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Tribute in Cashel Mall
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
28 February 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-01-28-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0026 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Christchurch Earthquake Appeal update
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Christchurch Earthquake Appeal established by the government and spearheaded by NZX Chief Executive Mark Weldon has attracted donor money from companies and individuals around the world. How will that money be spent?
Christchurch Press Infographic: 6 August 2011 (2)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A compliation of photographs of memorials from around the world.
Victoria and Salisbury Street corner
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28 February 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-01-28-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0016 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 322-323: The Hope Bear an…
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A PDF copy of pages 322-323 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'The Hope Bear and Giraffing Around'.
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Christchurch command 2118 keeping track of units around town. Outside art gallery EOC (Emergency Operation Control)
Demolition on Colombo Street by KFC
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28 February 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-01-28-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0032 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Demolition on Colombo Street by KFC
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28 February 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-01-28-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0031 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
2019: The Best of The Best
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
The temperatures are heating up, there’s Christmas decorations in shops around the city and we’re on the countdown to summer holidays. In our penultimate blog post for the year we’re going to look back on some of our best artefacts … Continue reading →
The archaeology of natural disasters
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
When people first settled in Aotearoa, they had no idea that they were sitting upon a slice of one of two supercontinents; Gondwanaland. Around eighty-three million years ago this slice we now live on, known to us as Zealandia, broke … Continue reading →
Anecdotes from the appraisalists
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Call us appraisalists, historical researchers, or even cyber archaeologists. Most of our day consists of using a wide variety of historical material to pull together the histories of sites around Canterbury (and to make sure those archaeologists in the field … Continue reading →
Making sense of it all
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
It is interesting to consider how we are influenced by an intangible map of our senses and emotions tied to our place in the world. We pay little attention to how we feel walking around a familiar neighbourhood, looking at … Continue reading →
Creating a New Normal
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
This week New Zealand entered its third week of the Covid-19 lockdown, and one of the phrases being thrown around a lot is creating a ‘new normal’. The idea of a ‘new normal’ gives a sense that life, whether for … Continue reading →
Frequently asked questions #1
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Training and working as an archaeologist can be an interesting experience, not just because of the work we do, but thanks to the preconceptions and opinions of the people around us. Like so many other professions, archaeology is an extremely … Continue reading →
A penny for your thoughts…
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Money, as Liza Minnelli has told us, makes the world go around. It is such an intricate and constant part of the societies we live in, a factor upon which so many of our actions – collectively and individually – are … Continue reading →
The Old Sumner Road Cave Dweller
Articles, Lost Christchurch
A Pitiable Case As a man was walking around Sumner road, in October 1901, a lady passed by and drew his attention to a small cave in the side of the hill where she said an old lady and her husband …
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 189
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the location of the Green Room garden on Colombo Street. White picket fences have been placed around the edges of the site and a platform has been partially constructed in the back-right corner. Wire fences have been placed around the entire section as a cordon.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "The Green Room was built by Jonathan Hall and planted by Gina Payne."
Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:10 (09)
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Historic buildings around Christchurch received varying degrees of damage. Christchurch Cathedral".
Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:10 17:21:44
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Historic buildings around Christchurch received varying degrees of damage. Christchurch Cathedral".
Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:10 (22)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch, where the clean-up has begun. Historic buildings around Christchurch received varying degrees of damage. Christchurch Cathedral".
Seize the means of production! The archaeology of tools and labour.
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
For a lot of us, Labour Day is celebrated in the same way as a lot of public holidays: not thinking about work, catching up the gardening and odd jobs around the house, going away for a long weekend, having … Continue reading →
On the right track: tramways archaeology in Christchurch
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
How did people get around Christchurch in the 19th century? People certainly walked, or rode, perhaps on a horse, or in a wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse, such as a dray, gig, hackney, or hansom. And let’s not forget … Continue reading →
Beauty and the Beast Characters as Nineteenth Century Artefacts
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
As a bit of preface for this blog, for anyone not reading it on or around the 20th of August, 2021, New Zealand is back into a full lockdown and the whole country has gone a bit silly. So, in … Continue reading →
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2551
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Autumn tree in Christchurch around the Avon River.
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2553
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Autumn tree in Christchurch around the Avon River.
Pacific communities rally to help each other in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Pacific communities are rallying around each other in the wake of last week's Christchurch earthquake.
Crowne Plaza
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
6 March 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-03-06-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0108 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Crowne Plaza
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6 March 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-03-06-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0111 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Crowne Plaza
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6 March 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-03-06-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0112 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Temporary eateries, Sumner
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Temporary eateries in Sumner, Christchurch File reference: CCL-2012-05-12-Around-Sumner-May-2012 DSC_040.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.