Christchurch Earthquake 22/02/11

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Christchurch - Earthquake Rebuild - Temporary CBD

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Christchurch - Earthquake Rebuild - Temporary CBD Christchurch City CBD Cashel Street Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand © 2011 Phil Le Cren Photo Taken With: Canon EOS 1000D + Canon EF/EF-S lenses + 10.1 effective megapixels + 2.5-inch TFT color LCD monitor + Eye-level pentamirror SLR + Live View shooting. + EOS Built-in Sensor...

Christchurch - Earthquake Rebuild - Temporary CBD

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Christchurch - Earthquake Rebuild - Temporary CBD Christchurch City CBD Cashel Street Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand © 2011 Phil Le Cren Photo Taken With: Canon EOS 1000D + Canon EF/EF-S lenses + 10.1 effective megapixels + 2.5-inch TFT color LCD monitor + Eye-level pentamirror SLR + Live View shooting. + EOS Built-in Sensor...

Christchurch - Earthquake Rebuild - Temporary CBD

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Christchurch - Earthquake Rebuild - Temporary CBD Christchurch City CBD Cashel Street Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand © 2011 Phil Le Cren Photo Taken With: Canon EOS 1000D + Canon EF/EF-S lenses + 10.1 effective megapixels + 2.5-inch TFT color LCD monitor + Eye-level pentamirror SLR + Live View shooting. + EOS Built-in Sensor...

Christchurch Earthquake 22/02/11

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The corner of Saint Asaph Street and Barbadoes Street.

Christchurch Earthquake 22/02/11

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The Press Building, Cathedral Square

Christchurch Earthquake - Cathedral Square Open

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A path between the new Cashel Mall shopping area and Cathedral Square was opened this weekend and about 1000 people have gone through every hour. It's the first time this section of city has been open to the public since the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Christchurch Earthquakes: I'll kiss it better

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First Aid?

Christchurch Earthquakes: Canterbury Provincial Council Chambers

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Built 1858-1865. This is just one end of what was once a very large building. Most of the rest has fallen.

Christchurch Earthquake 2011 - No Cruising Zone

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Taken 11 days after the 6.3 magnitude quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011As the clean up continues. Processed in HDR.

Christchurch Earthquake 2011 - Cashel Mall West

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The Mall is still cordoned off after the 6.3 quake hit Christchurch 22 Febraury 2011.

Strained Glass Windows - Christchurch Anglicain Cathedral

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Detail of the Christchurch Anglicain Cathedral viewed from a path between the new Cashel Mall shopping area and Cathedral Square which was opened two weekends ago. This is the first time this section of the city has been open to the public since the 22 February 2011 earthquake. It will be closed off again after 11 December 2011 for the demolitio...

Christchurch Cathedral pre quake 22/02/11

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Central City Plan.

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Provides information about the redevelopment of Christchurch central city following February’s earthquake and the draft plan. Includes a virtual tour through the city, pre and post quake.

Deconstruction of central Christchurch back on track

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The removal of rubble from the earthquake-stricken centre of Christchurch will start again today, once the worst of the ice in the central city melts.

Christchurch Earthquake 2011 - Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings

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Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings after the 6.3 magnitude quake hit Christchurch 22 Feburary 2011. This small cluster of historic buildings in central Christchurch are treasured by the city, both for their historical importance and their beauty. Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (1858 to 1865) were designed by Benjamin Mountfort, C...

Original central library pre demolition 016

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File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-016 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Original central library pre demolition 022

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File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-022 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Christchurch unveils $2 billion central city rebuild

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch has unveiled an ambitious $2 billion plan to re-create the central city as a green, people friendly, low rise zone, inside a garden. Almost six months on from the destructive February earthquake most of the centre still sits cordoned off, and half the buildings need to come down.

Christchurch Earthquake 2011 - Rose Historic Chapel Broken

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Sadly the Chapel has been badly damaged in the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. See below. The Rose Historic Chapel formerly St Mary’s Convent Chapel is the sole survivor of a group of heritage buildings in Christchurch that once comprised the St Mary’s Convent complex for the Sisters of Mercy in North Colombo St...

Christchurch Earthquake 2011 - Manchester and High Streets

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Showing Ruben Blades (top-right section of image) on the corner of Lichfield and Manchester Streets after the 6.3 quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011 and the building being demolished along with many others. This image also shows the remains of the very heavy snow fall we had on Monday 25 July 2011. The centre of the city is still cordoned o...

The Arts Centre of Christchurch - Dreaming Spires

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This winter-eve is warm, Humid the air! leafless, yet soft as spring, The tender purple spray on copse and briers! And that sweet city with her dreaming spires, She needs not June for beauty's heightening, Lovely all times she lies, lovely to-night!— From "Thyrsis: A Monody" by Matthew Arnold 1822–1888

Christchurch Earthquake 2011 - Rose Historic Chapel Broken

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Sadly the Chapel has been badly damaged in the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. See below. The Rose Historic Chapel formerly St Mary’s Convent Chapel is the sole survivor of a group of heritage buildings in Christchurch that once comprised the St Mary’s Convent complex for the Sisters of Mercy in North Colombo St...

Market Square: swamp, river and raupo in the central city

Articles, Lost Christchurch

It was hard to avoid sinking up to your knees in wet weather in Market Square in 1862.  This panoramic photograph shows Christchurch’s Market Place (later renamed Victoria Square) the damp ge…

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 116

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A photograph of USAR codes spray-painted on the side of a building in the Christchurch central city.

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor, 2011:02:22 15:09:16

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor, 2011:02:22 13:02:16

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor, 2011:02:22 13:02:39

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor, 2011:02:22 13:20:21

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson, 2011:02:22 13:50:18

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".