Since the Christchurch earthquakes propelled Paul Fleming from his Chancery Lane shop in central Christchurch, he has begun a business called 'Happy Tours' featuring an immaculate Austin Seven called Myrtle. Myrtle takes Spectrum's Deborah Nation into Christchurch's central city Red Zone. Christchurch poet Helen Jacobs also tours in Myrtle.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
A map showing the precincts proposed in the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan.
A map showing the proposed location of the central city retail precinct.
A graphic summarising the proposals in the Christchurch Central Development Unit's blueprint.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
A infographic giving the status of large buildings in the central city.
A digger clearing rubble from a demolished building in the central city.
A photograph of publications at the Rebuild Central office on Lichfield Street.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged building in the Christchurch central city.
Roof of a church protected with a tarpaulin in the central city.
Mother and child walk past graffitied buildings on Peterborough St, Christchurch Central.
A photograph of liquefaction inside a building in the Christchurch central city.
Staff in the Central Lecture Theatres foyer signing in for a briefing.
An Environmental Health Officer collecting air readings in the Christchurch central city.
An Environmental Health Officer collecting air readings in the Christchurch central city.
A map showing the locations of proposed developments in the central city.
A photograph of liquefaction on a street in the Christchurch central city.
A timeline for the consultation process for the draft Central City Plan.
A map showing the locations of red-stickered buildings in central Christchurch.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
Some central Christchurch businesses are having to close their doors, blaming a tough economic climate. Retail spending in the central city is only 80 percent of what it was before the devastating 2011 earthquakes, while the number of people living in the area has shrunk by a third.
A video of an address by developer Stephen Collins, at the 2015 Seismics and the City forum. This talk focuses on commercial development progress, and opportunities and issues in Central Christchurch and beyond.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city with the Farmers car park in the centre and Victoria Square in the background.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city with Victoria Square in the centre and the Crowne Plaza in the distance.
A photograph of Humpty Dumpty painted on a climbing wall at Central New Brighton School. The school was closed in 2014 after being merged with South New Brighton school.