A video of a fire which broke out in the Pills for Thrills building on Worcester Street following the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The fire is thought to have been caused by a gas leak in the building.
A video of Principal Richard Patton announcing to staff and students that Chisnallwood Intermediate is to remain open. Chisnallwood is one of thirteen schools which the Ministry of Education planned to close after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A graphic illustrating the findings of the Royal Commission enquiry into the CTV building collapse.
Page 7 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 15 June 2011.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 22 February 2012.
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 10 February 2012.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 5 July 2012.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 3 July 2012.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 10 July 2012.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 12 July 2012.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 11 July 2012.
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 9 July 2012.
Page 9 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 28 January 2012.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 27 July 2012.
Page 7 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 7 August 2012.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 10 August 2012.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 24 February 2014.
Page 9 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 29 September 2012.
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 27 June 2012.
Page 6 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 23 February 2012.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 1 January 2013.
A video of the opening night of the Heathcote Valley Inn. The inn has been rebuilt, after the 133-year-old original inn was damaged in the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Mayor Bob Parker officially opens the new building.
A video of a press conference with Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, in the Christchurch Town Hall. Clinton talks about Canterbury's recovery after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. She also answers questions from members of the public.
A video of an interview with Alison Naylor about her flooded house on Francis Avenue. Naylor talks about the lack of communication from the Christchurch City Council. She says that the flooding is worse than the liquefaction from the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.
There is a now a rich literature on the connections between digital media, networked computing, and the shaping of urban material cultures. Much less has addressed the post-disaster context, like we face in Christchurch, where it is more a case of re-build rather than re-new. In what follows I suggest that Lev Manovich’s well-known distinction between narrative and database as distinct but related cultural forms is a useful framework for thinking about the Christchurch rebuild, and perhaps urbanism more generally.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 25 February 2011 entitled, "Inside the Christchurch Cordon Day 4".
A video of an interview with Tania and Paddy McKay from Darfield about how their lives have changed a year after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. This video is part of The Press's 'One Year On: September 4, 2010' series.
A video of members of the New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Army guarding cordons in the Christchurch central city after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The video also includes footage of a helicopter flying over the central city.
A video about the reopening of the trams in Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The video includes an interview with tram driver Brian Erikson. Erikson talks about taking a job at a supermarket while the trams were closed, and the feeling he gets when he drives the trams. The video also includes an interview with Syleyman Sekman, whose son, Jubiter Ubukata Sekman, could not sleep because he was so excited to ride the trams again.
A graphic illustrating the findings of the Royal Commission enquiry into the CTV building collapse.