Demolished buildings on Cashel Street, surrounded by a cordon fence.
Maddie Leach and Jem Noble, collaborators on I was using six watts when you Received me... The broadcast of sounds that are special to the city but were lost after the earthquakes are part of the SCAPE Public Art Biennial which starts in Christchurch this Friday.
Earthquakes are one of the few natural disasters Australia seldom experiences. We find out from curator Felicity Milburn how our neighbours have responded to an exhibition of earthquake related art direct from Christchurch.
Christchurch Art Gallery curator talks about the show she has recently taken to Western Australia about the consequences of the earthquakes on Christchurch artists.
Mike Rutledge and zoologist Meg Selby are new owners of Nelson's Natureland Zoo and a mob of meerkats, an African porcupine, and a menagerie of native birds and farm animals. The Orana Wildlife Trust took over the care of the Tahunanui zoo in 2008, but the financial strain caused by the Canterbury earthquakes has been too much. The zoo has been around since 1966. The Nelson City Council, which owns the land, called for expressions of interest last year when Orana decided to pull out and Meg and Mike got the nod. They will be taking over in November.
In her valedictory speech to Parliament, the Christchurch East MP Lianne Dalziel said she would not be leaving Parliament if not for the Canterbury earthquakes.
Christchurch city councillors wants to know what the Earthquake Recovery Authority's plan is to hand back power to the council.
Earthquakes are one of the few natural disasters Australia seldom experiences. We find out from curator Felicity Milburn how our neighbours have responded to an exhibition of earthquake related art direct from Christchurch. Tomorrow will be the same (but not as this is), on show in Mandurah in Western Australia.
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 11 December 2013 entitled, "Getting better with gifts".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 27 October 2013 entitled, "Ring the Bells".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 29 September 2013 entitled, "From Rhubarb to Roses".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 2 November 2013 entitled, "Postal notes".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 18 September 2013 entitled, "Watermark Moments".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 27 September 2013 entitled, "We did it.... the Bull is here to stay :)".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 15 September 2013 entitled, "What you need to get your church moving....".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 26 June 2013 entitled, "Take one box".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 21 June 2013 entitled, "Recipe, as promised".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 31 March 2013 entitled, "Down to the basics".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 21 May 2013 entitled, "The Bletting has Begun".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 4 June 2013 entitled, "Glum crepusculum and other twilight zones".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 22 March 2013 entitled, "Recreation in restoration".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 11 February 2013 entitled, "A Place of our Own in the Woods".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 5 February 2013 entitled, "From Source to Sea".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 18 January 2013 entitled, "The street where I lived; the seat where I sat".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 2 January 2013 entitled, "Being taken (along) for the ride".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 12 January 2013 entitled, "From this to bliss".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 8 January 2013 entitled, "Queasy and Uneasy".
Page 5 of Section B of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 2 January 2013.
Page 8 of Section F of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 5 January 2013.
Pages 4 and 5 of the Good Living section of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 31 January 2013.