Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Arnold and Joy Pohio of Kaiapoi, north of Christchurch, speak of their son Joseph Pohio 40 yrs, who was killed during the earthquake while in the central city."
Three years on from the Canterbury earthquakes there is a huge focus on getting the central city back up and running, but some suburban shopping areas are also struggling to attract customers.
A view of the Hereford Street bridge, looking east over the Avon River. Wire fencing has been placed at the entrance to the bridge, indicating the edge of the central city cordon.
An aerial view of Re:START mall and the central city, during the Canterbury Tales procession. Canterbury Tales was created by Free Theatre Christchurch, and was the main event of FESTA 2013.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The cleared site of 198 Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Warners Hotel entrance iron work, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Convention Centre on Kilmore Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Scenic Hotel on Kilmore Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "BNZ Building viewed from Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition of 728 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Louis Vuitton Building being demolished, COlombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Ash Street looking towards Poplar Lane".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "164 High Street about to be demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Protective container along side the cathedral".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Highlight House, 171-177 Manchester Street".
The historic Townsend Teece telescope in Otautahi Christchurch was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake, but has been expertly restored and is now reinstalled back in its central city home at the Arts Centre.
Christchurch city experienced a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on September 4, at 4:35 am. The epicentre was 40 km west of the city. It is the most damaging earthquake in New Zealand since the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931, but there was no loss of life. It was fortunate the earthquake occurred when the central city streets were deserted, as there ...
Christchurch city experienced a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on September 4 at 4:35 am. The epicentre was 40 km west of the city. It was the most damaging earthquake in New Zealand since the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931, but there was no loss of life. It was fortunate the earthquake occurred when the central city streets were deserted, as there w...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Isaac Theatre Royal".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Novotel Hotel, Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Mall".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Isaac Theatre Royal".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Centennial Pool lap pool".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "NG Cafe, Madras Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Poplar Lane looking north".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "MedLab, Kilmore Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "123 Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "235 High Street".
A photograph of a demolition site on Gloucester Street.