An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 16 January 2012 entitled, "Why hello 2012, what do you have for us??".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A worker doing remedial work on 167 Hereford Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Foundation stones the way Christchurch does them in 2012".
A notice from CERA at the start of the Cathedral Square walkway, listing safety instructions and what to do in case of an earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Some of the former buildings at Avonside Girls High School remain, as do the magnificent trees which make this site so attractive".
A photograph of documents taped to the door of 156 McCormacks Bay Road in Redcliffs. One of the documents is from the Christchurch City Council and reads, "Do not approach or enter this building".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The owners of Darkroom Bar were talking about how reduced the entertainment options were some months ago. They decided to do something about it and set up this new funky bar at 336 St Asaph Street".
Within four weeks of the September 4 2010 Canterbury Earthquake a new, loosely-knit community group appeared in Christchurch under the banner of “Greening the Rubble.” The general aim of those who attended the first few meetings was to do something to help plug the holes that had already appeared or were likely to appear over the coming weeks in the city fabric with some temporary landscaping and planting projects. This article charts the first eighteen months of Greening the Rubble and places the initiative in a broader context to argue that although seismic events in Christchurch acted as a “call to palms,” so to speak, the city was already in need of some remedial greening. It concludes with a reflection on lessons learned to date by GTR and commentary on the likely issues ahead for this new mini-social-environmental movement in the context of a quake-affected and still quake-prone major New Zealand city. One of the key lessons for GTR and all of those involved in Christchurch recovery activities to date is that the city is still very much in the middle of the event and is to some extent a laboratory for seismic and agency management studies alike.