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Wednesday 11 July 2012.
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Wednesday 11 July 2012.
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Wednesday 11 July 2012.
2,City Hotel Demolition
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At South Brighton
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20121018_9144_1D3-60 Tunnel building
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Built in the early 1960s for the Lyttelton Road Tunnel, it was severley damaged in the February 2011 earthquake and is not currently used.
Waters Edge Demolition [Explored]
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20120529_5558_1D3-400 Waters Edge Demolition [Explored] Demolition of the relatively new seven-storey Waters Edge Apartments in Ferrymead continues. CERES Environmental NZ are doing the job for CERA (Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority). Some will be pleased to see this block go as there was lot of resentment to it being built on the site...
20120128_8071_1D3-400 Redcliffs wall
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The sea wall at Beachville Road, Redcliffs, after the earthquake. It used to be straight and level - not now! As a teenager I went fishing off this wall.
20120118_7814_1D3-17F East on Cashel.
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17mm M42 Takumar Fisheye on a Canon 1D MkIII (1.3x crop factor) via an adaptor ring.
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…
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 …
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…
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……
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…
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…