Koen Broekema's Photograph 195

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A vacant demolition site where buildings once stood. Weeds are growing on the site.

Koen Broekema's Photograph 203

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A vacant demolition site looking towards Tuam and High Streets. Weeds are growing on the site.

Photograph by Eroica Ritchie 186

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Workers on the demolition site of the ANZ Cathedral Square branch.

Koen Broekema's Photograph 219

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A vacant demolition site where buildings once stood is surrounded by security fencing.

Koen Broekema's Photograph 202

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Damaged buildings and empty demolition sites. The building on the left has had tarpaulins placed on it to prevent weather damage to the inside of the building.

20130416_1284_EOS M-33 200 metres

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

A bit of the now demolished QEII (Queen Elizabeth II) Park running track in the "Gap Filler" on the old Deka site in New Brighton (last occupied by a charity barn before a major fire and subsequent demolition).

1940s bike-athon

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Back in 2011, a slightly rusty three speed bike abandoned after the September earthquake on a demolition site in Christchurch caught the attention of John Smithies. He's 72, only slightly older than the bike, and he decided it would be just the bicycle to take on a epic, 2000 kilometre journey from Cape Reinga to Bluff. He started in September and expects to reach Bluff on Friday. He's making the epic journey in memory of his wife, Alison who died two years ago of a form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The ride down State Highway One is raising money for leukemia and blood cancer.