Photograph of 5 Norwich Quay (1)

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A photograph of a detail of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.

Photograph of 5 Norwich Quay (2)

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A photograph of a detail of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves, 2011:02:22 16:17:45

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in Lyttelton after a 6.3 earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves, 2011:02:22 16:14:08

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in Lyttelton after a 6.3 earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Martin van Beynen 2010:09:04 (17)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Lyttelton Timeball station suffered damage to its chimney".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson, 2011:02:23 09:37:57

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves, 2011:02:22 16:08:54

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in Lyttelton after a 6.3 earthquake".

Lyttelton Port Expansion Worries some Banks Peninsula Residents

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Lyttelton Port near Christchurch is now almost three and a half hectares larger than it was before the earthquakes - as earthquake rubble is dumped in the harbour to reclaim land.

Walk this way

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Lyttelton is a fun and exciting place to do archaeology. I’ve been lucky enough to get to do a bit of archaeology in Lyttelton in the last few months, mainly out in the road, because of the digging that’s been … Continue reading →

Canterbury Corner

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Down on the corner of a Lyttelton street, there was a butcher, a courier and a large family to meet… Or at least, one could have met them about 150 odd years ago when three early settler families in Lyttelton … Continue reading →

News- The Lyttelton Port Co. has halted merger talks with Otago since the …

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An official at the 'Otago Port Co.' stares in bewilderment at the feet of his colleague at the Lyttelton Port Company who says 'Ah, that might do it for now' as he hangs upside down by his feet from his upturned desk in the aftermath of the 4th September Canterbury earthquake. Text above reads 'News, the Lyttelton Port Co. has halted merger talks with Otago since the 'quake, saying "the landscape has changed". Refers to the news that Lyttelton Port, the South Island's biggest port, abandoned two-years of merger talks with rival Port Otago because it is preoccupied with rebuilding after the Canterbury earthquake. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Scenarios and Simulations for Emergency Response - Address by Peter Davie

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A video of an address by Peter Davie, Chief Executive of Lyttelton Port Company, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. The talk is about how, in today's technological and economic environment, the ability to prevent, prepare for, or quickly recover from a disaster is a critical success factor. The seismic simulations that the Port of Lyttelton ran as part of its long term development plan became a key part of the Port's emergency response, and meant that cargo kept flowing with minimal downtime.

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson, 2011:02:23 09:18:45

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tiles have been shaken loose from this roof in Lyttelton".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves, 2011:02:22 16:10:59

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage and clean-up operations taking place in Lyttelton".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves, 2011:02:22 16:10:34

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage and clean-up operations taking place in Lyttelton".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves, 2011:02:22 16:09:02

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage and clean-up operations taking place in Lyttelton".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves, 2011:02:22 16:10:21

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage and clean-up operations taking place in Lyttelton".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves, 2011:02:22 16:10:22

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage and clean-up operations taking place in Lyttelton".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves, 2011:02:23 12:54:57

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Quake: Lyttelton: Rev Neil Struthers at the Holy Trinity Church".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves, 2011:02:23 12:56:18

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Quake: Lyttelton: Rev Neil Struthers at the Holy Trinity Church".

Photograph of 5 Norwich Quay (7)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.

Christchurch Press Infographic: 26 May 2011 (2)

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A graphic describing a proposal to use demolition rubble for land reclamation in Lyttelton.

Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett 2010:10:21 09:34:14

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The road between Sumner and Lyttelton reopens after quake damage".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 12:19:45

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lyttelton Farmers Market two weeks after the 7.1 quake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves, 2011:02:22 16:11:20

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage and clean-up operations taking place in Lyttelton".

Photograph of 5 Norwich Quay (6)

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A photograph of the two windows of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.

Follow the Red Brick Path

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Recently we’ve been working in Lyttelton at the intersection of Canterbury and Winchester Streets for the installation of a replacement stormwater. While Lyttelton isn’t exactly over the rainbow, for archaeologists it is a pretty fantastic place to discover heritage and … Continue reading →

Dino-Sauna Photograph 2

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A photograph of Gap Filler's Dino-Sauna, on an empty site in Lyttelton. In front of the sauna is a sign giving safety information.

A local Lyttelton landmark lives on

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

This week on the blog, we look at what we found beneath a local landmark in the community of Lyttelton: the newly refurbished Albion Square. The Albion Square, on the corner of London and Canterbury streets, is home of the … Continue reading →

A little more Lyttelton history

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

During recent earthquake repairs at a residential property on well-known Sumner Road in Lyttelton, our archaeologists uncovered a small assemblage of artefacts that represented everyday Victorian household items. At first glance these appeared a somewhat ordinary – but when Lydia … Continue readi...