Road menders everywhere

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Photos taken in Richmond on March 25 following the February 22 earthquake. File reference: CCL-2011-03-25-Richmond-After-The-Earthquake-IMG_0393 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries

Deb Robertson's Blog 07/07/2011: "Make do or Mend" quilt...

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 7 July 2011 entitled, "'Make do or Mend' quilt...".

I'll Kiss It Better

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Digitally manipulated image of graffiti on a brick building on St Asaph Street. The graffiti depicts a sticking plaster over a broken section of the wall, with the words "I'll kiss it better". The photographer comments, "After the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch band aid plasters starting to appear in different parts of the city on damaged buildings. A year later most can still be seen. This one was once a whole plaster, but it has slowly broken up where it crossed the gap. The red bricks seen to symbolise the terrible wounds caused to the City and it's people".

Lyttleton's port still has damaged but waterways on mend

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch's Lyttelton Port says business has picked up about five per cent, as shops replace stock lost in the earthquake.

I've Lit the Fuse, What Next?

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Two workers inspect fuses placed in an embankment during reinforcement work. The photographer comments, "This is the reinforcing of an embankment in the port of Lyttelton, which partly collapsed in the Christchurch earthquakes. They are using the same equipment as used for blowing up rock faces to mend them".