A month on from the Christchurch earthquake, all but a handful schools in the city are back up and running.
The Problem Gambling Foundation says people in Christchurch are turning to gambling to combat stress after the city's major earthquakes.
The head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Roger Sutton, flew over the quake-hit city after today's first shake.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city with the intersection between Tuam and Colombo Street in the bottom centre.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An aerial view of the city with the River Avon looping towards the sea".
View over the Avon River through some trees. Our City O-Tautahi and the Claredon Tower can be partially seen.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. A microwave in a bin outside a block of flats near the city centre".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The central city looking north-east with Latimer Square in the centre".
A paper submitted by Andrew Moore in partial fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor of Music with Honours, covering the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes on the musical life of Christchurch. Dissertation supervised by Dr Elaine Dobson, University of Canterbury School of Music. All photographs from The Press are copyright Fairfax Media and are used with permission.
The aftermath of three earthquakes has forced Christchurch to re-plan and rebuild. New perspectives of a sustainable city have arisen granting Christchurch the chance of becoming an example to the world. This work is centred on bioclimatic landscape design as a base for greening strategies. It deals with strategic landscape design adapted to a specific climate, from a user’s perspective. The investigation will be applied to Christchurch’s urban centres, assessing cultural adaptability to the local climate and implications for landscape design. Climatic data shows that humidity is not a local problem. However, the wind is the determinant. In Christchurch the solar radiation and the prevailing winds are the most important microclimatic variables, the latter intensifying the loss of surface heat, decreasing the radiant temperature and affecting thermal sensation. The research objective is to explore design parameters at the street-scale and identify ways to maximise thermal comfort in outdoor spaces through design-based strategies. The investigation will apply methods of participant observation, depth interviews, climatic data collection and design experimentation based on thermal comfort models and computer simulation tools. Case study sites chosen for investigation are places with current levels of activity that may be anticipated in the rebuild of the central city. The research will have two main outcomes: improved understanding of local urban culture adaptation to microclimate, and a demonstration of how design can enhance adaption. These outcomes will inform designers and city managers about good design practices and strategies that can be used to ensure a long term liveable city.
A photograph of police and members of the public people standing near the earthquake damaged Smiths City car park after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Liquefaction covers the right side of the footpath.
A photograph of a Christchurch City Council building on Tuam Street. One of the windows on the bottom floor has shattered and there is glass on the footpath below.
A photograph of police and members of the public people standing near the earthquake damaged Smiths Citys car park after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Liquefaction covers the right side of the footpath.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking into the central city from the banks of the River Avon just below the Colombo Street bridge".
The InTentCity 6.3 Cafe, which was set up in a tent in the Law car park while University of Canterbury buildings were closed for structural testing. The photographer comments, "The University restarts its teaching, and the techies in e-learning move out of NZi3. New cafe - InTentCity. (Get it...?)".
A crane with a wrecking ball demolishing St Elmo Courts on Hereford Street. Behind it is the Christchurch City Council Building.
People in Sumner with earthquake-damaged homes are demanding answers from the Christchurch City Council about the future of their properties.
The Dean of the Christchurch Cathedral says he's stepping down so he can better serve the city during the earthquake recovery.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Plaster reliefs on the wall of the old City Council Civic Offices on Manchester Street".
Workers on a site in the central city with shipping containers around them, as well as piles of wood and rubble.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north east across the old City Council building, old Majestic Theatre, and IRD building".
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city with Victoria Square in the centre and the Crowne Plaza in the distance.
A demolition site. In the background is the former Christchurch City Council building, cranes and the Westpac Building on the left.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The city at dusk from Mt Pleasant, with a backdrop of the Southern Alps".
Heavy steel bracing holding up the front facade of the Our City O-Tautahi Building on Worcester Street near Oxford Terrace.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sculpture on the Cambridge Terrace side of the River Avon which marks 15 years of the Seattle-Christchurch Sister City Association".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A stretch of newly laid pavement on Manchester Street which signals the City Council's intent to open up the cordon in this area soon".
Personnel from the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) photographed in front of the collapsed Smiths City car park on Dundas Street.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) searching through the rubble of a collapsed building in the Christchurch central city.
A view down Oxford Terrace towards Rydges Hotel. On the right is Our City O-Tautahi with bracing in front of it.