A copy of the award application for the Canterbury Heritage Awards 2016.
The Canterbury earthquakes destroyed the Christchurch CBD and caused massive disruption to business across the region. There was an urgent need to support business survival and foster economic recovery. Recover Canterbury is a hub providing seamless support for businesses affected by the earthquakes, giving them easy access to government and commercial expertise in a one-stop shop.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-034 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File Reference: CCL-2010-CanterburyProvincial-IMG_0779 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
File Reference: CCL-2010-CanterburyProvincial-IMG_0783 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
File Reference: CCL-2010-CanterburyProvincial-IMG_0780 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
File Reference: CCL-2010-CanterburyProvincial-IMG_0781 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
File Reference: CCL-2010-CanterburyProvincial-IMG_0782 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Photos taken in Lyttelton on March 20 following the February 22 earthquake. File reference: CCL-2011-03-20-After-The-Earthquake-P1110736 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
I didn't even know the bookshelf had fallen on me till later that morning. When I saw the bookcase and books all over the bed, I was glad to be only 5 foot tall or my legs would have been crushed by sturdy books like 'A day in the life of the Soviet Union' and some thumping big art books, or even the cheapo board bookcase with half its shelves...
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-030 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photos taken in Lyttelton following the February 22 earthquake. File ref: CCL-2011-03-05-After-The-Earthquake-P1110551 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-033 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-037 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-029 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-036 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-032 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-031 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-026 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-027 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-038 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-035 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damage to the Baptist Church on Oxford Terrace. Cracks in the roof facade.
Fulton Hogan employees examining a large crack in the middle of a road in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks along a footpath barred off by City Care tape along the river in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Liquefaction and flooding in a street in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.
Liquefaction-damaged carpets removed from a residential propoerty in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks in the path of a residential property on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach after the September 4th earthquake.