Building Record Form for the Sydenham Post Office, 340 Colombo Street

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Building Record Form for the Sydenham Post Office, 340 Colombo Street.

Building Record Form for the gormer Post Office, 7 Norwich Quay, Lyttelton

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Building Record Form for the former Post Office, 7 Norwich Quay, Lyttelton

Edwardian and Elegant Working Class Sydenham c.1912

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Marking Time in Sydenham In 1912, the impressive Sydenham Post Office stood as a sentinel on the busy corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets. It was a huge post office which served a large communit…

Telephone Girls, The Telegraph and Post Office, Cathedral Square

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Written by Helen Solomons In 1879, my great grandfather, Mortimer Cashman Corliss, was promoted to head telegraphist in Christchurch’s newly built Post and Telegraph Office in Cathedral Squar…

The Chief Post Office

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The moving of the Post Office from Market Square to its new site in Cathedral Square, was a significant development in Cathedral Square’s importance in Christchurch business and city life. Th…

Friends Helping Friends

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A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Friends Helping Friends".

USAID Assistant Administrator Nancy Lindbord Visits Wellington

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A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "USAID Assistant Administrator Nancy Lindbord Visits Wellington".

Michele Petersen Remembers February 22nd

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A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Michele Petersen Remembers February 22nd".

Christchurch Earthquake Teams in Motion

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A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Christchurch Earthquake Teams in Motion".

Gin! That aromatic schnapps, that bright moon beam, the Mother’s Ruin…

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Archaeologists and whisky go well together. I agree with that universal truth. However, I fit in the gin lovers team at the office. So, as Jessie did one year ago, I’m writing a post combining two of my favourite things: … Continue reading →

The archaeology of an archaeologist’s desk

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This week’s post is a bit different. It’s not directly about Christchurch archaeology, but it is about an archaeologist working in Christchurch. We’ve taken a bunch of photographs of one of the desks in our office and we want you … Continue reading →

NZ Raw blog post 24 February 2011 'New Christchurch Earthquake Photos'

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A post on the NZ Raw blog written by Mark Lincoln on 24 February 2011. Mark says, "I think this is the first post I wrote after the Feb 2011 earthquake. That first photo was my first view after coming out of the office. There's a popular wide panoramic photo that someone took from the Port Hills of all of the dust rising up from the city - the photo in the blog post shows what it looked like from within the dust cloud! There are people gathering further down the street where a building has collapsed".