Rolleston is a town in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, just outside the Christchurch City boundary. It was close to the epicenter of the September earthquake last year, but suffered little damage because it sits on very stable rock.
A video of a presentation by Dr William Rolleston, President of New Zealand Federated Farmers, at the 2016 Seismics in the City Conference. The presentation is titled, "Sacred Cows v the Clobbering Machine?".The abstract for the presentation reads, "Urban/rural interdependence, science and innovation in Canterbury."
A map showing the location of a proposed subdivision in Rolleston.
Rolleston, South Island, NZ
Rolleston, South Island, NZ
Building Record Form for Christ's College Classrooms 1915-1921, 33 Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch.
Christ's College on Rolleston Avenue.
Photo of Christ College on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Paul Gofton, 6 September 2010.
Photo of Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Paul Gofton, 6 September 2010.
Photo of the Christchurch Museum Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
Rolleston/Burnham, South Island, NZ This used to be a perfectly straight and flat road!
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jenny Harkerss, who is running the Rolleston Community Centre".
An earthquake memories story from Phil Schroeder, General Practitioner at Rolleston, titled, "A very sobering thought".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Train tracks bent and broken near Railway Road near Rolleston".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Train tracks bent and broken near Railway Road near Rolleston".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Train tracks bent and broken near Railway Road near Rolleston".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Train tracks bent and broken near Railway Road near Rolleston".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Train tracks bent and broken near Railway Road near Rolleston".
Aerial footage of Canterbury and the Christchurch central city after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The footage shows the earthquake damage to Homebush, St John's Church in Hororata, the railway tracks near Rolleston, and Westende Jewellers on Colombo Street. It also shows flooding in the streets of New Brighton.
Police and Army personnel work to guard the CBD cordon at the corner of Rolleston Avenue and Armagh Street.
Police and Army personnel work to guard the CBD cordon at the corner of Rolleston Avenue and Armagh Street.
A video about the 4 September 2010 earthquake, produced for the anniversary of the earthquake. The video includes footage of the earthquake damage to the Christchurch city centre, Darfield, Rolleston, and Hororata. It also includes footage of diggers clearing stock in the Canterbury Brewery on St Asaph Street, engineers checking buildings in town, and a fire on Worcester Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tim Stahl from Canterbury University maps the fault line west of Rolleston with GPS equipment after Saturday's earthquake".
A video of the Christchurch central city covered in snow. The video includes footage of the ChristChurch Cathedral, Gloucester Street, New Regent Street, Manchester Street, Latimer Square, Centennial Pool, Armagh Street, McLeans Mansion, Hagley Park, Rolleston Avenue, Worcester Street, the Peacock Fountain in the Botanic Gardens, and Dyers Pass Road.
A video of a tour of Gloucester Street from Dallington to Rolleston Avenue, a five kilometre journey which can be seen as a cross-section of the Canterbury rebuild. The video includes footage of the site of the demolished St George's Presbyterian Church in Linwood, New Regent Street, the Rendezvous Hotel, the Isaac Theatre Royal, the Press building, the Christchurch Art Gallery, and Christ's College.
Rolleston/Burnham, South Island, NZ It's been a busy few weeks! Was away on geology fieldtrips all the previous two weeks, then on Saturday morning 4th September 2010 at 4.35 am we got woken in Westport to a reasonable but very long earthquake. My husband was back in Christchurch at the time and texted me saying "are you ok?". I replied, "yes!"...
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Historic buildings around Christchurch received varying degrees of damage. Workers take material up to one of the turrets at the Rolleston Avenue end of the Arts Centre for stabilisation work".