
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christ Church Cathedral holds their Sunday service in the Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Cathedral Square looking from the north".
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The temporary (10 years?) and cheap ($4-6 million) Anglican Cathedral being built a few hundred meters away from the old stone structure that was the centre of Christchurch. Both buildings (the original and this) have caused a lot of controversy, many wanting the old stone one to be repaired (the church want to demolish it), and this as a waste ...
The current state of the Christchurch Cathedral can be seen in the middle. The spire collapsed as a result of the earthquake. Taken during a scenic flight over Christchurch, New Zealand, 3 months after the deadly earthquake of 22 February, 2011. Much of the inner city CBD is still cordoned off and will be for some time. About 900 buildings are ...
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 26 February 2011.
The bearer of a Rose Window tattoo holds it up outside the Christ Church Cathedral.
In 1987, Jack Perkins recorded an award-winning documentary capturing the life, the sounds and the personalities of Cathedral Square in Christchurch. Thirty years on, Deborah Nation parallels that experience with the sounds of September 2011 as engineer Gabrielle Parker escorts her Shrough the earthquake Red Zone into the square as it is today.
Cathederal Square has remained largely untouched by developers since the 2011 earthquake. That is about to change, with work beginning on a series of hotels.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Police in a smoke-filled Cathedral Square after an electrical fire on Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Police in a smoke filled Cathedral Square after an electrical fire on Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Police in a smoke filled Cathedral Square after an electrical fire on Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. View of the Cathedral from Colombo Street".
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Christchurch's Blessed Sacrament Cathedral was set to be repaired following the Canterbury earthquakes, but the new Bishop Paul Martin has decided it's too expensive and has decided to rebuild closer to the city centre.
Thirty-four years ago, Spectrum producer Jack Perkins recorded his award-winning documentary capturing the life, the sounds and the personalities of Cathedral square in Christchurch. In this edition of The Vault, Deborah Nation parallels that experience with the sounds of 2011 as she is escorted through the earthquake Red Zone into the square as it is today.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed the Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Press news room staff relocated in the 2nd floor of the Novotel Hotel Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Looking north up Colombo Street from Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Press news room staff relocated in the 2nd floor of the Novotel Hotel Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed the Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Press news room staff relocated in the 2nd floor of the Novotel Hotel Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Press news room staff relocated in the 2nd floor of the Novotel Hotel Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Press news room staff relocated in the 2nd floor of the Novotel Hotel Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Press news room staff relocated in the 2nd floor of the Novotel Hotel Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Press news room staff relocated in the 2nd floor of the Novotel Hotel Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Press news room staff relocated in the 2nd floor of the Novotel Hotel Cathedral Square".