Christchurch's Blessed Sacrament Cathedral was set to be repaired following the Canterbury earthquakes, but the new Bishop Paul Martin has decided it's too expensive and has decided to rebuild closer to the city centre.
A photograph of street art painted on a wall. The artwork shows a tui and kowhai flowers.
A photograph of unfinished art work using Maori motifs at the Community Law Centre on Madras Street.
The Christchurch City Council is proposing a rate increase of more than 7 percent to help cover the rebuild of the city's earthquake damaged infrastructure.
A photograph of tag writing and street art on the wall of a building on Fitzgerald Avenue.
A photograph of tag writing on Fitzgerald Avenue. Written over the tags, are several iterations of the word "No".
A photograph of tag writing and street art on the wall of a building located on Fitzgerald Avenue.
A photograph of street art on the wall of the Textile Bag & Sack Company building on Byron Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jason Kerrison of Opshop (left) and Paul Ellis, the Band Together free concert producer, in front of the two stages that will be used in Hagley Park on Saturday".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jason Kerrison of Opshop (left) and Paul Ellis, the Band Together free concert producer, in front of the two stages that will be used in Hagley Park on Saturday".
A paper written by Paul S Botha and Eric Scheepbouwer for the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2504, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2015, pp. 66-72.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "From left: Jason Kerrison, Paul Ellis, Simon Barnett and Jason Gunn share a moment at Hagley Park doing a site recce for the Band Together concert at Labour weekend".
Santa Claus drives his sleigh at great speed towards Christchurch shouting 'Hang on Christchurch we're on our way!' Context: concern about continuing trials and tribulations of Christchurch with continuing earthquakes and aftershocks. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
A photograph of street art on the side of a house. The artwork shows two tui watching over their eggs.
A photograph of a painting on the wall of a brick building. The artwork depicts a group of people sitting around a birthday cake.
A photograph of tag writing on some supports for the Durham Street overbridge. There is a box in front of the supports.
A photograph of a colourful crochetted cover for a shipping container. It has various patterns such as a yellow flower and the words "Joe & Nat".
A photograph of a colourful crocheted cover for a shipping container. It has various patterns including a heart and a group of red flowers.
A photograph of a colourful crocheted cover for a shipping container. It has various patterns such as a black swan, two hearts and vibrant colors.
A photograph of unfinished art work using Māori motifs, at the Community Law Centre on Madras Street.
A photograph of unfinished art work using Māori motifs at the Community Law Centre located on Madras Street.
A photograph of unfinished art work using Māori motifs at the Community Law Centre on Madras Street.
A photograph of street art on a wall in New Brighton. The artwork is signed 'Porta'.
A photograph of street art on the wall of S&S Warehouse between Brighton Mall and Hawke Street. It depicts a fantasy landscape.
A photograph of a painting on the wall of a brick building. The artwork depicts a group of people sitting around a birthday cake.
A photograph of unfinished art work using Māori motifs at the Community Law Centre on Madras Street.
A photograph of street art on a wall in New Brighton. The artwork is signed 'Porta'.
In the top frame a man reads a newspaper report that says 'Govt to buy up red stickered homes' and shouts 'That's it - I'm out!' His mate comments that he thought it was his neighbour's house that was munted and that his house was ok. In the lower frame the first man says 'That's right... and I don't want to live next door to a politician?!' Context - A report released 23 June 2011 has divided quake-hit Canterbury into four zones with those in the worst affected residential red zone offered cash to move out. The man in the cartoon thinks that the government is buying up the houses so that politicians can live in them. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
The cartoon shows an enormous ball of red tape and all around frustrated workers carry away their ladders and tools. Context - Three months after a quake that scored a direct hit under Christchurch, many residents are struggling with mountains of paperwork required to get their homes repaired and rebuilt. Reference numbers, codes and Pin numbers permeate our daily living now as we deal with the aftermath of two major earthquakes in six months. People feel they are lucky that they have the EQC pot to draw on, but there are a lot of complexities, anomalies and frustrations. (BBC News 21 May 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Two men working on the cleanup after the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011 stop for a chat. One says 'Did I tell you my family was on the first ship!' and the other replies 'Blow that! - I got mine out on the first plane!' Context - the 22 February earthquake in Christchurch. The first man is talking about his ancestors coming to New Zealand in the 1940s and the second man is talking about sending his family out of Christchurch after the earthquake. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).