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Volunteers constructing the benches and petanque pitch at the Lyttelton Petanque Club.

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Volunteers constructing the petanque pitch at the Lyttelton Petanque Club.

Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (41)

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Wintering, a folk collaboration from Wellington, performing at the Gap Filler Community Chess Board.

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The finished 10m2 office building, now the Gap Filler Headquarters, with the Coffee Zone shack in the background.

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Volunteers hammer boards to the outside of the 10 square metre office building, soon to be Gap Filler Headquarters in Sydenham.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 13 (21)

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A snow woman outside Gap Filler Headquarters, the 10 square metre office building in Sydenham. In the background a mural can be seen, reading, "The things which I have seen I now can see no more".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 13 (22)

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A snow woman outside Gap Filler Headquarters, the 10 square metre office building in Sydenham. In the background a mural can be seen, reading, "The things which I have seen I now can see no more".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 13 (55)

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Members of Gap Filler and volunteers posing for a photograph in front of the half complete 10m2 office building in Sydenham.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 16 (18)

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Volunteers help Gap Filler clear a vacant building site of weeds. This is where Gap Filler's Playtime project will be constructed, a temporary cinema called 'The Night Club'.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 16 (19)

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Volunteers help Gap Filler clear a vacant building site of weeds. This is where Gap Filler's Playtime project will be constructed, a temporary cinema called 'The Night Club'.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (24)

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A poetry reading at Poetica and Gap Filler's "Instant Poetry" installation on Colombo Street.

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A poetry reading at Poetica and Gap Filler's "Instant Poetry" installation on Colombo Street.

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The exposed wall of a building on Peterborough Street with an almost-finished mural. This was a joint project between Gap Filler and The Flying Cup Cafe.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (31)

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A mural on the exposed wall of a building on Peterborough Street. This was a joint project between Gap Filler and the Flying Cup Cafe. The mural is a beach scene with a quote from Anne Frank, reading, "Isn't it wonderful that nobody need waste a single moment to improve the world", and incorporates pre-existing street art and posters.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (23)

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A poetry reading at Poetica and Gap Filler's "Instant Poetry" installation on Colombo Street.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (55)

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Actor Tony Robinson at the "I hope Christchurch will..." blackboard, a mural on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. Members of the public were invited to fill in the gaps with what they would like to see in the rebuilt city. Messages can be seen, such as, "I want sun!", "Embrace the new", "Retain its unique character", "Rise, and rise, and rise", "Rebuild to be better and stronger than before!" and "Environmentally friendly".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (26)

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A poetry reading at Poetica and Gap Filler's "Instant Poetry" installation on Colombo Street.

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Volunteers at Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" installation on Colombo Street.

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A poem written on Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. The poem reads, "Amidst the shards of glass and twisted steel, beside the fallen brick and scattered concrete, we began to understand that there is beauty in the broken. Strangers do not live here anymore". This poem was picked by the public as the favourite poem written on the wall. It was then painted permanently onto the mural.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (20)

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The Poet Tree", a Japanese-inspired poetry project on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets. A poem by Matsuo Basho has been hand-written and displayed on a bamboo wall. Below is a bench dedicated to Japanese poet Matsuo Basho and a garden with corrugated iron flowers.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (2)

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Volunteers painting the "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street.

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A volunteer working on Poetica and Gap Filler's "Instant Poetry" installation on Colombo Street.

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The "I hope Christchurch will..." blackboard on the corner of Tuam and Colombo Streets. Members of the public are invited to fill in the gaps with what they would like to see in the rebuilt city. Messages can be seen, such as, "Bring back cruising" and "Be filled with chocolate!".

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Students from the Student Volunteer Army at the "I hope Christchurch will..." blackboard which they helped to paint. Members of the public are invited to fill in the gaps with what they would like to see in the rebuilt city.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (18)

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The Poet Tree", a Japanese-inspired poetry project on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets. A poem by Matsuo Basho has been hand-written and displayed on a bamboo wall. Below is a bench dedicated to Japanese poet Matsuo Basho and a garden with corrugated iron flowers.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (19)

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A bench dedicated to Japanese poet Matsuo Basho at "The Poet Tree", a Japanese-inspired poetry project on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets. "Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694" has been painted on the bench.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 22 (54)

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A pallet structure created by the Gap Filler staff, testing out different options.

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A sketched of how the the Pallet Pavilion's pallets will be put together.

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The empty site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, now demolished. Wire fencing surrounds the property. This is where the Pallet Pavilion is to be built. In the background, the Crowne Plaza can be seen.

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Volunteers preparing trees to be transported to the site of the Pallet Pavilion.