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All Right? Resources: Earthquake Anniversary Postcards 2

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A PDF copy of eight postcards in remembrance of the earthquakes. The front of each postcard reads, "Three years on... It's all right to grieve for what we've lost". The postcards have been used at River of Flower events and the Bloom Exhibition.

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 096

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch preparing to attach one of the flower mosaics to their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Mosaic adhesive goes on to the concrete chair (which has been sealed and primed). We also put mosaic adhesive on the back of each flower."

Quake Memorial - Photograph 04

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A woman with a megaphone speaks to gathered residents at the River of Flowers memorial event. In the background, workers look on. The photographer comments, "One year on, Riverside residents gather for a 2 minute silence and to cast flowers in the river. Riverside residents met at the Medway St bridge to commemorate the anniversary of the 22/2/11 quake".

Quake Memorial - Photograph 05

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Residents gathered for the River of Flowers memorial event watch a dragon boat being rowed along the river. In the background, workers look on. The photographer comments, "One year on, Riverside residents gather for a 2 minute silence and to cast flowers in the river. Riverside residents met at the Medway St bridge to commemorate the anniversary of the 22/2/11 quake".

Quake Memorial - Photograph 03

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A woman with a megaphone speaks to gathered residents at the River of Flowers memorial event. In the background, workers look on. The photographer comments, "One year on, Riverside residents gather for a 2 minute silence and to cast flowers in the river. Riverside residents met at the Medway St bridge to commemorate the anniversary of the 22/2/11 quake".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 470

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Flowers left in tribute at the CTV site".

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0684

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Flowers and paper cranes are attached to the fence surrounding the damaged Dorset Apartments.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2013 photograph 058

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Flowers on a road cone mark the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 098

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch attaching one of the flower mosaics to their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Mosaic adhesive goes on to the concrete chair (which has been sealed and primed). We also put mosaic adhesive on the back of each flower. From left: Marie Hudson, Helen Campell, and Jennie Cooper."

Photograph by Jennifer Middendorf 278

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A bunch of flowers laid beside the Avon River during the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake. The photographer comments, "The organisers told me these were brought by an elderly South African woman. She had a disability so couldn't make it down to the riverbank herself, so she asked the organisers to throw them in on her behalf".