A Poor Joke! A Premonition of What Was Yet to Come.

Articles, Lost Christchurch

This photographically produced postcard of Christchurch’s Provincial Government buildings, appearing twisted and warped, was a semi-humorous card sent out at Christmas after the Murchison ear…

Bike Ride in the East Side - Photograph 59

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A sewage pumping station on Avonside Drive has been lifted out of the ground by liquefaction. In the background, the damaged Snell Place footbridge over the Avon River is closed off with cordon fencing. The photographer comments, "A Sunday afternoon ride to New Brighton, then back via Aranui, Wainoni, Dallington, and Richmond. Not a cheerful experience. Dallington footbridge. The two pieces of this foot bridge have moved towards each other, so the bridge has developed quite a peak. The sewage pumping station has been heaved out of the ground by hydraulic pressure during quakes".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 358

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake resilience graffiti on the site of a demolished building in Sydenham. Wildflowers have grown out front".

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0012

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The swimming pool has lifted completely out of the ground at 1 Azalea Place, Kaiapoi".

Bettina Evans's photograph 103

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Woollen hats on the top of road cones out side Bill Hammond's house on Canterbury Street. Nobody knows who made these garments. They appeared overnight all over Lyttelton.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1833

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A damaged house inside the CBD cordon, seen through a fence. On the doors are signs that say 'Danger Keep Out' and 'Danger do no enter'.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2561

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Animal sculpture made out of grass in Re:Start mall in Re:Start mall. This was one of the sculptures presented by the Christchurch Garden City Trust.

St Luke's Labyrinth Photograph 5

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A photograph of a labyrinth laid out in bricks on the former site of St Luke's church.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 322

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Easter artwork on top of a road cone in Ferrymead. A bunny has been cut out of a milk bottle and painted.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 320

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Easter artwork on top of a road cone in Ferrymead. A bunny has been cut out of a milk bottle and painted.

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 086

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Material stripped out of the building at the Haldenstein's/Unlimited Paenga School site, High Street".

Economics ensures a high level of Chch rubble recycling

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A year and a half after the February Earthquake, economics has ensured much of the waste material coming out of Christchurch's central city has been recycled.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0706

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A Thai restaurant operating out of a caravan and container on Bealey Avenue".

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2542

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A section of street around the damaged Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings has been cordoned off. Remediation work is being carried out on parts while other section remain covered.

Variation to Global Tree Consent

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A variation to the consent granted by the Christchurch City Council, providing consent to carry out earthquake repair work that may affect protected vegetation.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2450

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Looking into the Red Zone through an observation window at the east end of Re:Start mall. Inside is a worker, and ongoing demolition work being carried out.

FESTA 2012 Programme

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A PDF copy of the FESTA 2012 programme. The programme includes a site map of FESTA events and projects, and key information about each one. It is designed to fold out into a poster.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 289

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A labourer tips material out the window of the Westpac building on High Street. The labourer is wearing a high visibility shirt and hard hat.

Too little too late for displaced Christchurch retirees

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Retired Christchurch people affected by the earthquakes are disappointed they have been left out of new rules aimed at giving people in retirement villages better payouts after natural disasters.

Commission hears crucial evidence was destroyed

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard that evidence crucial to working out what caused the collapse of the Canterbury Television Building, was destroyed by the firm which oversaw its design.

Newly formed Chch management unit

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The rebuild of central Christchurch has been taken out of the control of the city council and will now be managed by a newly formed unit within the Government's Earthquake Recovery Authority.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 359

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake resilience graffiti on the site of a demolished building in Sydenham. Wildflowers have grown out front".

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0789

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christ's College, Rolleston Avenue. Damage to the top of this building has had temporary repairs carried out".

Memorandum of Understanding - SCIRT and InfraTrain 2012

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A memorandum of understanding that sets out how SCIRT and InfraTrain planned to work together to build an industry training framework and skilled workforce.

Transformers Unplugged

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Twisted reinforcing rods tangled in a pile of rubble. The photographer comments, "It is a horrible sight when a transformer runs out of electricity. Anyone got any jumper cables?".

Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :'Quick! Fill it in before it climbs back out!' 1 …

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Prime Minister John Key tells the Minister for Earthquake recovery, Gerry Brownlee, to 'fill it in before it climbs back out!' Gerry Brownlee is sweeping rubble into a deep pit. The rubble represents many of the problems that New Zealand faces like Pike River, earthquakes, the Rena, child abuse, Winston Peters, gas pipeline damage and so on. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0705

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A Thai restaurant operating out of a caravan and container on Bealey Avenue".

CERA spending money when cheaper option exists

Audio, Radio New Zealand

People in Christchurch fighting to save their Port Hills homes are astounded the Earthquake Recovery Authority is set on spending millions of dollars to buy them out when a cheaper option exists.

Anglican Church takes centre stage at Quakes Royal Commission

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Anglican Church has been asked why it failed to carry out a detailed inspection of a building which partially collapsed, killing a Canadian tourist in Christchurch during the February earthquake.

Builder says he couldn't wait to leave CTV days before collapse

Audio, Radio New Zealand

An experienced builder says he couldn't wait to get out of the Canterbury Television Building after seeing how damaged it was in the September 2010 earthquake.