Building Record Form for the former Post Office, 7 Norwich Quay, Lyttelton
A photograph of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of cracks in the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a detail of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a detail of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a detail of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
The Old Lyttelton Post Office, opened in 1874, showing damage after a series of earthquakes hit Christchurch and Lyttelton over the last 9 months. In the shadow of a broken house, Down a deserted street, Propt walls, cold hearths, and phantom stairs, And the silence of dead feet — Locked wildly in one another's arms I saw two lovers meet. ...
The Old Lyttelton Post Office, opened in 1874, showing damage after a series of earthquakes hit Christchurch and Lyttelton over the last 9 months. Processed to capture the "feel" of the sign "Now and Forever Images".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of the two windows of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A video of an interview with Andy Dodd, archaeologist at Underground Overground Archaeology, and Rewi Couch, representative for Te Hapu o Ngai Te Wheke, about the excavation of the site of the former Lyttelton Post Office on Norwich Quay. A Maori adze was found by the archaeologists deep beneath the concrete foundations of the building. The adze is a woodworking tool which indicates that early Maori settlers may have carved and launched waka on the site.