Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch. File reference: CCL-2012-05-12-Around-Sumner-May-2012 DSC_032.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Re:START Mall, Cashel Street, Christchurch. Monday 23 April 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-04-23IMG_2025 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Re:START Mall, Cashel Street, Christchurch. Monday 23 April 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-04-23IMG_2027 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-04-05 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-04-05 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-19-IMG_0256 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-19-IMG_0224 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-19-IMG_0258 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-22- From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Shows two overseas backpackers looking at a man reading the newspaper while in a portaloo in Christchurch. Context: Travel publication Lonely Planet placed Christchurch at number six on its list of Top 10 Cities for 2013 (Scoop 22 October 2012). Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
New research suggests about half the Christchurch businesses which left the central city after the Canterbury earthquakes are unlikely to return.
Christchurch employers have been in Wellington today signing up tradespeople to help rebuild the earthquake damaged city.
For people in Christchurch who have to temporarily leave their earthquake damaged home, two housing villages are filling the accommodation gap.
The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, says he's nearing the end of his tether with the Christchurch City Council.
Morning Report comes from Christchurch as the city remembers the devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck a year ago tomorrow.
Recollections of the February earthquake, and coverage of the services and events being held to mark the events of one year ago.
In North Hagley Park thousands of people gather for a Memorial Service in a day of remembrance and to stand united in two minutes of silence. Then Hewitt Humphrey reads the names of those who died in the earthquake .
The chief executive of the Christchurch City Council says there's no pressure from Treasury officials or the Earthquake Recovery authority to sell assets.
The Ellerslie International Flower Show opens in Christchurch today, a year after the February earthquake stopped the show.
17 jobs have gone at the Christchurch Art Gallery, which is closed for earthquake repairs until at least June next year.
The Christchurch city council is reconsidering its plan to dump five thousand tonnes of asbestos contaminated rubble in Bottle Lake Forest Park landfill which has been reopened to take earthquake debris.
The destruction of the Radio Network building in Christchurch has prompted hopes that explosive demolition could be used to bring down other earthquake-damaged buildings.
Christchurch trades companies say they are struggling to find experienced staff as the earthquake rebuild begins.
Christchurch locals made homeless by the earthquakes have made an emotional plea to the council for 100 percent rates relief.
Ongoing post-earthquake stresses are having an effect on Cantabrians, resulting in increased demand for anger management counselling. We hear from Jo Westbury, clinical director of Stopping Violence Services, and Struan Duthie, director of Petersgate Counselling.
Several hundred people gathered in central Christchurch yesterday to voice their anger at a growing list of complaints about local and central government's response to the earthquake.
Christchurch hotels lost a million guest nights in the year following the February earthquake, but tourism in the city is now picking up again.
A proposed design by John Raven for a new cathedral, tied to a cordon fence. Clarendon Tower can be seen in the background. The photographer comments, "Someone is asking for designs for a new Christchurch Cathedral after it was announced that the old historical building will not be repaired, to be put on the fences through which people can see the de-construction of the old one. This design looks a great one to me".
A presentation by Dr Deirdre Hart (Department of Geography) on "Making Coastal Cities Resilient: Lessons from Christchurch" as part of the 2012 Earthquake Forums held at the University of Canterbury.
A presentation by Dr Deirdre Hart (Department of Geography) on "Making Coastal Cities Resilient: Lessons from Christchurch" as part of the 2012 Earthquake Forums held at the University of Canterbury.