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Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett 2010:09:12 00:25:57

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christ Church Cathedral holds their Sunday service in the Square".

Christchurch Press 26 February 2011: Section A, Page 1

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Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 26 February 2011.

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:04 06:34:27

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Police in a smoke-filled Cathedral Square after an electrical fire on Worcester Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:04 06:34:28

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Police in a smoke filled Cathedral Square after an electrical fire on Worcester Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:04 06:31:40

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Police in a smoke filled Cathedral Square after an electrical fire on Worcester Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 13:43:46

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. View of the Cathedral from Colombo Street".

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.

Disappointment as Bishop decides to demolish Chch cathedral

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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.

Christchurch Press Image: Don Scott 2011:04:04 14:26:51

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The bearer of a Rose Window tattoo holds it up outside the Christ Church Cathedral.

Christchurch, NZ - Post Feb Earthquake, 2011

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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 ...

Fairfax Video, February 2011 (4)

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Aerial footage of Christchurch recorded the day after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The footage shows damage to the Smith City car park, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, the CTV Building, the PGC Building, the Durham Street Methodist Church, the Lyttelton Timeball Station, the roads alongside the Avon River, and the ChristChurch Cathedral. It also shows New Zealand Army road blocks outside the hospital, crushed buses on Colombo Street, a Royal New Zealand Navy vessel in Lyttelton Harbour, rock fall on the Summit Road, collapsed cliffs in Sumner and Redcliffs, tents set up in a park, flooding in New Brighton, and liquefaction in QEII Park.

Around the world in seven plates

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Have you always wanted to travel the world? See the famous cathedrals of Europe? Smell the streets of China? Taste the spices of India? But travelling is expensive and everything’s just so damn far away, right? Well have we got … Continue reading →

Fairfax Video, October 2011 (6)

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A video of a press conference with Anglican Bishop Victoria Matthews and Dean Peter Beck, about the interim plans for the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. In the press conference Matthews announces that the Cathedral will be deconsecrated, that parts of it will be demolished, and that the rest will be made safe. These measures will allow the recovery of artefacts and heritage items from the building.

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 12:42:32

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 12:41:39

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed the Press Building in Cathedral Square".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 12:37:52

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".