An earthquake memories story from Murray White, Site Trades Supervisor, Burwood Hospital, titled, "Pipes fractured in numerous places".
A scanned copy of a black and white photograph depicting a protest march against the Springbok Tour in 1981.
A scanned copy of a black and white photograph of University of Canterbury alumnus Murdoch Keith Macleod wearing a uniform.
A scanned copy of a black and white photograph belonging to University of Canterbury alumnus Colin Lau. Colin describes the photograph as follows: "A view from UCSA towards the (right side of our) Science Building. I am not sure what that target white building behind the lamp standard is. I still remember that little wooden bridge we walked across to the UCSA building & that meandering creek or stream that flows beneath it".
A black and white photograph of the damaged Hotel Grand Chancellor, seen behind power poles and street signs. The hotel is on a noticeable lean.
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A scanned copy of a black and white photograph depicting students painting signs. The signs are for a protest march against education cuts.
A scanned copy of a black and white photograph depicting a music concert at the UCSA. The photo is from the 1980s.
A scanned copy of a black and white photograph depicting the Students' Union building at the University of Canterbury town site in 1969.
A photograph of scarecrows leaning against a shed at the Gap Filler Butterfly Gap site.
A photograph of painted fence palings at the Gap Filler Butterfly Gap site.
A photograph of volunteers painting wooden fence palings for the Gap Filler Butterfly Gap project.
A photograph of volunteers painting wooden fence palings for the Gap Filler Butterfly Gap project.
Sandwiched between the White Hart Hotel and the Universal Boot Depot at 223 and 225 High Street, was the business founded by Mr James Freeman, pastry cook and caterer. After browsing through Messrs…
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A scanned copy of a black and white poster advertising Radio U, the University of Canterbury student radio station. The advertisement is from 1985.
A scanned copy of a black and white photograph depicting the inside of the Ngaio Marsh Theatre at the University of Canterbury in 1967.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Matthew Carpenter, a white-ware retailer in Christchurch, is lobbying the government for more help for businesses damaged in the earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Methodist Mission staff working in storage rooms above the Methodist Church on Harewood Road. Roz Lefay writing on the white board".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Matthew Carpenter, a white-ware retailer in Christchurch, is lobbying the government for more help for businesses damaged in the earthquake".
A scanned copy of a black and white photo of two Radio U Station Managers posing back-to-back. The photograph was taken in 1985.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Matthew Carpenter, a white-ware retailer in Christchurch, is lobbying the government for more help for businesses damaged in the earthquake".
A photograph of the Gap Filler Butterfly Gap, created on an empty site on Barbadoes Street.
A photograph of volunteers creating objects out of clay for the Gap Filler Butterfly Gap project.
A photograph of volunteers creating objects out of clay for the Gap Filler Butterfly Gap project.
A photograph of volunteers creating objects out of clay for the Gap Filler Butterfly Gap project.
Sandwiched between the iconic White Hart Hotel and the Universal Boot Depot at 223-225 High Street, was the business founded by Mr James Freeman, a pastry cook and caterer. Opened in 1891, the buil…
A black and white photograph of performers at the Songs For Christchurch launch. In the foreground, an audience member gives the thumbs up to the camera.
Dressed in a black cutaway coat, dark trousers and a white silk neckcloth, and sporting a Billy-Cock hat over short hair, Henry Jame Muir stood before a London magistrate in 1889 dressed in the clo…
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