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Save Our Cathedral
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A digitally manipulated image of 'Save Our Cathedral' ribbons hanging from a cordon fence near Latimer Square.
Sunday is a Day of Rest
Images, UC QuakeStudies
The head of a digger resting on a pile of soil next to QEII Stadium. The photographer comments, "The deconstruction of the QEII stadium in Christchurch pauses on a Sunday".
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 654
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A view of an empty site that is now covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction. On the site is a digger and two shipping containers. In the background, demolition work on the Manchester Securities House can be seen.
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2430
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Looking down Gloucester Street where ongoing demolition and reconstuction work are continuing. Street signs on the road say 'no road marking' and 'truck crossing'. In the background is a Wilson's carpark, converted from a site where a building has been demolished.
Diabetes Centre Photograph 110
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Main North and Harewood Roads. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Diabetes Centre Photograph 111
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Main North and Harewood Roads. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 655
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A view of an empty site that is now covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction. On the site is a digger and two shipping containers. In the background, demolition work on the Manchester Securities House can be seen.
Spectrum for 27 November 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Between demolition and rebuild stands a time of opportunity in the earthquake ravaged city of Christchurch. Greening the Rubble and Gap Filler are temporary pockets of enterprise which began as early responses and have built in momentum to define the new city.
20130416_1284_EOS M-33 200 metres
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
A bit of the now demolished QEII (Queen Elizabeth II) Park running track in the "Gap Filler" on the old Deka site in New Brighton (last occupied by a charity barn before a major fire and subsequent demolition).
20130130_1874_1D3-40 Kilmore Street - ECan building demolition
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
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Christchurch Central Development Unit.
Other, National Library of New Zealand
Site of CCDU, the Government agency responsible for rebuilding Christchurch after the earthquakes and resulting demolition. Includes vision for the city, profile of the director, reasons to invest in Christchurch central, work programme for the unit, and video file.
Fairfax Video, April 2012 (7)
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
A video of a protest against the demolition of ChristChurch Cathedral. The protest is being held outside St Christopher's Church in Avonhead. The video includes footage of both the Christchurch Wizard and Bishop Victoria Matthews speaking to the protesters.
20120805_7436_1D3-600 Newstalk ZB building starting to go down 01
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Shot from up Hunstbury Hill with a 600mm f/4 on a very grey morning. 8am demolition. The guy behind me only looked up when the sounds of the explosion reahed us and the building was half way down!
IMG_2393
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Efforts are being made to shore up and strengthen this building (corner of Hereford Street / Manchester Street) to save it from demolition after it suffered structural damage in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
IMG_2392
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Efforts are being made to shore up and strengthen this building (corner of Hereford Street / Manchester Street) to save it from demolition after it suffered structural damage in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Koen Broekema's Photograph 139
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A view down Colombo Street. A brick wall has been revealed due to the demolition of the adjoining building. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look of the cathedral.
The Vault - Avon Loop
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Conversations between one-time residents of an historic riverside community - in the 1970s the late Elsie Locke and Rod Donald helped to create one of Christchurch's strongest riverside communities. The Avon Loop now subject to post earthquake re-classifation and demolition.
Piles, bones and marbles: what was under the Godleys’ house?
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Way back in the winter of 2012, at the height of the post-earthquake demolition, I was pretty excited to learn we were going to get the chance to investigate the site of John and Charlotte Godley’s house in Lyttelton. John … Continue reading →
Monster Munch
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A digitally manipulated image of a excavator claw tangled with reinforcing cable, with a damaged concrete building in the background. The photographer comments, "The monster destroying the earthquake broken buildings close to the Lyttelton tunnel".
The Not So Grand Entrance to the Grand Plaza in Christchurch
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A view through a gap in the partially-demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel to the Forsyth Barr building.
Double Glazing Can Keep More Than the Warmth In
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Building rubble from a partially-demolished building is piled behind and partly against a large display window.
Defused Box
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A digitally manipulated image of a fuse box. The photographer comments, "This is a fuse box that was in the middle of a field whilst the nearby stadium building was being demolished".
The Gallery of Quake Art
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A black and white photograph of a partially demolished building. The remains of concrete slabs hang from reinforcing rods. The photographer comments, "Christchurch has a gallery of quake art on nearly every corner".
Photograph by Eroica Ritchie 171
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A woman in a wheelchair carrying a placard reading, "Save our cathedral. It will be cheaper. It will be safe," as protesters march down Worcester Boulevard during the Rally for the Cathedral. The rally protested the proposed demolition of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
Gap Filler #1 Photograph 7
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of a decorated fence. A sign on the fence advertises Gap Filler's first project. Behind the fence, an excavator is demolishing a building on Colombo Street.
Christchurch Press 12 May 2011: Section A, Page 1
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 12 May 2011.
South of the border Before
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
I have always meant to go back here and get a shot without cars. thr facade of this building is so quaint iI loved it. Now too late
20130901_2890_1D3-70 10:26am Gone!
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
See previous photo (exactly 3 hours earlier). Demolition of the support structure for NZ Breweries smokestack in Christchurch. CERES NZ's nibbler is at work, the pipe stack having been removed yesterday (Saturday). This is three hours after the previous photo, and just a pile of rubble sits beside the tree (largely undamaged despite being next...
20130901_2862_1D3-175 7:26am
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Demolition of the support structure for NZ Breweries smokestack in Christchurch. CERES NZ's nibbler is at work, the pipe stack having been removed yesterday (Saturday). I retuned three hours later to see what progress had been made and it was GONE! See next photo. Damage to complex was from the 22/02/20011 earthquake.
Christchurch business waits years for neighbours to be fixed
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Kaikoura and Wellington businesses operating adjacent to quake damaged buildings may face disruption for years to come as owners drag their feet on repair or demolition work. A Christchurch property owner has been unable to completely re-open for business since the February 2011 earthquake.