Empowered Christchurch Letter to the MBIE Chief Executive

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A copy of a letter from Seamus O'Cromtha which was sent to the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) on 3 September 2016. The letter was sent on behalf of Empowered Christchurch. In the letter, O'Cromtha calls on the Chief Executive to instruct the Christchurch City Council to stop issuing building consents in areas such as the Avon River floodplain until stop banks have been erected along the river. O'Cromtha comments, "Properties that should be protected by stop banks currently have no protection against flooding".

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An aerial photograph of the IRD Building in the Christchurch central city and the surrounding area. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "There are many empty sites in this part of the CBD. The street running up the photograph from the left to the right is Cashel Street. The empty site left of centre with the trees is where St John's Church has been demolished. To the left of the IRD building, is the site of the CTV Building".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "From Worcester Street looking north across The Press site to the Isaac Theatre Royal and the PricewaterhouseCoopers building in the distance".

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A photograph of the Manchester Street bridge, captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The River Avon viewed from near the Edmonds Rotunda".

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Building rubble and liquefaction on the footpath outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "164-170 Hereford Street with the tell-tale gravel spread on the roadway signalling imminent demolition".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street with the demolition site of the Allan McLean building to the left. Liquefaction is visible in the foreground".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the Retour Restaurant in the Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the Retour Restaurant in the Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A detail of the new Christchurch Press building. This facade is a replica of the previous Press building's facade which was badly damaged in the 22 February 2011 earthquake".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Edmonds Clock Tower with the words 'Hope' and 'Charity' on the side. Hope and Charity seem particularly pertinent to Christchurch".

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A plaque on the side of the Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace. The plaque reads, "This rotunda shelter and circular seat were presented by T.J.Edmonds to celebrate fifty years of residence in Christchurch 26th September 1929".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The view across Victoria Square to the Forsyth Barr building with the statue of Captain James Cook in the foreground".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Edmonds Clock Tower, Oxford Terrace, stopped at 12.51, the time of the 22 February 2011 earthquake".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the Retour Restaurant in the Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Edmonds Clock Tower with the words 'Hope' and 'Charity' on the side. Hope and Charity seem particularly pertinent to Christchurch".

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A photograph of a shipping container suspended from a crane. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The container is being placed against the end of the building being demolished to protect the building beneath it from falling debris".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former Post Office clock tower in Cathedral Square, the clock face boarded up with plywood".

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A photograph of a large crack in the pavement of New Regent Street, near the tram tracks. Many of the pavement tiles have fallen into the crack.

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A photograph taken from the top of the BNZ building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "From left to right are the Brannigans building (under demolition), former Government Life Building, Farmers building, MFL building (under demolition), Forsyth Barr building (staying) , PricewaterhouseCoopers building (going) and the roof of the cathedral in the foreground".

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A photograph taken from the top of the BNZ building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Grant Thornton Building in Cathedral Square. This building will be demolished".

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An aerial photograph looking south west over the Christchurch CBD with the Avon River visible to the left and Hagley Park in the distance.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "At the end of the day, these workers on the Hotel Grand Chancellor take a ride back to the ground".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking east along Armagh Street, empty sites to the left and right. Road crew in the distance can be seen working on Madras Street".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across to the Isaac Theatre Royal from the corner of Cathedral Square. The edge of Warners Hotel on the left".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street - this big machine munches concrete rubble and reduces it to aggregate for hard fill on building sites".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Armagh Streets, looking north east".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Madras and Lichfield Streets, looking west".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking along Poplar Lane. Two weeks earlier the surface of the lane was clear".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Chalice, Millennium Hotel (staying), BNZ Building (going) and ANZ building, in Cathedral Square".