A photograph of Helen Campbell and Marie Hudson working on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Slow progress. Sometimes we thought we'd never get her finished. We were all battling our own earthquake consequences: losing homes and jobs, battling with insurers, illnesses and repairs. It was a long winter. But the conversation, food, laughter, and company were wonderful. An unforgettable experience."
A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's partially-completed mosaic on their armchair.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Slow progress. Sometimes we thought we'd never get her finished. We were all battling our own earthquake consequences: losing homes and jobs, battling with insurers, illnesses and repairs. It was a long winter. But the conversation, food, laughter, and company were wonderful. An unforgettable experience."
A photograph of Helen Campbell working on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Slow progress. Sometimes we thought we'd never get her finished. We were all battling our own earthquake consequences: losing homes and jobs, battling with insurers, illnesses and repairs. It was a long winter. But the conversation, food, laughter, and company were wonderful. An unforgettable experience."
A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's partially-completed mosaic on their armchair.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Slow progress. Sometimes we thought we'd never get her finished. We were all battling our own earthquake consequences: losing homes and jobs, battling with insurers, illnesses and repairs. It was a long winter. But the conversation, food, laughter, and company were wonderful. An unforgettable experience."
More well known as the Government Life building - too be demolished.
Looking across to the Town Hall. Will it stay or will it go?
Part of the container wall to stop rock falls on Main Road, Sumner.
A photograph of Anna Mowat, Health Promoter for All Right?, taking part in #FiveYearsOn. Mowat holds a sign which reads, "Five years on I feel... A mixture of optimism and worry. Anna, Lyttelton." All Right? posted to photograph on their Facebook Timeline on 21 February 2016 at 9:11am. All Right? captioned the photograph, "Anna from Lyttelton feels a mixture of optimism and worry. #fiveyearson #5yearson #canterburynz".
Refers to the Christchurch manufacturer of Sanitarium marmite that has been forced to close down because of earthquake damage. There is a national shortage which is causing much grief.
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In the foreground PM John Key drives a bulldozer over Christchurch; in the background two engineers read a newspaper report that says 'P.M. gives false demolition number, PM gives false World Cup hope' and one of them says 'Now I know why those things are called BULLdozers..' Context - Prime Minister John Key is sticking to a government estimate that 10,000 Christchurch homes will need to be razed despite criticism that he should wait for official figures; he also stated that 100,000 homes may need repairs, despite Civil Defence saying it has only checked 70,000 homes so far. John Key was also insisting that there was a chance of keeping World Cup rugby games in Christchurch but an official announcement on 16 March dashed those hopes.
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20100908_3393_1D3-28 Removing liquefaction silt - Christchurch earthquake
The cleanup continues.
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Part of a house that fell can be seen on the rocks above right hand containers.
20130827_2645_1D3-24 Colombo and Armagh corner
What was one of the busier intersection pre earthquakes!
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20130827_2621_1D3-47 Looking towards Cathedral Square
Where once were buildings! From the corner of Armagh Street and Oxford Terrace.
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20110821_1708_1D3-280 Six months on
A house in Bexley damaged in the February earthquake still looks like this six months later.
A red-zone house just a few down the road from where we used to live in Velsheda Street, with bricks (brick veneer?) off and lifted prior to transporting away.
From My Little Blue Window
By Elvis Costello
Well, I was a gloomy soul
Never thought I see a brighter day
The dark interior
Blows those silver clouds away
'Til now this was my view
But I'm counting on you
How am I ever going got make you see?
Nothing in this ugly world comes easily
I want you to be...
My lovely hooligan
Come by and...
The South Brighton bridge abutment (city side). Bridge looks fine, just both approaches have moved A LOT!
20100904_3308_1D3-24 Road crack - Christchurch earthquake
Outside our house after the 7.1 Richter Canterbury earthquake on September 4 2010
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Verandah roof of former Central Library on left. Rubble is from the former Farmers building and carpark.
Closed due to earthquake damage. But it looks in better condition than the building I work in!
Shows three new houses sinking into liquefaction after another series of strong aftershocks in early January. A sign reads 'Parklands' and an observer confidently asserts that it is safe to rebuild. Context: the suburb of Parklands in north east Christchurch has been badly damaged by liquifaction.
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A man and a woman wearily face one another wondering how they should celebrate two years of frustration. Context: relates to continuing frustration over lack of progress by many people whose houses have been damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes.
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A Christchurch man wants to let his home. He stands in a fissure in the garden and tells a man with a large dog who is interested in renting 'Sorry, no dogs! They dig too many holes!' Context: Post earthquake Christchurch tries to return to normal.
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20130808_2288_1D3-40 Awaiting demoloition
Two relatively new town houses in the Bexley "Red Zone". Awaiting demolition due to severe land problems. Have been vandalised.
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Went into this cafe a few times in years gone by (all on camera club field trips or photowalks). It was a nice two-storey building then. Not now after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.
20110304_1866_1D3-24 Liquefaction [EQNZ]
The last pile of liquefied silt to be cleaned up, from our lawn.
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Shows a dragon labelled Alpine Fault asleep beneath mountains while mountaineers traverse the range. Context: scientific study shows South Island alpine fault could be 200 years away from generating its next earthquake of magnitude 8.0 (Stuff 3 April 2012)
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A woman walks along a ruined road passing a broken sewer leaking raw sewage; rats abound and a voice from a nearby medical centre asks 'Got anything for cholera, Delhi belly and dysentery?' A sign offering 'Flu shots now' stands outside the centre. Context - Christchurch post earthquake of 22 February 2011.
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When this building was first brought on site I spent a few hours removing the tape/paper that had been covering every window.
