A crane beside the boiler chimney in the University of Canterbury's Facilities Management yard. The photographer comments, "The University restarts its teaching, and the techies in e-learning move out of NZi3. Inspection and repairs to the University's boiler system. It's getting cooler, we'll need heat soon - but we need accessible buildings first".
Damage to the Crichton Cobbers Youth and Community Club. Large sections of the brick walls have collapsed, and two large beams lie across the rubble. Cordon fencing surrounds this and nearby buildings. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Old brewery, later a gym - Fitzgerald Ave".
Damage to the dome of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Cracking around the base of the dome shows how it has moved. In the foreground, damage to the north-west corner of the building can be seen. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Catholic Cathedral, Barbadoes St".
Damage to the Crichton Cobbers Youth and Community Club. Large sections of the brick walls have collapsed, and two large beams lie across the rubble. Cordon fencing surrounds this and nearby buildings. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Old brewery, later a gym - Fitzgerald Ave".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the second story of the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. The front of the storey has collapsed, exposing the inside. A tarpaulin has been draped over the top and the roof of the building behind.
A view down Victoria Street from the corner of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue. On the left is the damaged Knox Church, where the brick has crumbled but the wooden roof frame is still intact. Behind is the the BDO building and on the left is an empty demolition site.
A photograph of a room inside a flat on Poplar Street taken during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The building's outer wall has crumbled leaving the room exposed.
Over the last few weeks, as archaeologists do, I’ve found myself thinking about the physical legacies people leave behind them. In particular, I’ve been thinking about the contrast between the monumental (buildings, in this case) and the artefactual and how, … Continue reading →
Summary of oral history interview with Gina King about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Alia Afzali about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Janelle Mackie about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Carol Hides about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Christine about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of participant number QB1602's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of participant number WF2535's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Summary of oral history interview with Loretta Rhodes about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Captain Long John Knickers's (alias Kerry McCammon) earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Ann's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 7 May 2013 entitled, "My Thoughts on the Rebuild of Christchurch".
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 31 March 2014.
Kilmore St and Barbadoes St Intersection
Kilmore St and Barbadoes St Intersection
Kilmore St and Barbadoes St Intersection
Kilmore St and Barbadoes St Intersection
Merrivale Mall continues after the massive aftershock sustained by Christchurch on 22nd February 2011.
Kilmore St and Barbadoes St Intersection
Fitzgerald Ave
Kilmore St and Barbadoes St Intersection
Kilmore St and Barbadoes St Intersection
Kilmore St and Barbadoes St Intersection