Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1987

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Ducks still swimming in the Avon River, where most of the surrounding land is badly damaged.

1987 - Heads in Canta Photograph

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A scanned copy of a photograph of the heads of two students amongst a pile of Canta magazines. Canta is the University of Canterbury student magazine. The photograph is from 1987.

Almost Like London During the War

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A digitally manipulated image of damaged Music Centre. The photographer comments, "The destruction caused by the demolition of the heritage buildings damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes looks similar to the scenes in London during the second world war. The building was the Catholic Cathedral College, Christchurch. It was an integrated Catholic co-educational secondary school. It was founded in 1987, but its origins go back more than a 100 years earlier. The college was an amalgamation of two schools: Sacred Heart College for girls, and Xavier College for boys".