Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The statue of Captain James Cook in Victoria Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Captain James Cook in Victoria Square".
A photograph of Guy Langford as Captain Cook with some 'All Righties', puzzling over a pirate map at the 2014 SCIRT World Buskers Festival in Hagley Park.
The statue of Captain Cook looks over an empty Victoria Square with autumn leaves lying around. This used to be a very tidy and busy area, but is now nearly all fenced off. Pedestrian access to this section was established about five or six months ago.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking over Victoria Square to the Forsyth Barr Building from the Crowne Plaza Hotel".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Forsyth Barr building from across the Victoria Square bridge with the Captain Cook statue".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across Victoria Square in the early evening to the snow covered heap of rubble that is the remnants of the Crowne Plaza".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The view across Victoria Square to the Forsyth Barr building with the statue of Captain James Cook in the foreground".
A photograph of 'All Righties' posing with a festival-goer at the 2014 SCIRT World Buskers Festival in Hagley Park.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Queen Victoria statue is well set off by these big trees in Victoria Square. The statue of Captain James Cook can be seen in the distance too".
A photograph of 'All Righties' about to squirt Guy Langford's Captain Cook as he shows his treasure map to a child. The photograph was taken at the 2014 SCIRT World Buskers Festival in Hagley Park.
RWP reporter/director Brent Hansen (later head of MTV Europe) visits the South Island: checking venues, talking to local luminaries, catching live bands and generally taking the pulse of the local music scene. Flying Nun is on the rise (and just starting to attract international attention) although none of the label's major acts are playing near the RWP cameras. Christchurch is in flux waiting on the next big pop act to emerge, while Dunedin is a hive of activity with a new generation of Flying Nun acts starting to come through. Then there's Crystal Zoom...