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A photograph of a statue lying on planks of wood outside the Canterbury Museum. The statue fell during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, and the head broke off. A message on the exposed neck reads, "My head is at Christ College".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Barbadoes Street. After the February earthquake the statue of Mary was facing outwards towards the street, whereas before the earthquakes the statue faced inwards towards the church".

What was hiding under a statue in Cathedral Square

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Canterbury Museum says because of the earthquake it's likely to be weeks before they can open a sealed time capsule found under a statue brought down by the quake.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 314

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A photograph of the podium in Cathedral Square where the statue of John Robert Godley stood before it fell during the 22 February earthquake.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Terry Stringer statue has been moved. Cathedral, Cathedral Square".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Queen Victoria statue is well set off by these big trees in Victoria Square. The statue of Captain James Cook can be seen in the distance too".

Christchurch Earthquake 22/02/11

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Toppled statue of polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, Worcester Street near Oxford Terrace.

Waikato Times Image: Chris Hillock 2011:02:24 18:41:43

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The statue of Queen Victoria is removed from Victoria Square".

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A statue of Mary in a window of the damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.

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The Rolleston Statue with the Bridge of Remembrance and the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the background.

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A photograph of children playing on a statue plinth in Cathedral Square during the Cashel Mall to Cathedral Square walk.

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A photograph of children playing on a statue plinth in Cathedral Square during the Cashel Mall to Cathedral Square walk.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Forsyth Barr building from across the Victoria Square bridge with the Captain Cook statue".

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Car headlights flare behind the statue of William Rolleston on Rolleston Avenue. The Bridge of Remembrance is visible in the distance.

Christchurch Press Image: Don Scott 2011:02:24 04:18:50

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The statue of John Robert Godley, the founder of Canterbury, flat on his face in Cathedral Square".

Christchurch Press Image: Don Scott 2011:02:24 04:10:53

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The statue of John Robert Godley, the founder of Canterbury, flat on his face in Cathedral Square".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2011:03:09 11:28:19

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Structural bracing being placed on the Our City building while a statue of Robert Scott lies face down".

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Cordon fencing around the Robert Falcon Scott statue which has fallen from its plinth, on the corner of Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Terrace.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking over Victoria Square to the Forsyth Barr Building from the Crowne Plaza Hotel".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 366

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Captain James Cook in Victoria Square".

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A photograph of the Christchurch-Seattle Sister City sculpture on Cambridge Terrace.

Madonna in Quake Damaged Basilica

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This statue of the Virgin Mary stood in the south tower of The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and had been facing inside from when she was placed there and through the September 2010 earthquake. That changed on February 22 2010 at 12.51pm when Christchurch was rocked by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. During the violent shaking motion Mary was t...

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 367

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Queen Victoria still watches over Victoria Square".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The view across Victoria Square to the Forsyth Barr building with the statue of Captain James Cook in the foreground".

Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-:[Time capsules discovered after Christchurch ea…

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Text above the image reads 'Time capsule discovered under founder's statue-' The statue of John Robert Godley, the founder of Christchurch, has toppled and a time capsule has been uncovered in the rubble by three rescue workers. One of them reads the document he has pulled out of the capsule and it says 'Personally I favoured Akaroa...' Context - the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011 after which 2 time capsules were found under the John Robert Godfrey statue - they have been sent to Museum experts to open. Akaroa was largely unaffected by the earthquake. A Nelson newspaper 'The Colonist' in an article published in 1918 about the time capsule in Christchurch said, "This statute of John Robert Godley executed by Thomas Woolner was erected in the west side of the Cathedral Square by the Provincial Government of Canterbury, and unveiled by the late Sir Charles Christopher Bowen on August 6 1867, it was moved to this site in March 1918." (3 News 2 March 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

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Cracks along a gravel path in the Botanic Gardens. To the left, the 'Oak leaves - autumn' sculpture by Raymond Herber can be seen.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sculpture on the Cambridge Terrace side of the River Avon which marks 15 years of the Seattle-Christchurch Sister City Association".

Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 1 March 2011

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Church bells toll and thousands stand in silence to commemorate the Christchurch earthquake. Petrol prices go up, but the quake damaged city is spared and what was found under a statue in Cathedral Square?

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Angel Praying

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Detail of the damaged cross and angel statue on top of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The photographer comments, "Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament showing one of the two angels praying and the broken cross".