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Members of the public watching Prince William's speech on a big screen. The Christchurch Earthquake Memorial Service was held in Hagley Park on 18 March 2011.

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Damage to the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace. The brickwork has cracked, the corner crumbling onto the street below.

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Damage to the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace. The brickwork has cracked, the corner crumbling into the street below.

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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.

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Members of the public at the Christchurch Earthquake Memorial Service. More than 40,000 people attended the memorial service in Hagley Park on 18 March 2011.

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A police officer giving assistance to members of the public while guarding the CBD cordon. A couple of other people are looking into the city cordon.

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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.

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Damage to the former Lyttelton Public Library on Sumner Road in Lyttelton. The facade of the building has crumbled onto the road. Tape and cones have been placed around the building to warn people off.

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Damage to the former Lyttelton Public Library on Sumner Road in Lyttelton. The facade of the building has crumbled onto the road. Tape and cones have been placed around the building to warn people off.

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A view down Sumner Road in Lyttelton with the former Lyttelton Public Library building to the left and the former Lyttelton Fire Station building to the right. Masonry has collapsed from both buildings and wire fencing has been placed around their bases as cordons.

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A view across Oxford Street in Lyttelton to the former Lyttelton Public Library, cordoned off with wire fencing. Masonry from the top of the building has collapsed onto the footpath. The former Lyttelton Fire Station building can be seen to the right.

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A photograph of the collapsed corner of the Ruben Blades Hairdressing Academy building on Manchester Street. Members of the public are searching for survivors in the rubble.

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Members of the public at the opening of the Think Differently Book Exchange. People were asked to bring books that had changed their life in some way.

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A close-up view of damage to the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace. Cracks in the brickwork can be seen.

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Members of the public spray-painting words and pictures on furniture. This is part of the Words of Hope project, designed and built by students from CPIT.

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Damage to the Library Chambers (former Christchurch Public Library) where cracks are clearly visible on the brick walls. The footpath around the building has been cordoned off.

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The site of Gap Filler's "Film in the Gap!" project in Beckenham. An amplifier and a public address system was set up for performing musicians to use.

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A photograph of members of the public gathered on Manchester Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Fallen rubble can be seen on the curb to the left.

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A photograph of members of the public gathered on Manchester Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Fallen rubble can be seen on the curb to the left.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "6th SCAPE biennial of art in public space. Mounted on the end wall of the City Council building in Hereford Street".

Remembering Why it is Called the Red Zone

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A digitally manipulated image of a damaged building. The photographer comments, "Part of Christchurch City is out of bounds for the public and is called the red zone".

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A stone cairn that was erected in Cathedral Square during a public protest against the sacking of Environment Canterbury councillors and the appointment of commissioners in their place

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Army personnel at the cordon checkpoint on Armagh street beside the Canterbury Provincial Chambers. Members of the public are looking past the cordons towards the damaged Provincial Chambers.

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Looking down Worcester Street, the former Linwood Public library can be seen on the left. In the background a building has partially collapsed following the 13 June aftershock.

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A photograph of collapsed buildings on Manchester Street taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Workmen and members of the public are searching for survivors in the rubble.

Christchurch's central city bus tour come with stark warning

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Public bus tours of Christchurch's red zone will start off with a warning that the passengers could be trapped by an earthquake and may not make it out alive.

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A dock by the riverbank walkway alongside New Brighton Road which has been closed off to the public. The area has flooded at high tide due to ground subsidence".

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A photograph of collapsed buildings on Manchester Street taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Workmen and members of the public are searching for survivors in the rubble.

The Tepid Bath, Manchester Street, 1908

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For nearly forty years, the Municipal Tepid Baths provided the Christchurch public with heated swimming facilities from 1908 – 1947. The site on Manchester Street was formerly occupied by Jam…

Cambridge Terrace, Worcester Street and the Avon River 1910

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Here we look upon one of Christchurch’s beautiful public gardens which spans Durham Street and the River Avon. This photograph shows how carefully the city authorities went about landscaping …