Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new staff room at Avonside Girls High School".
The new staff room at Avonside Girls High School with the new classrooms in the background. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Girls High School staff room. We spoke to two Science teachers who talked enthusiastically about their new Science labs and how great it was to return to their own campus again".
A pallet structure created by the Gap Filler staff, testing out different options.
A pallet structure created by the Gap Filler staff, testing out different options.
A pallet structure created by the Gap Filler staff, testing out different options.
A pallet structure created by the Gap Filler staff, testing out different options.
A photograph of a staff member behind the counter at the Samo Lyttelton cafe.
Christchurch trades companies say they are struggling to find experienced staff as the earthquake rebuild begins.
Staff and students sitting outside the new Shilling Club bar and restaurant in the James Hight Library's refurbished undercroft.
Staff and students sitting outside the new Shilling Club bar and restaurant in the James Hight Library's refurbished undercroft.
Staff and students sitting outside the new Shilling Club bar and restaurant in the James Hight Library's refurbished undercroft.
Staff and students sitting in the new Shilling Club bar and restaurant in the James Hight Library's refurbished undercroft.
Staff and students sitting outside the new Shilling Club bar and restaurant in the James Hight Library's refurbished undercroft.
A staff member from Phantom Billstickers pasting up new posters on a bollard on the corner of Victoria and Montreal Streets.
Volunteers and Gap Filler staff in hard hats and high-visibility vests, photographed at the partially built Pallet Pavilion.
Students and staff gather on C block lawn for the University of Canterbury's remembrance service, marking one year since the February 22 2011 earthquake.
Students and staff gather on C block lawn for the University of Canterbury's remembrance service, marking one year since the February 22 2011 earthquake.
Students and staff gather on C block lawn for the University of Canterbury's remembrance service, marking one year since the February 22 2011 earthquake.
Moira Fraser talks to a staff member at Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
Students and staff gather on C block lawn for the University of Canterbury's remembrance service, marking one year since the February 22 2011 earthquake.
Moira Fraser talking to the staff at the Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
Students and staff gather on C block lawn for the University of Canterbury's remembrance service, marking one year since the February 22 2011 earthquake.
Students and staff gather on C block lawn for the University of Canterbury's remembrance service, marking one year since the February 22 2011 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across the quad towards the new staff room at Avonside Girls High School".
Police officers and staff in Christchurch, who have been called the heroes of the February 2011 earthquake, have been honored today for their actions including a daring crane rescue.
4th September 2010 a 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand’s second largest city of approximately 370,000 people. This is followed by a 6.3 magnitude quake on 22nd February 2011 and a 6.4 on 13th June. In February 181 people died and a state of national emergency was declared from 23 February to 30th April. Urban Search and Rescue teams with 150 personnel from New Zealand and 429 from overseas worked tirelessly in addition to Army, Police and Fire services. Within the central business district 1,000 buildings (of 4,000) are expected to be demolished. An estimated 10,000 houses require demolition and over 100,000 were damaged. Meanwhile the over 7,000 aftershocks have become part of the “new normal” for us all. During this time how have libraries supported their staff? What changes have been made to services? What are the resourcing opportunities? This presentation will provide a personal view from Lincoln University, Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki, Library Teaching and Learning. Lincoln is New Zealand's third oldest university having been founded in 1878. Publicly owned and operated it is New Zealand's specialist land-based university. Lincoln is based on the Canterbury Plains, 22 kilometres south of Christchurch. On campus there was mostly minor damage to buildings while in the Library 200,000 volumes were thrown from the shelves. I will focus on the experiences of the Disaster Team and on our experiences with hosting temporarily displaced staff and students from the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Library, Learning & Information Services. Experiences from two other institutions will be highlighted: Christchurch City Libraries, Ngā Kete Wānanga-o-Ōtautahi. Focusing on the Māori Services Team and the Ngā Pounamu Māori and Ngāi Tahu collections. The Central library located within the red zone cordon has been closed since February, the Central library held the Ngā Pounamu Māori and Ngai Tahu collections, the largest Māori collections in the Christchurch public library network. The lack of access to these collections changed the way the Māori Services Team, part of the larger Programmes, Events and Learning Team at Christchurch City Libraries were able to provide services to their community resulting in new innovative outreach programmes and a focus on promotion of online resources. On 19th December the “temporary” new and smaller Central library Peterborough opened. The retrieved Ngā Pounamu Māori and Ngai Tahu collections "Ngā rakau teitei e iwa”, have since been re-housed and are once again available for use by the public. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. This organisation, established by the Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Act 1996, services the statutory rights for the people of Ngāi Tahu descent and ensures that the benefits of their Treaty Claim Settlement are enjoyed by Ngāi Tahu now and in the future. Ngāi Tahu are the indigenous Māori people of the southern islands of New Zealand - Te Waipounamu. The iwi (people) hold the rangatiratanga or tribal authority to over 80 per cent of the South Island. With their headquarters based in the central business they have also had to be relocated to temporary facilities. This included their library/archive collection of print resources, art works and taonga (cultural treasures).
With earthquake damage worse than first, gallery staff are thinking laterally, and this weekend sees the beginning of the Rolling Maul Exhibition. Director Jenny Harper gives us an update.
A Christchurch city council manager has told the Royal Commission there was an element of chaos after the first earthquake in September 2010 as staff sought to get systems in place.
A laminated tribute notice from Nicholas Pole and staff, of the Ministry of Education, to the friends, colleagues and young people who lost their lives on 22 February 2011.
Staff of The Drawing Room on Manchester Street decorate road cones with flowers. File reference: CCL-2012-02-22- From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.