File reference: CCL-2012-02-19-IMG_0256 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-19-IMG_0258 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over the Town Hall and Victoria Square with the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel visible in the bottom left.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over the Town Hall and Victoria Square with the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel visible in the bottom left, GapFiller's Pallet Pavillion now in the space.
Wednesday 2 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-02IMG_2170 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The rear view of the Town Hall, overlooking the Avon River".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Town Hall and Convention Centre".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "looking across the almost clear site of the Convention Centre towards the Town Hall".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Christchurch Town Hall viewed from Colombo Street across the Colombo Street bridge".
The Town Hall viewed from Victoria Square. The Ferrier Fountain is no longer running and weeds have grown in its bed.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Crowne Plaza Hotel and Victoria Street. Casino and Town Hall on the left".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Town Hall (upper centre), Crowne Plaza Hotel remains (upper right), Convention Centre remains (lower left)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Remains of the Convention Centre and the Crowne Plaza Hotel, south-east corner Durham and Kilmore Streets. Town Hall (top centre)".
A photograph of a paste-up from the Roger Sutton/Man About Town series, created by Nathan Ingram and Jemma Brown. The paste-up is titled "Running Hipster", and is on a building on the corner of Madras Street and St Asaph Street.
A photograph of a paste-up from the Roger Sutton/Man About Town series, created by Nathan Ingram and Jemma Brown. The paste-up is titled "Good Man", and is on a building on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Cashel Street.
A photograph of a paste-up from the Roger Sutton/Man About Town series, created by Nathan Ingram and Jemma Brown. The paste-up is titled "Hip Man", and is on a building on Madras Street.
A photograph of a paste-up from the Roger Sutton/Man About Town series, created by Nathan Ingram and Jemma Brown. The paste-up is titled "Love Man", and is on the east side of the Victoria Mansions building.
A pile of pipes and cables outside the Town hall.
The Artiste Entrance of the Town Hall, behind cordon fencing.
The former Town Hall building in Rangiora, behind a cordon fence.
The Town Hall, with broken windows covered in sheeting and wooden battens.
Weeds growing in the Ferrier Fountain in front of the Town Hall.
Weeds growing in the Ferrier Fountain in front of the Town Hall.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kilmore Street looking west from the Town Hall".
A sign on the cordon fence around the Town Hall reads "Extreme Danger Keep Out".
Bird droppings on the windows of the Town Hall, and weeds growing in the fountain bed below.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Crowne Plaza Hotel from outside the Town Hall in Kilmore Street".
The Darfield earthquake caused widespread damage in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, with the majority of damage resulting from liquefaction and lateral spreading. One of the worst hit locations was the small town of Kaiapoi north of Christchurch, an area that has experienced liquefaction during past events and has been identified as highly susceptible to liquefaction. The low lying town sits on the banks of the Kaiapoi River, once a branch of the Waimakariri, a large braided river transporting gravelly sediment. The Waimakariri has been extensively modified both by natural and human processes, consequently many areas in and around the town were once former river channels.
A photograph of Williams Street in Kaiapoi. A sign on a shop awning reads, "Kaiapoi. Rebuilding our town".
A sign above the awning of a store in Kaiapoi. The sign shows a smiley face and reads, "Kaiapoi, rebuilding our town".