BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 216

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A sign attached to the fence post of a property on Avonside Drive reading, "23/9/10, EQC". This was the date Earthquake Commission personnel inspected the property.

Two minutes of silence for quake victims marked

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Church bells tolled around the country at exactly 12.51 this afternoon - one week on from the deadly Christchurch earthquake, which may have claimed as many as 240 lives.

The Panel Christmas Special

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Panel Christmas Special in downtown Auckland atop the Tyler Street Garage, featuring many of the regular panellists from 2011. Due to a Checkpoint special covering the Christchurch earthquake, this was not broadcast.

Israeli spy ring may have been caught up in Chch quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

There are suggestions this morning that a Mossad agent working for the Israeli government may have been one of those killed in the Christchurch earthquake.

Royal Commission to hear plea for upgrade to old buildings

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission will hear this week that the cost of upgrading the city's unreinforced masonry buildings is more than the buildings are worth.

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A brick 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.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Events have bypassed this notice as most buildings here have gone".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This building was designed to be angled - it's not an extreme earthquake effect. 330 Durham Street".

Fairfax Video, December 2011 (6)

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A video of a residential area in Christchurch, recorded in December 2011. The video captures a 6.0 magnitude earthquake, and the liquefaction caused by this tremor.

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rose runs her draughting service from this attractive office in the back garden at 464 Avonside Drive".

Bettina Evans's photograph 53

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The destruction of the Ground Culinary Centre on London Street. A digger is sitting on top of a pile of rubble. This site will soon be made into the Lyttelton Petanque Club.

Bettina Evans's photograph 89

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The entrance way of the Lyttelton Convent (now privately owned) on Exeter Street, all that is left of this beautiful brick building. A pile of rubble can be seen through the doorway.

Helen Devereux Photograph 100

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Under the trees in the Botanic Gardens was a 'Road Cone Art Competition', to see what sculptures the public could make out of a road cone. This work was titled 'Conllicious'.

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A photograph of piles of liquefaction silt lining Atlantis Street in New Brighton. This part of the street is red zoned.

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2345

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wattle Drive in New Brighton. This part of the street is red zoned".

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Wood and bricks on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. This construction material has been stripped from the house behind. To the right is a digger.

Russ Botting Photograph 9

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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.

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2346

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Atlantis Street in New Brighton. This part of the street is red zoned".

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 403

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This long row of cones was screening a large truck parked on Avonside Drive".

BeckerFraserPhotos November 2011 photograph 089

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sign 'This is a dangerous workplace' in the Central City Library, Gloucester Street".

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A wooden 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.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 323

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lichfield Street. This site you didn't see before hidden by building in the front".

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A store window that has been spray painted after it was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.

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A window 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.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 280

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Spray painted codes outside a block of apartments after it was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 286

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Detail of spray painted codes left after a building was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.

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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.

Cobb & Co. Corner of Cashel and High Streets, 1872

Articles, Lost Christchurch

Cobb & Co.’s  booking office on the corner of Cashel and High Streets was a hub of activity. Here the proprietor, W. R. Mitchell took charge of the bookings and service on this site since…

Christchurch City’s Heart – the Cashel and High Street Intersection

Articles, Lost Christchurch

This intriguing photograph taken at the junction of Cashel and High Street draws us back to a typical summer day in Edwardian Christchurch in February 1913. A summer rain fall has just cleared, all…

Holly Lea – a Rich Man’s Folly?

Articles, Lost Christchurch

An elderly man, dressed in a plum coloured suit and bow tie, stands gazing at his nearly completed home. It is September 1900, and this is no ordinary home, it is reputed to be the largest wooden r…