Canterbury tourism recovers from earthquake damage

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Canterbury tourism numbers climbing again - we speak to Canterbury Tourism chief executive Tim Hunter.

Photo by Jennifer Middendorf 097

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Signs at the entrance to the Gap Filler Pallet Pavilion read "No heels. No smoking. No climbing. Uneven surface please take care".

Koen Broekema's Photograph 118

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A member of the public holds a juggling torch as the busker climbs onto his unicycle. The performance was in the Re:Start mall.

Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :'Quick! Fill it in before it climbs back out!' 1 …

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

Prime Minister John Key tells the Minister for Earthquake recovery, Gerry Brownlee, to 'fill it in before it climbs back out!' Gerry Brownlee is sweeping rubble into a deep pit. The rubble represents many of the problems that New Zealand faces like Pike River, earthquakes, the Rena, child abuse, Winston Peters, gas pipeline damage and so on. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Fairfax Video October 2012 (1)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of people protesting the demolition of the Cranmer Courts on Armagh Street. In the background, an excavator is being used to demolish the building. Earlier in the day a man was arrested on a trespassing charge for climbing the fence.

Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :New Christchurch blueprint transport system?... "…

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

Shows rain falling over two gondolas of people floating past flooded Christchurch damaged houses. One person points to people in balaclavas climbing over the houses and calls out 'And look...the wildlife's returning!'. Context: Heavy rain and flooding hit Christchurch suburbs, including earthquake damaged homes (Newstalk website 14 August 2012). At the same time, wildlife (possums and rare birds) are moving into abandoned suburbs (Stuff 13 August 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Too Big For Its Bridges

Images, UC QuakeStudies

An earthquake-damaged bridge, the approach to which has slumped. The photographer comments, "Due to lateral spread and the land slumping the road leading to this bridge has moved down greatly. Just imagine making the street lamps upright and how much that section of road would rise up at the end. When you go over bridges in the east side of Christchurch it is quite a climb up and a big drop down on the other side. The bridges in most cases coped very well, but not so the land leading to them".