Diggers working on an almost empty site after demolition of classrooms and other teaching facilities at Rangi Ruru Girls' High School.
Detail of the backs of buildings on High Street, seen from St Asaph Street, with some seating and a bench.
Earthquake damage to the former Christchurch Girls' High building. Bricks have fallen from the gable ends of the building, exposing the rooms within.
Forty law students in Christchurch are volunteering their time to help local residents take the Earthquake Commission to the High Court.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone in July 2011. The video includes footage of Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, the ChristChurch Cathedral, Worcester Street, the Press Building, the Whitcoulls Building, Cashel Mall, and High Street. It also includes an interview with Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of the cordon checkpoint on Armagh Street, Oxford Terrace, Colombo Street, the Edmond's Band Rotunda, Manchester Street, Gloucester Street, Worcester Street, the Octagon Live restaurant, Hereford Street, Bedford Row, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, and High Street.
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Oxford Terrace, Armagh Street, Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, Hereford Street, High Street, the Westpac Trust Building, Cashel Street, Manchester Street, Poplar Lane, the site of the demolished Convention Centre, and the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
With the land dropping about 1metre to 1.4metres after the earthquakes, a few roads besides the Avon and Heathcote Rivers are flooded with very high tides. Extra stop banks (on right) erected after the quakes have helped, but the road is now well below high water level. New Brighton Road, just short of New Brighton. The Pages Road bridge may b...
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake aftermath. Bedding is in high demand at the Addington Raceway Relief Centre".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Bedding is in high demand at The Addington Raceway Relief Centre".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Bedding is in high demand at The Addington Raceway Relief Centre".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Bedding is in high demand at The Addington Raceway Relief Centre".
The High Court has said 40 Christchurch homeowners wanting to take a class action against earthquake insurer Southern Response can move forward with their claim.
The Ngai Tahu High Court case against the Crown over freshwater and Christchurch marking the 14th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake.
Detail of the backs of buildings on High Street, seen from St Asaph Street. A portaloo and road cones on the empty site.
The ANZ Bank Chambers on the corner of High and Lichfield Streets. WORLD, a clothing store, was housed on the ground floor.
Richard is a retired High School Art/Design teacher who is now making architectural models of houses and public buildings - some destroyed in the Christchurch earthquakes.
A photograph of workers loading a trailer with items salvaged from people's homes during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes.
Looking down High Street, from the corner of Litchfield and Hereford Streets. In the foreground is the empty space where the Fishers' Building previously was.
A video about the work which is being conducted in the Christchurch Red Zone in the weeks after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Members of the New Zealand Army and Civil Defence are working to secure business premises by boarding up broken windows and doors. The video also includes footage of the damage to the Fisher's Building, the Press Building, Ballies Bar, and ChristChurch Cathedral, and many buildings on High Street.
A lawyer for the Earthquake Commission has told the High Court there are major holes in the case brought by a Christchurch couple to have their home rebuilt.
A view down High Street looking towards the Holiday Inn building and the Westpac building (right). The 'Flour Power' artwork by Regan Gentry stands in the foreground.
A view down High Street looking towards the Holiday Inn building and the Westpac building (right). The 'Flour Power' artwork by Regan Gentry stands in the foreground.
Dr Sue Bagshaw, the head of a youth health clinic Christchurch, fears the high rates of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among children will skyrocket due to the earthquake.
A video clip of large-scale, temporary installations behind a bed of colourful flowers on the corner of High Street and Manchester Street.
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…
Sandwiched between the iconic White Hart Hotel and the Universal Boot Depot at 223-225 High Street, was the business founded by Mr James Freeman, a pastry cook and caterer. Opened in 1891, the buil…
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Flooding after high tide on the Avon River post quake. New Brighton Road near the Bower Tavern".
A PDF copy of pages 104-105 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'SCAPE'. Image: Ash Keating, Gardensity, 2010/11, commissioned by SCAPE with generous support from Leighs Construction and Portabuild, installed outside Christchurch Art Gallery. Photo used with permission: SCAPE.
A PDF copy of pages 22-23 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'TEDxEQChCh'. Photos: Neil Macbeth