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Christchurch Press Infographic: 5 December 2012
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A graphic showing how much material from tall building demolitions is recycled.
Christchurch Press Infographic: 28 November 2012
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A graphic showing damage to the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings.
New Zealand Defence Force photograph 703
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The former Lyttelton Fire Station on the corner of Sumner Road and Oxford Street. Broken stonework from the top of the building lies on the footpath where it fell. Members of the New Zealand Fire Service are evaluating the building.
New Zealand Defence Force photograph 696
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Damage to the British Hotel on Oxford Street. The top of the building has crumbled bringing the roof down with it. Bricks lay along the footpath where they landed. Wire fencing has been used to create a cordon around the building.
New Zealand Defence Force photograph 704
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The former Lyttelton Fire Station on the corner of Sumner Road and Oxford Street. Broken stonework from the top of the building lies on the footpath where it fell. Members of the New Zealand Fire Service are evaluating the building.
Building codes minimised quake's injuries, damage
Audio, Radio New Zealand
New Zealand's strict building codes are being praised for minimising the injuries and damage caused by the seven-point one magnitude earthquake that shook Canterbury on Saturday.
Fairfax Video, February 2011 (5)
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A video of the Christchurch central city recorded shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. In the video, Press reporter Olivia Carville describes the experiences of people within the central city. There is also footage of a woman being rescued from the ChristChurch Cathedral, people trapped in the Press building, damaged buildings on Colombo Street and Manchester Street, people evacuating the Forsyth Barr building using a rope, and people gathering in Latimer Square.
BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 681
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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".
Report: steps taken to strengthen buildings with stairwells
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The first report into the damage done to three large buildings in the Christchurch earthquake is recommending urgent steps be taken around the country to strengthen buildings with stairwells.
BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 204
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Looking north from Worcester Street towards the recently-occupied Press building on Gloucester Street. In the background is the PricewaterhouseCoopers building.
Fairfax Video, April 2012 (3)
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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.
Christchurch Press 26 June 2012: Section A, Page 2
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Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 26 June 2012.
Christchurch Press 30 June 2012: Section C, Page 2
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Page 2 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 30 June 2012.
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 625
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The historic Te Koraha building at Rangi Ruru Girls' School under going significant restoration to bring it up to the new building code.
New Zealand Defence Force photograph 445
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Diggers being used to clear the rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
Demolition prompts hope for damaged Christchurch buildings
Audio, Radio New Zealand
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.
Photograph by Neil Macbeth 259
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Members of the New Zealand police shifting a wooden beam from the ruins of the collapsed Canterbury Television Building in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. One of the New Zealand Police members has put on a bicycle helmet as protection. Around them, emergency personnel are searching the rubble for trapped people.
Christchurch Press 16 April 2011: Section C, Page 7
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Page 7 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 16 April 2011.
Engineer wants building standards upgraded
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A Canterbury University engineer says building standards need to be upgraded before rebuilding begins in the earthquake battered region.
Unsafe buildings in Christchurch mall down by mid July
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A new plan will see all dangerous earthquake-damaged buildings in Christchurch's Cashel Mall pulled down or made safe by mid-July.
New Zealand Defence Force photograph 698
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Damage to the Fuze Restaurant and Cafe on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay. The facade around the top of the building has crumbled into the street below. Wire fencing has been used to create a cordon around the building.
New Zealand Defence Force photograph 702
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Damage to the former Lyttelton Public Library on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The facade along the top of the building has crumbled into the street. Tape and road cones have been used to create a cordon around the building.
Nothing to fear over buildings identified as potentially weak
Audio, Radio New Zealand
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.
Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett 2010:09:13 23:40:16
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to Christchurch CBD buildings after the September 4th earthquake. The MLC building on Manchester Street".
New quake safety doubts over police stations, hospitals
Audio, Radio New Zealand
It's been revealed that not a single one of New Zealand's 315 police buildings constructed before 2011 have had a full earthquake safety check. Canterbury's district health buildings and a central Wellington cinema are among other major structures needing checks. Phil Pennington joins us with the details.
Photograph by Neil Macbeth 272
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A member of the New Zealand Fire Service adjusting his face mask at the base of the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Behind him, emergency personnel are searching the rubble for trapped people.
'Think of people not buildings' - CHCH property owner
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Some Christchurch building owners say a bulldozer's the best option, despite the city council calling for government help to rebuild heritage buildings damaged by the earthquake.
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1968
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New Brighton beach reflected in the window of the New Brighton Public Library building.
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 286
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Rendezvous Hotel, Novotel Hotel, and new Press Building viewed from Gloucester Street".
New Zealand Defence Force photograph 501
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Air Force photographer LAC Grant Armishaw in front of the CTV Building on Madras Street.