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A memorial service for the 166 victims of the Christchurch earthquake has been held at Westminster Abbey. Attended by the Prince of Wales and the High Commissioner for New Zealander, the ceremony was led by the Dean of Westminster.
A video of the 2016 Civic Earthquake Memorial Service, held to mark the fifth anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The service was held on the Archery Lawn in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens at midday on 22 February 2016. The service was filmed for the Christchurch City Council by Alan Radford of Multicam TV.
In the wake of a series of devastating earthquakes, Christchurch, New Zealand is faced with a long, complicated mourning and memorialisation process. The initial intention of this research was to comparatively examine memorial design theory with popular memorial sentiment as expressed in Christchurch City Council's 'Share an Idea' initiative. The outcome of such an investigation was hypothesized to reveal conflicting perspectives which may potentially be reconciled by the development of a series of schematic models for memorial design. As the research was carried out, it became clear that any attempt to develop such models is counter-intuitive. This position is reinforced by the literature reviewed and the data examined. Subsequently, a fundamentally different approach to memorialisation focused on an active participation process is suggested.
A video about a memorial wall in the Linwood Crematorium Memorial Garden which collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The wall housed nearly 100 people's ashes. Staff from the Cremation Society of Canterbury collected the ashes and stored them in bags until the wall could be rebuilt.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake-damaged war memorial in Lyttelton".
A compliation of photographs of memorials from around the world.
The public at the Memorial Service in Hagley Park to commemorate the one year anniversary of the 22nd February earthquake. The big screen showing the lighting of candles, part of the memorial activites.
Building Record Form for Rhodes Memorial Home, 5 Overdale Drive, Christchurch
A map showing a proposed memorial area along the Avon River.
The Christchurch memorial service, Japan's earthquake and tsunami, and compassion fatigue.
The Citizens' Memorial beside the Cathedral has also been fenced off.
Register Record for Rhodes Memorial Home, 5 Overdale Drive, Cashmere, Christchurch
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damaged war memorial at Hororata, following the earthquake".
A memorial service held a minute's silence for the 185 lives lost
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 31 December 2010 entitled, "Marred Memorial".
The husband of a woman who died in the CTV building during the February 2011 earthquake is encouraging the public to have their say on a memorial to honour the 185 people who lost their lives four years ago.
A Slovenian architect is come up with the winning design for Christchurch's earthquake memorial.
He is the first head of state to visit the memorial since its unveiling.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 29 May 2014 entitled, "Memorial for Matti".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 3 March 2013 entitled, "A Poignant Memorial".
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 24 February 2014.
Today's memorial for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake is also being marked in Adelaide.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Lincoln University Memorial Hall built 1929 suffered extensive damage".
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 23 February 2013.
A graphic giving information about memorial services marking the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An advertisement for an edition of the Press including a guide to the National Christchurch Memorial Service.
Should a 150 year-old tree have been cut down to make way for Christchurch's earthquake memorial?
Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the memorial service in Hagley Park, marking the February 22 earthquake.
A memorial service to remember those who lost their lives, and to reflect on the devastating impact of the February 22nd earthquake on our city and its people.