The cordon on High Street. On the fence is a sign that says 'Please save High Street. The heart of Chch City'.
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard how close the city's tallest building came to collapsing entirely during the February 22nd earthquake.
The chief executive of the Christchurch City Council says there's no pressure from Treasury officials or the Earthquake Recovery authority to sell assets.
Boarded up windows on the former Christchurch City Council building in Tuam Street. The photographer comments, "This guy always meets his sales target".
Elephant sculpture made out of grass in Re:Start mall. This was one of the sculptures presented by the Christchurch Garden City Trust.
A PDF copy of pages 72-73 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Now Panic and Freak Out'. Photo: Gaby Montejo
A video of Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams touring the Christchurch central city Red Zone. Williams visited Christchurch for two days during his New Zealand tour to offer his support to the city. The video includes footage of Williams visiting the ChristChurch Cathedral, and meeting locals. It also includes an interview with Williams about the demolition of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
Provides history, business, community and tourist information. Also includes information relating to the earthquake recovery.
Website dedicated to the reconstruction of the Cathedral damaged in the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.
The Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee is denying accusations he's about to engineer a central government takeover of the rebuild of central city Christchurch.
A freshwater biologist says a tsunami of sediment and sand caused by the Canterbury earthquakes is choking the city's riverbeds and killing aquatic life.
Christchurch hotels lost a million guest nights in the year following the February earthquake, but tourism in the city is now picking up again.
Reconstruction work on Our City-O-Tautahi, located in the former Municipal Chambers. Extensive bracing can be seen on front wall of the building.
View through the trees alongside the Avon, Our City-O-Tautahi with bracing support on the front, and the Rydges hotel in the background.
Whale-shaped sculpture made out of grass in Re:Start mall. This was one of the sculptures presented by the Christchurch Garden City Trust.
Animal-shaped sculpture made out of grass in Re:Start mall. This was one of the sculptures presented by the Christchurch Garden City Trust.
The Christchurch city council says today's flooding would have been much worse had it not been for post-earthquake upgrades to the storm water system.
A super council, along the lines of Auckland city could be on the cards in Canterbury, but not until the earthquake recovery is well underway.
A victim's family and engineers are seeking answers from the Christchurch City Council on why the earthquake-devastated CTV building was allowed to be built.
When the earthquake demolished Christchurch's central business district, some business owners had no option but to pack up and start again in a different city.
Spud Hilton knows what it's like to feel the fear of a large scale earthquake. As the Travel Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, he lives in a city on a fault line. Spud Hilton has just published an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the status of Christchurch as a tourist destination and as a city that must rebuild, rethink and reinvent itself.
Text reads 'Did you put the cat out and lock and back door?'. Shows car parked in Christchurch City at night. Context: People have been sleeping in their cars due to housing shortage created by Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 (Stuff 29 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Since September 2010 Christchurch, New Zealand, has experienced a number of significant earthquakes. In addition to loss of life, this has resulted in significant destruction to infrastructure, including road corridors; and buildings, especially in the central city, where it has been estimated that 60% of buildings will need to be rebuilt. The rebuild and renewal of Christchurch has initially focused on the central city under the direction of the Christchurch City Council. This has seen the development of a draft Central City Plan that includes a number of initiatives that should encourage the use of the bicycle as a mode of transport. The rebuild and renewal of the remainder of the city is under the jurisdiction of a specially set up authority, the Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA). CERA reports to an appointed Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, who is responsible for coordinating the planning, spending, and actual rebuilding work needed for the recovery. Their plans for the renewal and rebuild of the remainder of the city are not yet known. This presentation will examine the potential role of the bicycle as a mode of transport in a rebuilt Christchurch. The presentation will start by describing the nature of damage to Christchurch as a result of the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. It will then review the Central City Plan (the plan for the rebuild and renewal for central Christchurch) focusing particularly on those aspects that affect the role of the bicycle. The potential for the success of this plan will be assessed. It will specifically reflect on this in light of some recent research in Christchurch that examined the importance of getting infrastructure right if an aim of transport planning is to attract new people to cycle for utilitarian reasons.
A year and a half after the February Earthquake, economics has ensured much of the waste material coming out of Christchurch's central city has been recycled.
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A view from Cambridge Terrace of the damaged Our City O-Tautahi building, formerly the Municipal Chambers. Scaffolding has been placed along the side of the building.
A graffiti paste-up of a digger on the side of a building in the central city. The artist has added a speech bubble reading, "Nom, nom".
Animal sculpture made out of grass in Re:Start mall in Re:Start mall. This was one of the sculptures presented by the Christchurch Garden City Trust.
The Odeon Theatre and next to it is the Pink Pussy Cat Building formerly Lawrie & Wilson Auctioneers and used by the Parking Unit of Christchurch City Council.
The Christchurch Mayor says the city council will meet with GNS scientists to get some answers about the current sequence of earthquakes, which have sparked anxiety among residents.