20160612_8429_1D3-40 Abandoned and maybe forgotten

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

AMI Stadium (Lancaster Park), not used since the February 2011 earthquake. It was used predominantly for rugby and cricket. We are still waiting to see what the outcome is for this stadium. Government want a new one closer to the CBD, so there is talk of this being demolished, while others want it repaired. The concrete pad lower left is ...

20160613_0044_7D2-100 Jetty Closed

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The South New Brighton jetty has been closed for 3 or 4 years (fenced off) then the fence was removed and it was "open", but nothing has happened to it since the earthquakes, but it is closed again now, although it looks like a home made sign!

20160612_8434_1D3-40 Ticket Sales (164/366)

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The ticket office at Lancaster Park (AMI Stadium), not used since the February 2011 earthquake. Windows broken and door boarded up. We are still waiting to see what the outcome is for this stadium. Government want a new one closer to the CBD, so there is talk of this being demolished, while others want it repaired.

20161112_9961_7D2-70 The future face of Christchurch?

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Cultivate Christchurch is operating this urban farm in the city, about 5-10 minutes walk to Cathedral Square. Many of the buildings in this area were demolished after the earhquakes, and in the background is a new building on Kilmore Street.

20161211_0216_1D3-24 Six years on

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A view that was impossible six years ago. There was a group of buildings including another high-rise in the vacant area in the middle ground.

Founders of Chch's post-quake market take it to Kaikoura

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The founders of a post-quake farmers market in Christchurch have taken the idea to Kaikoura, and has set up shop in the earthquake hit town.

Springsteen to play in Chch on eve of quake anniversary

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Boss is back - and he and his band, the E Street band, are going to Christchurch on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Canterbury earthquake this summer.

Treasury says delays in anchor projects slow govt spend on Chch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Listening to that has been Gerry Brownlee -- he was the Earthquake Recovery Minister but is now the Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration.

Christchurch Now: The Arts

Audio, UC QuakeStudies

A recorded conversation about the arts in Christchurch, facilitated by Rosalee Jenkin (UC CEISMIC) and featuring Sophie Davis (UC Masters student and co-director of North Projects), Lara Strongman (Senior Curator at Christchurch Art Gallery), Gaby Montejo (visual art practitioner and teacher) and Wongi Wilson (street artist and professional graffiti artist). The podcast is the first in a series of conversations hosted by UC CEISMIC about Christchurch, five years on from the February 22 earthquake.

Seismics in the City 2016 - Pictures of a Re-imagined Otautahi-Christchurc…

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of a presentation by Colin Meurk, Research Associate at Landcare Research, at the 2016 Seismics in the City Conference. The presentation is titled, "Pictures of a Re-imagined Otautahi-Christchurch City".