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Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of people participating in the 'Bare Your Bum for Brighton' protest in New Brighton. The protest was organised by Pier Side Café owner Tony Brooks, as a humorous way of getting Christchurch city leaders to take notice of New Brighton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

The sign for Perry's Cafe has had "Shaken but not deterred" added under the name of the cafe. One of the iconic figures of two workmen painted on the side of the building, which have regularly-changed speech bubbles commenting humorously on topical subjects, are saying "Is my crack showing?" The paint has peeled from the other speech bubble, obscuring the reply. The photographer comments, "After the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch a lot of buildings were damaged and made off limits. This affected a lot of cafes and take aways, so if you were open you needed to make it known. The words missing from the speech bubble are 'Don't be silly'".

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Etcetcera collectibles and cafe File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0384 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Etcetcera collectibles and cafe File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0383 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Etcetc collectibles and cafe File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0385 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Images, Canterbury Museum

One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing part of the north side of London Street. The properties visible from left to right are: part of Lyttel Piko Organic and Wholefoods, Satchmo Café Pizzabar, Milly May and Snoclothes New Zealand. The empty section was formerly occupied by No. 6 Cafe. The Lyttelton streetsc...

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Damaged buildings along London Street. Wire fencing has been used to keep people away. To the left is the Volcano Cafe, centre the Lava Bar and on the right is a fish and chip shop. A pile of rubble lies on the street from the damaged buildings.