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Crowne Plaza Demolition
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12th April 2012 Demolition of Crowne Plaza/Park Royal Hotel due to damage from 22nd February 2011 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks
20120131_8129_1D3-400 Eathquake damage
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Houses teeter over the edge above Redcliffs School.
Eathquake damage
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20120131_8174_1D3-400 Eathquake damage Houses above Main Road, Sumner. #2153
20120129_8116_1D3-200 Pleasant Point Yacht Club
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The small wharf area of the now gone Pleasant Point Yacht Club has already been taken over by the Pied Shags (cormorants). It is under water now except for low tide. Note the dead pine tree in background. Many have died because of the salt water their roots are in.
20120131_8198_1D3-400 Eathquake damage
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Damaged houses above Shag Rock.
BNZ building, Kaiapoi on a lean
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20120805_7566_1D3-600 Newstalk ZB building starting to go down 131
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Cathedral Square
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Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Christchurch Cathedral
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Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Christchurch City
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Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
20120131_8169_1D3-400 Conatiner wall
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Part of a house that fell can be seen on the rocks above right hand containers.
Government Geologist reports on ‘extraordinary earthquake phenomena’
Articles, Lost Christchurch
After the September, 1888 earthquake centred in Hanmer caused extensive damage to the Christchurch cathedral, the government geologist, Alexander McKay was sent out to review the land damage. This …
September 1888 – the most destructive earthquake since the Canterbury Pilg…
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Shortly after 4 o’clock this morning the whole of the South and a portion of the North Island was shaken by a violent shock of earthquake, the most severe experienced for more than 20 years……
A Poor Joke! A Premonition of What Was Yet to Come.
Articles, Lost Christchurch
This photographically produced postcard of Christchurch’s Provincial Government buildings, appearing twisted and warped, was a semi-humorous card sent out at Christmas after the Murchison ear…
Built with earthquakes in mind – St. Michael and All the Angels Church c.1…
Articles, Lost Christchurch
The Anglican church of St. Michael and All the Angels, at 84 Oxford Terrace, stands on the site of the first church the Canterbury Association’s settlers built in 1851. Perhaps there a…
1901 Earthquake – a warning for Greengrocers & ‘Portly Ladies’
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Earthquakes in Christchurch are not unusual events, we’ve been beset with them since European settlement began – and no doubt long before. What is most disturbing of all is that our Eur…
The Earthquake Wave at Lyttelton, 1868
Articles, Lost Christchurch
The town of Lyttelton on Saturday morning (15 August) was thrown into a state of great excitement owing to a most extraordinary rise and fall of the water in the harbour…
Rosa Harris’ Corner Shop, Beckenham 1919
Articles, Lost Christchurch
It is the start of the second week of June 1919 and New Zealand’s Prime Minister, William Massey and the Minister of Finance, Sir Joseph Ward, are in Paris awaiting the signing of the Peace Treaty …
Julius von Haast and his Milkcan Seismometer
Articles, Lost Christchurch
German born colonist, Sir Julius von Haast, was an explorer specialising in geology. Amongst his many achievements was the founding of the Canterbury Museum. Born Johann Franz von Haast in 1822, in…
In Defense of the Christchurch Girl
Articles, Lost Christchurch
According to the Press, feeble out of doors, useless in domestic duties, the Christchurch girl’s most deplorable feature is her absolute lack of brains and mental culture…
Whaling, Forty Mile Beach, A Gruesome Discovery – A Pioneer’s Story
Articles, Lost Christchurch
By a Pioneer of the Fifties Many years previous to, and some few years after the arrival of the first four ships, the coast of New Zealand was frequented by whalers, notably those of England, Ameri…
Canterbury College students out for sport on Capping Day
Articles, Lost Christchurch
The Canterbury College Students’ procession as part of the capping festival took place on the morning of 13 June 1915, and despite the enormous crowd of spectators that crammed every inch of …
The Clock Tower – neglected by the Government, admired by the People
Articles, Lost Christchurch
As Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee drew near in 1897, plans were being put in place throughout the Dominion for suitable memorials. In Christchurch, a number of funds were set up and subscri…
1880s Christchurch – Dull and as Flat as a Kitchen Table
Articles, Lost Christchurch
In 1886, an English woman who called herself ‘Hopeful’, wrote of her experiences after emigrating to Christchurch, New Zealand. She berated the agents of shipping companies who painted…
Gala Day at Wainoni Park – 1909
Articles, Lost Christchurch
There is great excitement in the households around Christchurch today. It’s the Labour Day holiday and many families are going to Wainoni Park for the opening of the season. Everyone has been…
‘The Bricks’ and Shipping on the Avon
Articles, Lost Christchurch
When Christchurch was Young Written for Ellesmere Guardian by Mr W. A. Taylor, 1944 The Avon river (Otakaro) predates its sister stream the Heathcote (Opawaho) as a navigable course to Christchurch…
An Extraordinary Accident
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Excitement at Lyttelton The ordinary routine of running the express train on the No. 2 wharf at Lyttelton and transferring the passengers to the waiting ferry steamer was disturbed on the evening o…
“It’s over!” Armistice Day in Cathedral Square
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Cathedral Square hosted one of New Zealand’s most significant historic events after the armistice was signed by the Western Allies and the Central Powers on 11th November 1918 in Paris, Franc…
Convict transportation, whaling adventures, drunken sprees: a life lived a…
Articles, Lost Christchurch
A colourful account of Maori and early European life before the arrival of the first four ships. Jimmy Robinson, who lived as a ‘Pakeha Maori’ at Akaroa and helped raise the British fla…
“Would to God I had never heard the name of New Zealand”
Articles, Lost Christchurch
“To tell you is a great task, for I can assure you it is a most awful country,” wrote James Boot from Christchurch, New Zealand in letter to his parents in Nottingham, England in June, …