
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video shows footage of the Edmond's Band Rotunda, Gloucester Street, the CTV building site, Poplar Lane, the McKenzie & Willis building, High Street, Lichfield Street, Colombo Street, Cathedral Square, and ChristChurch Cathedral.
The dome of Christchurch's Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament will be removed amid fears it may topple after the 6.3 magnatude quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011.
Bob Parker can't believe it's been nearly six years since the ChristChurch Cathedral was almost destroyed by an earthquake, and still it sits there.
Details of an interior door of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
Detail of the ceiling domes inside the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
The world's first remote-operated digger will enter and undertake internal cleanup inside Christchurch's iconic Cathedral.
The columns on the exterior of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
Detail of the ceiling domes inside the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
Detail of a spiral staircase inside the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
Shows Christchurch's Anglican cathedral receiving extensive treatment including blood, ambulances, scaffold and signs reading 'save!' In the background Christchurch's Catholic Cathedral says it wants its share of attention as well. Context: The focus of repairing the Christchurch Anglican cathedral appeared to draw focus and resources from the equally historic and damaged Catholic Cathedral. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
The title is 'Cardboard cathedral proposed...' The cartoon shows the Christchurch Cathedral completed with cardboard boxes and a spire made of used toilet rolls. A puppy is in the process of unwinding toilet paper from the last roll. On an earlier part of the roof stand cardboard cutouts of the Christchurch wizard and maybe the mayor, Bob Parker. Context: A design for a temporary cathedral has been outlined by renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. The proposed $4 million temporary replacement for Christchurch's destroyed cathedral made of shipping containers and cardboard has been met with scepticism from residents of the quake-hit city who wonder whether another church is really what the city needs right now. (3 News 1 August 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Register Record for the former Lyttelton Times Building, 56 Cathedral Square, Christchurch
The Cathedral has been in a state of limbo since the Christchurch earthquakes. Now roosting pigeons are adding to the damage.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 December 2012 entitled, "Cardboard Cathedral".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Sevicke Jones Building in Cathedral Square.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Sevicke Jones Building in Cathedral Square.
A photograph of the Cathedral Grammar School Main Block.
Detail of a stained-glass window in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
Detail of the columns in the interior of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
The stone cross on the roof of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
Detail of one of the ceiling domes inside the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
Detail of one of the ceiling domes inside the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
Detail of one of the ceiling domes inside the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
Detail of the columns in the interior of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
Awaiting restoration, the Cathedral was damaged in a series of major earthquakes. 52 in 2018: 30. Ruin or Archaelogical site
It was so nearly lost. As the Christ Church Anglican Cathedral is being rebuilt, historian Edmund Bohan is releasing a history of the distinctive Gothic building. It shows it was controversial even before work started on designing it, let alone building in. From the laying of the foundations to the official opening, it took 40 years, after squabbles over pretty much every aspect of its construction - not to mention the huge problems raising the money to build it in the City Centre. In Heart of the City: The Story of Christchurch's Controversial Cathedral, Edmund is critical of the former Anglican Bishop Victoria Matthews' determination to demolish the badly-damaged cathedral after the Canterbury earthquakes, to replace it with a modern church. And he tells Lynn Freeman he's very much looking forward to seeing the Cathedral restored to its former glory after a lengthy and pricey rebuild. But first he sets the scene. Back in the 1860s, there was controversy over where the cathedral should go, its design, whether it should be in stone or timber - even if there should be a cathedral built at all! Heart of the City: The Story of Christchurch's Controversial Cathedral, by Edmund Bohan is published by Quentin Wilson Publishing.
Christ Church Cathedral's damaged tower.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. On the fence is a photograph of what the cathedral looked like before the earthquake.
A close up of damaged stonework of Christ Church Cathedral. A window has been boarded up on the north side of the cathedral.
A close up of damaged stonework of Christ Church Cathedral. A window has been boarded up on the north side of the cathedral.