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High School students cleaning up a site on Gloucester Street. This is where the Re-Entry concert is going to be held.

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The Re-Entry Concert on a vacant lot on Gloucester Street. Films from students at St Andrews College can be seen projected on the side of the building.

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The Re-Entry Concert on a vacant lot on Gloucester Street. Films from students at St Andrews College can be seen projected on the side of the building.

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The Re-Entry Concert on a vacant lot on Gloucester Street. Films from students at St Andrews College can be seen projected on the side of the building.

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CPIT students step back to admire the 'bowling' sign they have made out of plastic cups on wire fencing.

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A mural on the exposed wall of a building on Peterborough Street. This was a joint project between Gap Filler and the Flying Cup Cafe. The mural is a beach scene with a quote from Anne Frank, reading, "Isn't it wonderful that nobody need waste a single moment to improve the world", and incorporates pre-existing street art and posters.

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Actor Tony Robinson at the "I hope Christchurch will..." blackboard, a mural on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. Members of the public were invited to fill in the gaps with what they would like to see in the rebuilt city. Messages can be seen, such as, "I want sun!", "Embrace the new", "Retain its unique character", "Rise, and rise, and rise", "Rebuild to be better and stronger than before!" and "Environmentally friendly".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (17)

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A poem written on Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. The poem reads, "Amidst the shards of glass and twisted steel, beside the fallen brick and scattered concrete, we began to understand that there is beauty in the broken. Strangers do not live here anymore". This poem was picked by the public as the favourite poem written on the wall. It was then painted permanently onto the mural.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (20)

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The Poet Tree", a Japanese-inspired poetry project on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets. A poem by Matsuo Basho has been hand-written and displayed on a bamboo wall. Below is a bench dedicated to Japanese poet Matsuo Basho and a garden with corrugated iron flowers.

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The "I hope Christchurch will..." blackboard on the corner of Tuam and Colombo Streets. Members of the public are invited to fill in the gaps with what they would like to see in the rebuilt city. Messages can be seen, such as, "Bring back cruising" and "Be filled with chocolate!".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (18)

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The Poet Tree", a Japanese-inspired poetry project on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets. A poem by Matsuo Basho has been hand-written and displayed on a bamboo wall. Below is a bench dedicated to Japanese poet Matsuo Basho and a garden with corrugated iron flowers.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (19)

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A bench dedicated to Japanese poet Matsuo Basho at "The Poet Tree", a Japanese-inspired poetry project on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets. "Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694" has been painted on the bench.

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Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, meeting the members of Greening the Rubble at the site of the "Dance-O-Mat" on Oxford Terrace.

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The "As Far as Eye Can See" artwork on display in a window of The Colombo shopping centre, viewed from Colombo Street.

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Members of the public exchange books at the opening of the Think Differently Book Exchange. People were asked to bring along books that changed their life in some way.

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Members of the public exchange books at the opening of the Think Differently Book Exchange. People were asked to bring along books that changed their life in some way.

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A teacher talks to a group of students from Rangi Ruru on the demolished site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

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Volunteers photographed around one of Gap Filler's painted pianos. The piano has been set up at the demolished site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. A wooden structure has been built around the piano with Perspex and corrugated iron on top and plastic sheeting to the left and right. This is to protect the piano and pianist from wind and rain.

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Volunteers setting up one of the painted pianos on the site of a demolished building. The piano has a Perspex and corrugated iron roof over it.

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Volunteers photographed with one of Gap Filler's painted pianos. The piano has been set up at the demolished site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. In the background, Gap Filler's Pallet Pavilion can be seen. The back of the piano has been covered by plastic sheeting with a picture of a dog. A wooden structure has also been built around the piano with Perspex and corrugated iron on top and plastic sheeting to the left and right. This is to protect the piano and pianist from wind and rain.

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A garden in Sydenham created by Greening the Rubble, a community project in Christchurch which aims to create temporary public parks and gardens on the sites of demolished buildings. To the left, the 10 square metre office building can just be seen as well as a mural in the background.

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A sign made out of plastic cups on wire fencing. The sign reads, "bowling". It was created by students from the CPIT who built a 1950s style bowling alley on this site.

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Members of the public bowl on the CPIT students' 1950s bowling alley in town.ing

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A sign on one of Gap Filler's painted pianos in New Brighton. The sign reads, "The Painted Piano Project. This piano has been donated by the Christchurch School of Music and painted by students from the University of Canterbury. Please feel free to play the piano to you heart's content".

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A digitally altered photograph of a child next to the "Dance-O-Mat" washing machine. The washing machine is coin operated. When a two dollar coin is fed in, it lights up the "Dance-O-Mat" and plays a plugged-in music device.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 12 (16)

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Members of the community at the opening of Wayne Youle's mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

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Wayne Youle and volunteers painting his mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

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Members of the community at the opening of Wayne Youle's mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

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Members of the Student Volunteer Army pulling up weeds in front of Wayne Youle's mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporary Misplaced my Sense of Humour'.

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Members of the Student Volunteer Army photographed in front of Wayne Youle's mural where they have been pulling up weeds.