The old New Brighton Power Boat Club building was badly damaged in the February 2011 earthquake, and is only now (July 2012) being demolished. The building is just down the road from where I grew up and is a New Brighton iconic building.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 30 June 2012.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 13 December 2012.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 8 September 2012.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 17 July 2012.
"Training and Education of Engineers and Organisation of Engineering Profession and Building Assessment after Earthquakes", a report submitted by the then New Zealand Historic Places Trust on the Royal Commission Discussion Papers.
Page 4 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 30 June 2012.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 6 September 2012.
Looking north from Worcester Street towards the recently-occupied Press building on Gloucester Street. In the background is the PricewaterhouseCoopers building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Worcester Street looking east from Colombo Street. The Westende building on the left is a new building, and Radio Networks House will be demolished by implosion".
A video of Stone Works removing a time capsule from the foundations of the old Press Building in Cathedral Square. The time capsule was found in the foundation stone of the building. It contained a bundle of newspapers from April 1907, handwritten notes, and coins.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 26 June 2012.
Page 2 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 30 June 2012.
The destruction of the Radio Network building in Christchurch has prompted hopes that explosive demolition could be used to bring down other earthquake-damaged buildings.
People will be told by Christmas if they are in unsafe buildings that have the same flaw as the CTV building, which collapsed killing 115 people in the Christchurch earthquake.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 4 December 2012.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Rendezvous Hotel, Novotel Hotel, and new Press Building viewed from Gloucester Street".
A time-lapse video of the demolition of Shadbolt House, also known as the Harbour Board building.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 20 October 2012.
New Brighton beach reflected in the window of the New Brighton Public Library building.
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission begins looking into the collapse of the Canterbury Television Building today, with dramatic evidence due to be heard from some of the survivors.
Page 8 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 23 February 2012.
A video about the time capsule found in the foundations of the former Press Building in Cathedral Square. Heritage consultant Jenny May shows the contents of the time capsule, including several coins, newspaper articles, and messages. The capsule was left by the architects and the people working on the building, rather than the editors of The Press.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 20 February 2012.
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Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 28 November 2012.