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Photograph of In Your Face 2012:10:20 19:07:10
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A photograph of architecture students standing among large inflated white balls that are part of the In Your Face installation at LUXCITY.
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2681
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View down Papanui Road. Some road works ahead with a sign that says 'Extreme Care Cyclist Merging' and 'Footpath closed please use other side'. On the left is a shop operating out of a shipping container in a site where a building has been demolished.
The Panel with Duncan Webb and Islay McLeod (Part 1)
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Topics - A magnitude 4.7 earthquake that rattled Wellington early this morning was the second to hit the capital in less than a week. Your ideas for economic measures to stimulate Christchurch's recovery continue to flow in.
Insight for 27 March 2011 - Quake Health Services
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Health correspondent Karen Brown visited Christchurch Hospital a week after the disaster that resulted in patients being resuscitated by torchlight. She reviews the immediate impact of the earthquake on the region's health services, how they’re picking themselves up and what lies ahead.
Repairs underway for quake-damaged statue of Antarctica's Scott
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The statue of the Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott, that toppled from its plinth and snapped at its ankles in the Christchurch earthquake is being repaired. all going well it will be reinstated later this year, just in time for the Antarctic summer.
Robin Robins's earthquake repairs journal
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A PDF copy of a handwritten journal kept by Robin Robins, documenting the repair work on his earthquake-damaged home between November 2012 and April 2017. Note that some personal information has been redacted from this document.
It’s better when we stick together.
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
What would we do without glue? Well, it’s estimated that each person in U.S.A and the U.K. uses 18.2kgs of glue annually. I’m probably more of a Sellotape/Blu-Tack person myself, but those statistics sound impressive! The development of commercial synthetic … Continue reading →
Canterbury Uni: projected budget deficit of $17-million
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Since the earthquake in February the university has faced spiralling insurance costs and a decline in student enrolments. Now 24 staff have agreed to voluntary redundancy effective next year and the vice chancellor, Rod Carr, says despite that, it's largely business as usual.
The Standard Hotel: beer, burlesque and a “sketchy kind of farce”
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
This week we’re delving into the seedier side of the life in early Christchurch with the story of the Standard Hotel, an establishment that found itself on the fringes of Victorian respectability during its short existence in the 1860s. At … Continue reading →
The difficulties of dating #1: age is not equal to experience
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
One of the most commonly assumed facts about archaeologists (aside from our ability to have adventures, look good in a fedora and be surprisingly skilful with a whip), is that we can look at an object and know how old … Continue reading →
Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:20 17:22:11
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hold on to your hats. There's a big 7.1 aftershock coming! Ralph Bungard owner of Three Boys Brewery testing the beer that started being brewed the night of the Christchurch Earthquake".
Waikato Times Image: Chris Hillock 2010:09:07 10:54:00
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "After the recent earthquake in Christchurch, Environment Waikato has released information that shows the Waikato people are under-prepared for a natural disaster. Reporter Jeff Neems with his survival kits".
Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:10:20 (10)
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Dr Mark Quigley is a lecturer in the department of Geological Sciences at the University of Canterbury. His lecture on the Canterbury earthquake drew such interest that 600 were turned away".
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 216
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Yellow stickers on the window of 164 Victoria Street. The sticker on the left readings, "Danger, your building has a yellow placard, do not enter". The sticker on the right indicates that the building is restricted to essential business.
Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:10:20 (06)
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Dr Mark Quigley is a lecturer in the department of Geological Sciences at the University of Canterbury. His lecture on the Canterbury earthquake drew such interest that 600 were turned away".
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 260
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Damage to the building that housed the LSI English Language School on Peterborough Street. The side wall where bricks have fallen from has been covered up, and the area around the building has been cordoned off. Piles of bricks are still visible on the site.
Photograph of Halo 2012:10:20 18:25:29
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A photograph of a child inflating one of the paper origami balloons of Halo. Halo is a temporary installation that is part of LUXCITY.
Canterbury teachers on strike
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Primary and intermediate teachers marching in Christchurch echoed the message of their colleagues further north - they also want pay increases and improved working conditions. But they say that their classrooms are even more complex as they continue to deal with the effects of the earthquakes - and the associated trauma.
Ngāi Tūāhuriri Story: Te Omeka
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
The name Omeka for the Justice Precinct comes from the Biblical omega. Dating back to the prophecy of Ratana early last century, it is testimony to Ngāi Tahu’s faith that their claims for justice would be settled.
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0655
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The light shines through these stained glass windows in ChristChurch Cathedral in a way that used to be seen only from the inside of the Cathedral".
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 442
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Windows of the Durham Street Methodist Church that have been braced and weather proofed with timber. The plaster around them is badly cracked, and a section has fallen away, revealing the brick work underneath.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:10:01 18:40:01)
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A photograph of street art in Avonside. The artworks are on the walls of a derelict toilet block. The photographer believes that the artworks were created by the artist 'SGC'.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:10:01 18:40:44)
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A photograph of street art in Avonside. The artwork is on the walls of a derelict toilet block. The photographer believes that the artworks were created by the artist 'SGC'.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:10:01 18:38:00)
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A photograph of street art in Avonside. The artworks are on the walls of a derelict toilet block. The photographer believes that the artworks were created by the artist 'SGC'.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:10:01 18:38:16)
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A photograph of street art in Avonside. The artworks are on the walls of a derelict toilet block. The photographer believes that the artworks were created by the artist 'SGC'.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:10:12 14:58:27)
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A photograph of street art on the back wall of the AJ Creative Glass building on Fitzgerald Avenue. The photographer believes that the artwork was created by the artist 'Saves'.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:48:33)
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A photograph of street art on the public toilets on Shaw Avenue. The photograph believes that the artwork was created by the artist 'Minx'.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:44:05)
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A photograph of a paste-up on a skip between Brighton Mall and Hawke Street. The photographer believes that the artwork was created by the artist 'Porta'.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:44:02)
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A photograph of a paste-up on a skip between Brighton Mall and Hawke Street. The photographer believes that the artwork was created by the artist 'Porta'.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:02:20 13:39:20)
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A photograph of street art on the partially-demolished wall of the Odeon Theatre. The photograph believes that the artwork was created by the artist Owen Dippie.