Christchurch Press Infographic: 25 October 2012 (2), Discovery 1 School

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A graphic giving the status of Discovery 1 School.

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 287

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Crossing on the south-east corner of Cashel and Colombo Streets (formally Beath's department store)".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson, 2011:02:22 13:15:27

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Children from Discovery 1 School".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson, 2011:02:22 13:15:24

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Children from Discovery 1 School".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson, 2011:02:22 13:16:09

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Children from Discovery 1 School".

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 273

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Crossing viewed form the Ibis Hotel".

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 643

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Cashel Streets, looking south-east".

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 743

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Eleven merged images of Christchurch looking south from the roof of the Ibis Hotel in Hereford Street".

The Aranui/Hampshire Paradox: Planning and the politics of street naming i…

Research Papers, Lincoln University

As far as suburbs with bad reputations go, Aranui in Christchurch often seems to dominate local public perceptions. High crime, high unemployment, low incomes, run-down state houses and uncared-for neighbourhoods have been the key words and phrases used over many decades. This reputation achieved national standing over the same period and in 2001 Aranui gained the dubious distinction of becoming the pilot project for the Labour Government’s state housing Community Renewal Programme initiated in 2001. It is common to read “Don’t buy or rent here” comments on websites and blogs advising prospective immigrants on where to live. One of the dispiriting moments in Aranui’s history came in September 2009 with the discovery of two bodies under the floorboards of a Hampshire Street property and the subsequent charge of double-homicide and conviction of local resident Jason Somerville for the murder of his wife Rebecca Chamberlain and neighbour Tisha Lowry.