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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…
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…
“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, …
Motor Cycle Racing at New Brighton Sands, 1905
Articles, Lost Christchurch
The tide at New Brighton could go out a long way and the sand was hard, making motor and bicycle racing on New Brighton beach a popular past time that would draw the crowds. Many cycling and motor …
John Peacock and his Controversial Fountain
Articles, Lost Christchurch
A Tale of Convicts, Ship Wrecks, Strange Family Relations, and a £500 Bequest. Before the Canterbury Settlement was inaugurated, a young Australian lad landed at Port Cooper in the company of his f…
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…
Book Barons – the Whitcombe & Tomb’s Story
Articles, Lost Christchurch
New Zealand’s largest and most iconic booksellers, publishers and printing company was Whitcombe & Tombs of Christchurch. It was established in 1882 by Mr. George Hawkes Whitcombe, a seem…
Quid non pro patria: Bridge of Remembrance, 1924
Articles, Lost Christchurch
“The most historic bridge in Christchurch” The iconic stone arch which spans over Cashel Street bridge – linking Cambridge with Oxford Terrace is “a visible symbol” wh…
Down the Avon to New Brighton, 1890 – Notes on a Christchurch Trip
Articles, Lost Christchurch
By Fabian Bell The Avon is a lovely river. Of course I know that many people will say that it is no better than a ditch, &c. I pity their want of taste. Of course the stream is narrow and does …
Midday on Manchester Street c.1905
Articles, Lost Christchurch
It is midday on the busy intersection of Manchester, High and Lichfield Streets when this photograph was taken from the corner of Bedford Row c. 1904. The street is full of activity as shoppers mak…
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…
Remembering Lost Christchurch
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Our city is a repository for the social and historical narrative of our past Each street, wall, facade, interior is an integral part of the people who walked passed them, shopped in them, worked in…
Why Our Historic Buildings Are Important
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Up until February 22nd, 2011, the city of Christchurch was a unique, historic and cultural living and breathing entity. Inherited from a long list of valuable contributors dating back to its incept…
Fairfax Video, February 2012 (3)
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
A video of an interview with John Haynes, about his experiences during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Haynes was in the Forsyth Barr building when the earthquake struck. Using his skills as trained mountain guide, Haynes belayed fourteen people down three and a half floors to safety.
Priming your brain : the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes on the resp…
Research papers, University of Canterbury Library
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Cranmer Court
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The Cranmer Court demolition started today in Christchurch. The 1876 building was originally a Normal School and was in a derelict state in the early 1980s when it was rescued and converted into apartments. The heritage-listed building was red-stickered after the February 2011 earthquake.
Christchurch City
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Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Christchurch, NZ - Damaged Facade
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Beachcomber Dairy
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20120321_2397_1D3-47 Beachcomber Dairy Corner of New Brighton Road and Rawson Street, New Brighton. This diary is inside the suburban red zone and will probably be demolished some time in the future. See how the earthquakes have moved the footpath - the post and phone box used to stand straight! This is one of the Teleccom Wi-Fi hotspot boo...
20121117_0314_1D3-200 Summit Road - Closed
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Obvious seeing why the Summit Road has been closed below Mt Cavendish since the February 22 2011 earthquake. There are some large rocks there!
20120827_2023_G12-08 Container about to be unloaded
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RWTU3388135 (ex Triton TTNU3388135) about to be placed on the ground outside my "Red Zone" house. This is the second container, the first is away in storage with 95% of the house hold stuff. This one is for the hobby (no, not photography gear) and garage stuff.
SydenhamED-5392
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20120805_7446_1D3-600 Newstalk ZB building starting to go down 11
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20120718_1497_G12-25 New Brighton icon is demolished
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The old New Brighton Power Boat Club building was badly damaged in the February 2011 earthquake, and is only now (July 2012) being demolished. The building is just down the road from where I grew up and is a New Brighton iconic building.
Christchurch Earthquake – Street Cone Commemoration
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Commemorating our one year anniversary of the 22 February 2011 Christchurch 6.3 earthquake.
20120131_8167_1D3-400 Shag Pile
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What more can one say except that Shag Rock is now about one third it's original height. Whitewash Head in the background with the road that now drops over a cliff.
20120718_1499_G12-9 New Brighton icon is demolished
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
The old New Brighton Power Boat Club building was badly damaged in the February 2011 earthquake, and is only now (July 2012) being demolished. The building is just down the road from where I grew up and is a New Brighton iconic building.