A victim's family and engineers are seeking answers from the Christchurch City Council on why the earthquake-devastated CTV building was allowed to be built.
Thousands of people are being evacuated from the Christchurch city centre with Civil Defence officials saying its simply too dangerous for residents to stay there.
For the latest on the damage caused by Monday's earthquakes, we're joined by the Christchurch City Council's water and waste unit manager, Mark Christison.
A photograph of a map of the Christchurch central city. Greed, red, and yellow dots have been used to indicate the status of inspected buildings
A photograph taken inside an office in the Christchurch central city. Documents have fallen off many of the desks and are lying on the floor.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
On a walk around the city to find out of the Demolition work on the Victoria Sq Apartments. Taking up a digger it took some times to manmover it up there! Feb 17, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand. www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/ne...
A video about members of the Irish rugby team touring the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The team is in Christchurch for a test match against the All Blacks at the new Christchurch Stadium. The video includes interviews with scrum coach Greg Feek and coach Declan Kidney. It also includes footage of Irish construction workers meeting the team in Cathedral Square.
A graphic illustrating the findings of the Royal Commission enquiry into the CTV building collapse.
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 26 February 2011.
One white linen tea towel with the poem ‘Stronger City’ by Gertrude Ryder Bennett, 1931, printed in black. This tea towel was produced by Lyttelton retailer 'God Save the Queen' in response to the 22 February earthquake. Rebecca Lovell-Smith owned and operated the vintage shop ‘God Save the Queen’ in Lyttelton. She lost both her home and the sh...
A PDF copy of six posters for free family events at Christchurch 2014 WORD Festival. Each poster features a quote from a young Christchurch writer, composed at the 2014 'Write Now' workshops.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Etusia Kaleuati slept in her van in a city car park with her 5 children. Etusia Kaleuati pictured with two of her children Uzziel (2) and Juliah (8 months)".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Garden City Helicopters flown by Mark Read uses a 700 litre monsoon bucket to dump water on loose boulders and rocks on the cliff face above Redcliffs School to dislodge them".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Garden City Helicopters flown by Mark Read uses a 700 litre monsoon bucket to dump water on loose boulders and rocks on the cliff face above Redcliffs School to dislodge them".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Garden City Helicopters flown by Mark Read uses a 700 litre monsoon bucket to dump water on loose boulders and rocks on the cliff face above Redcliffs School to dislodge them".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Garden City Helicopters flown by Mark Read uses a 700 litre monsoon bucket to dump water on loose boulders and rocks on the cliff face above Redcliffs School to dislodge them".
A photograph of the spire of ChristChurch Cathedral sitting on the ground in Cathedral Square. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The dry summer grass shows the passing of the seasons while the top of the spire of the ChristChurch Cathedral stays still".
Te Pae, Christchurch's near $450 million convention centre, has been officially opened this afternoon with a pōwhiri and unveiling by Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Minister Megan Woods. Billed as a legacy for the city, it replaces the old centre which was demolished following the Canterbury earthquakes. Niva Chittock is at the ceremony and joins Lisa with the details.
Christchurch Hospital has just celebrated its 150th anniversary. The major medical facility is in the heart of the city, beside Hagley Park, and played a key role in the February earthquake, treating the many who were seriously injured. Christchurch correspondent Katy Gosset discovers the hospital faces its own quake-related challenges as it plans for the future.
Christchurch and its surrounding towns are slowly starting to be rebuilt after the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Our political editor Brent Edwards has been in Christchurch to find out whether the rebuild debate will dominate the election campaign in the city.
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
A photograph of Donovan Ryan (All Right?) in front of a wall of All Right? posters and holding a handful of All Right? flags. The posters and flags include simple messages beginning with, "It's All Right if..." or "It's All Right to...", which sought to normalise Cantabrians' various emotional responses to the earthquakes. Ryan and others distributed the flags at various locations around the city, enabling a 'flag hunt' for Cantabrians.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "2010 Canterbury Earthquake. Prime Minister John Key speaks with workers at Orion and thanked them for working tirelessly after the earthquake and restoring power to the city".
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Shows a couple (representing the suburbs) under a large blue umbrella (representing the Christchurch Blueprint) in a rain storm. Refers to the blueprint for central Christchurch developed by the Christchurch Central Development Unit, which was unveiled on 30 July 2012. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A black and white historic photograph of the interior of Warner's Hotel, near the front desk, [1907].
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The CCC held a road show to gather the citizens' opinions on how Christchurch should be redeveloped".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The CCC held a road show to gather the citizens' opinions on how Christchurch should be redeveloped".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The CCC held a road show to gather the citizens' opinions on how Christchurch should be redeveloped".