Steel frames are being used to shore the unstable facade of the St John the Baptist Church at Latimer Square while the building is being repaired and strengthened following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
A PDF copy of pages 148-149 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Boxed Quarter'. Drawings with permission: F3 Design
A photograph of people dancing at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat.
A photograph of the empty site where Gap Filler's Dance-O-Mat will be constructed.
A PDF copy of pages 178-179 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Dance-O-Mat'. Photos: Gap Filler
A photograph of people exercising at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat.
A photograph of banners hung from a rotary washing line, advertising the opening night of Gap Filler's Dance-O-Mat.
A photograph of people dancing at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat.
A photograph of a refreshments table at the opening of Gap Filler's Dance-O-Mat.
A photograph of people dancing at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat.
Knox Church rebuild on a walk around my neighbourhood September 9, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "John Arbuckle, owner of St Martins Garage Ltd, with one of his two 60,000 litre fuel tanks that are being removed to be checked for earthquake damage. The fibreglass tanks haven't leaked, but had moved following the Heathcote shake".
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A transcript of Fr Dan Doyle's interview for the Church in the Quakes Project. The interview was conducted by Melissa Parsons on 31 October 2012. Doyle is a Catholic priest, formerly for the Parish of Rangiora. Currently he is a priest at St Anne's, Woolston.
A video recording of Rev'd Sam Knight's interview for the Church in the Quakes Project. The interview was conducted by Melissa Parsons of 5 October 2012. Knight was the Youth and Men's Pastor at Sumner/Redcliffs and is now the Curate at St Barnabas.
The sample of water referred to in the present note was collected by the writer on the 21st January, 1889, in the Otira Gorge, from a spring which is stated to have been first discovered shortly after the earthquake of the 1st September, 1888. From the results obtained this water might be termed siliceous and sulphurous. It is essentially different from the water from the Hanmer Springs, and pertains more to the character of the waters of the Rotorua district. It differs, however, from these waters in having only a portion of its carbonic anhydride replaced by silica, and in containing less dissolved matter.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "School's out! Pupils from St Pauls School leave their temporary campus at Catholic Cathedral College for the summer holidays. The Dallington Catholic school pupils have had a hell of a time after their school was badly damaged in the 4 September earthquake".
A copy of the transcript of Rev'd Sam Knight's interview for the Church in the Quakes Project. The interview was conducted by Melissa Parsons of 5 October 2012. Knight was the Youth and Men's Pastor at Sumner/Redcliffs and is now the Curate at St Barnabas.
An audio recording of Fr Dan Doyle's interview for the Church in the Quakes Project. The interview was conducted by Melissa Parsons on 31 October 2012. Doyle is a Catholic priest, formerly for the Parish of Rangiora. Currently he is a priest at St Anne's, Woolston.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Darfield family, the Carters, have two kids, one with autism and the other with Aspergers. Cameron, 11, has Aspergers and is doing a fundraising walk from Darfield to Christchurch to raise money for St John's church in Hororata which was badly damaged".
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Looks even better when Viewed On Black A view 4 weeks after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. St Johns Church corner of Hereford Street and Latimer Square. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
A photograph of a banner advertising the Gap Filler Fun Fair. The banner is hung on the entrance to Church Square.
A photograph of two stilt walkers performing at the Gap Filler Fun Fair.
A PDF copy of pages 160-161 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Gap Filler Fun Fair'. Photos: Gap Filler
A photograph of children playing on a bouncy castle at the Gap Filler Fun Fair.
A PDF copy of pages 282-283 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Co-Location of Secondary Schools in Christchurch Post 22 February 2011 Earthquake'. Photo: Phil Arvidson. With permission: St Bede's, Marian College and the Ministry of Education.
Aerial footage of Canterbury and the Christchurch central city after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The footage shows the earthquake damage to Homebush, St John's Church in Hororata, the railway tracks near Rolleston, and Westende Jewellers on Colombo Street. It also shows flooding in the streets of New Brighton.
The word 'faith' has been formed by flowers on the cordon fence beside St John the Baptist Church on Latimer Square. The photographer comments, "If I remember correctly this has been on the fence surrounding the Christchurch earthquake red zone for quite a while and looks remarkably pristine".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata is up for an expensive repair bill after it was badly damaged in the September 4 earthquake. Workers check out the damaged tower by crane as they decide where to start saving the church. Vicar Jenni Carter records the event".