This charming advertisement designed in 1913, was printed onto postcards and distributed at the New Zealand High Commission Office in London to attract young, single women to the colony. Irregardle…
New Zealand’s first skyscraper was built on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets between 1905 – 06 for the New Zealand Express Company. This state of the art seven storey buil…
Ballantynes and Hobdays on Cashel Street in 1882 The Burton Brothers captured this softly lit image of Cashel Street, the main commercial street of Christchurch. The camera sits at the corner of Hi…
Finance Minister Bill English holds a large axe that represents the 'budget' and says 'I wanted to retrieve all my spending tools, but, sadly, with allotted time short, I could only grab this!..' He is standing outside the barrier that surrounds the Christchurch CBD. Context - The Christchurch central business district has been largely out of bounds to anyone but those dealing with the after-effects of the earthquake of February 22 but business owners have been allowed restricted access to retrieve gear and belongings. The 2011 budget looks as though it will be focused on paring everything down because of the sad state of New Zealand's economy at present (made worse by the need to rebuild Christchurch), hence the axe. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Someone holds a mobile phone and sends a text 'CH CH WE R ALL IN THS 2 GTHR' (Christchurch we are all in this together). Context - On 22 February 2011 at 12:51 pm (NZDT), Christchurch experienced a major magnitude 6.3 earthquake, which resulted in severe damage and many casualties. A National State of Emergency has been declared. This followed on from an original magnitude 7.1 earthquake on 4 September 2010 which did far less damage and in which no-one died. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
This audio file was recorded in Lyttelton. It captures the human and electronic responses following the 22nd February 2011 earthquake such as people talking, snips of radio broadcast, and alarms going off.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This damaged container is near the tree stumps of trees that had to be removed from Hagley Park".
A laminated paper sign attached to a power pole on Acland Avenue in Avonside reading, "Warning. 24-hour video surveillance in this area".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kenton Chambers, Liverpool Street. This side view shows much less damage than the front view".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Town Hall. Described as 'Council deciding on the future of this building, hoping to save it'".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This house in 14 Kinsey Terrace partly collapsed when the cliff collapsed. Seen from Main Road, Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This building was designed to be angled - it's not an extreme earthquake effect. 330 Durham Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This gives some idea of the extend of the building slumping in the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A video taken from a vehicle showing slow-moving heavy traffic following the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Note that the audio has been removed from this video for copyright reasons.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Slumping in Kerrs Road (this house is in the red zone)".
An aerial photograph of Horseshoe Lake. All of this land is red-zoned.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Drive - there are a number of fissures of this depth about".
The top portion of this building on Manchester Street has fallen away, littering the ground below. USAR codes have been spray painted on the walls and footpath.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This gives some idea of the extend of the building slumping in the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
Cashel Street has been taken over by the new phenomenon – motor cars. This photograph documents the quickly changing dynamics of a street which once enjoyed a more sedentary pace of life. Ch…
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…
Sumner Beach was the last stop on the Sumner line. In this intriguing photograph, we can see the goings on of a typical summer’s weekend, one hundred and six years ago. Hundreds of city dwe…
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Avonside. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The dominant road in this picture is Avondale Road which crosses the River Avon. To the left of this photograph is all zoned red apart from a small piece on the other side of the river. On the right-hand side of Avondale Road, some streets are zoned green although the streets closest to the river are red-zoned".
Detail of damage to the former Princess Cinema in New Brighton. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the interior. The photographer comments, "This is the side view of the back of the old Princess Cinema in New Brighton after the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on 22 February. The bricks seem to be just about to fall, but stayed in place after several big aftershocks. This building has now been knocked down as it was so dangerous".
The Christchurch Cathedral Square showing the Anglican Cathedral after loosing its tower and spire after the 6.3 quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. 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 off. This image was taken from a helicopter flight over the...
The Christchurch Cathedral after loosing its tower and spire after the 6.3 quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. This image shows the centre of the city still cordoned off. I took this image on Good Friday, Easter weekend, as the sun rose to shine over the city giving a feeling of hope and resurrection of Christchurch to come in...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Orari Street, Bexley. Changes to the water level have taken place in this property".
A photograph of earthquake damage to the Crown Masonic Lodge on Wordsworth Street, also known as the Freemasons Centre. Sections of this brick wall at the front of the building have collapsed.
Wood and pink insulation batts on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. This construction material has been stripped from the exterior of a house.
A fence has been spray painted after the building was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.