the Daily Bagel building, and an interview with Paddy Snowden from City Salvage about his work after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. It also includes an interview with Api Agsorn-Worn, owner of Victoria Thai Foods on Victoria Street, about the status of her building which she acquired six months ago.

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A video about the reopening of New Regent Street which is expected to take place on 20 April 2013. The video includes an interview with Liz Phelna, owner of Shop 8, about her decision to open a shop in New Regent Street. It also includes an interview with project manager Ed Leeson about the restoration and strengthening processes. Leeson says that five shops will be part of the reopening of the street.

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A video of an interview with Zak and Alasdair Cassels about the development of the historic tannery site in Woolston. The Cassels are developing the site into a Victorian-style arcade which will house up to 70 tenants, including bars, restaurants, a music venue, gift shops, fashion stores, a hair salon, a Pilates studio, a tattoo parlour, and an art gallery. The video also includes an interview with Sarah Odering, the manger of Dead Set.

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A video of an interview with John Turner, owner of Ambience Tiling, about the restoration of the tiles in New Regent Street. Turner talks about working with SCE Stone & Design, who sent the sample tiles to China where they were machine replicated. The tiles took six to eight weeks to arrive, with about 10,500 new tiles produced. The video also includes an interview with Iain Taylor, a tiler at Ambience Tiling, about the retiling process.