A huge milestone in the rebuild of the Christchurch Cathedral. Twelves years since the Canterbury earthquakes caused extensive damage to the building, community leaders and project managers have gathered inside the cathedral this morning for the first time since the quakes. It also marks the completion of stablisation phase of the project. Our reporter Adam Burns went along.
The Church of the Good Shepherd (Philips Street) is a fine example of High Victorian Gothic architecture and was designed by Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort in 1884. It has suffered some major damage during 6.3 quake that hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. From Psalm 23 (King James Version) The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ...
A view after the 6.3 magnatude quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. Monsters in the Rafters You have no right to do this. Build me up Just to break me down. I wonder how you feel As I lie here alone. Fighting the monsters In my mind. Beyond the rafters Of the unknown. From a poem by Pinkieswear
Taken soon after the 6.3 magnatude quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. A friend tried to get home when the road opened up and her 4 wheel drive went down. We could not get it out! The grey liquefaction has stuck the other car fast. It took less than an hour to grow this thick.
20100918_3497_1D3-24 Porritt Park - Christchurch earthquake The Avon River loop around Porritt Park has risen with the quake. Huge cracks are all through Porritt Park (rowing, hockey and cricket venue). The main section of the river is in a man made cut behind the buildings in the background of this pic. #401
20170509_6305_7D2-62 Remembrance (129/365) Today was the first time I have been to the earthquake memorial since it was completed and opened on 22nd February 2017, six years after the devastating quake that killed the 185 that are named on this wall. I knew two of the people on the list.
I could have sworn the street lamposts were vertical on Friday 3 September 2010! Magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
I could have sworn the street lamposts were vertical on Friday 3 September 2010! Magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
I could have sworn the street lamposts were vertical on Friday 3 September 2010! Magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Glass windows shattered in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Chimney stack toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
I could have sworn the street lamposts were vertical on Friday 3 September 2010! Magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
I could have sworn the street lamposts were vertical on Friday 3 September 2010! Magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
I could have sworn the street lamposts were vertical on Friday 3 September 2010! Magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
I could have sworn the street lamposts were vertical on Friday 3 September 2010! Magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Collapsed roof and parapet following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
The kids in this house won't be getting presents from Santa this Christmas; collapsed chimney stack following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Cordon at the Tuam Street - Madras Street intersection, following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
I could have sworn the street lamposts were vertical on Friday 3 September 2010! Magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Fallen chimney stack leaves a gaping hole after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Collapsed roof and parapet following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
The gable disappeared off the roof of this church following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Parapet of this building collapsed during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Roof and parapet of this building collapsed during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Another home struck off Santa's Christmas delivery list; aftermath of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
Parapet of this building collapsed during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Parapet of this building collapsed during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Shop parapet toppled in the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010. This building was condemned and demolished on 9 September 2010.