Umut Akguzel Photograph 294

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A photograph of the badly-damaged Metro Gold Cinema on Worcester Street. The top storey has almost completely caved in, and the bottom storey is badly cracked.

Christchurch Press Infographic: 12 August 2011 (5)

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An infographic showing the proposed Metro Sports Facility.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 218

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cafe Metro, a re-established cafe in Papanui Road. Formerly, it was sited on corner of Colombo and Kilmore Streets in town".

Christchurch Press Infographic: 27 September 2012 (3)

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An aerial image showing the location of the proposed metro sports facility.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 336

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Plastic road barriers on Kilmore Street, just outside the damaged Metro Floor.

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Cafe Metro has re-opened on Papanui Road. Previously it was located in the CBD.

Christchurch sports centre contracts awarded

Articles, TV3

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced two early involvement contracts for Christchurch's new Metro Sports Facility.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 217

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Environment Canterbury Emergency Management Office".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 215

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Environment Canterbury Emergency Management Office".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 216

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Environment Canterbury Emergency Management Office".

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 335

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Metro Floor and Pomeroy's Old Brewery Inn on Kilmore Street. A section between the roof and wall has been covered with a tarpaulin to protect it from the rain.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 334

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Damage to Metro Floor, where a section under the roof has been covered with a tarpaulin to protect it from the rain. Cordon fencing, plastic road barriers and road cones can be seen along the footpath and street.

New Zealand Defence Force photograph 220

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Photograph captioned by the New Zealand Defence Force, "NZ Police arriving at Christchurch Air Force Air Movements terminal to provide support for the earthquake effort".

All Right? in Christchurch Central Photograph 15

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A photograph of a the back of a bus featuring an image from the All Right? campaign. The image is from phase 2 of the All Right? campaign, which sought to promote the 'Five Ways To Wellbeing' by asking simple, open-ended questions related to wellbeing.

All Right? in Christchurch Central Photograph 16

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A photograph of the backs of buses featuring images from the All Right? campaign. The images are from phase 2 of the All Right? campaign, which sought to promote the 'Five Ways To Wellbeing' by asking simple, open-ended questions related to wellbeing.

All Right? in Christchurch Central Photograph 18

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A photograph of a the back of a bus featuring an image from the All Right? campaign. The image is from phase 2 of the All Right? campaign, which sought to promote the 'Five Ways To Wellbeing' by asking simple, open-ended questions related to wellbeing.

Around the motu: David Williams in Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

What does leadership look like in a disaster? David compares Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's leadership this week with how Bob Parker and Lianne Dalziel coped with the Christchurch earthquakes and terror attacks. He looks at how current Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger's council is faring and whether reality meets the rhetoric and what's happened to the city's Metro Sports facility, one of the anchor projects in the rebuild.

Question Time for 4 May 2011

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Questions to Ministers 1. Hon PHIL GOFF to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in all his Ministers? 2. METIRIA TUREI to the Acting Minister of Energy and Resources: What emergency response, safety, and environmental protection provisions, if any, were included in the permit granted to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to undertake deepwater oil exploration and drilling in the Canterbury Basin? 3. SIMON BRIDGES to the Minister of Finance: What signs are there that New Zealanders are saving more? 4. GRANT ROBERTSON to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in his Minister of Health? 5. JOHN HAYES to the Minister for Communications and Information Technology: What benefit will rural communities receive from the Rural Broadband Initiative signed last month? 6. SUE MORONEY to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in his Minister of Education? 7. MELISSA LEE to the Minister of Corrections: How are Corrections Department staff showing support for their Christchurch colleagues following the earthquake? 8. DAVID SHEARER to the Minister of Defence: Does he agree with all of the statements made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on that Minister's use of RNZAF aircraft to travel to Vanuatu in February of this year? 9. KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI to the Minister of Customs: What recent reports has he received on the success of SmartGate? 10. CLARE CURRAN to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in the Minister for Communications and Information Technology? 11. KEITH LOCKE to the Minister of Defence: Did the New Zealand Defence Force, when preparing their response dated 2 May 2011, talk to any of the Afghan civilians interviewed by Jon Stephenson in the Metro article "Eyes Wide Shut" and seen on the subsequent 60 Minutes TV special; if so, who? 12. HONE HARAWIRA to the Acting Minister of Energy and Resources: Does the survey and drilling arrangement between the Government and Petrobras have the prior and informed consent of Te-Whanau-a-Apanui; if not, will this lack of consent breach the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?