A photograph of a colorful crocheted cover for a shipping container. It has various patterns including a black swan, a four leaf clover, the New Zealand flag, some heart patterns, a white house, a pair of pears, a variety of flowers, and the words "Joe & Nat", "Mt Pleasant", and "love from Tauranga".
A photograph of a colourful crocheted cover for a shipping container. It has a variety of patterns including a heart, a four leaf clover and some flowers.
A photograph of a colourful crocheted cover for a shipping container. It has various patterns such as a black swan, two hearts and vibrant colors.
A photograph of an advertisement for Gap Filler on the corner of Manchester Street and Dundas Street.
A photograph of a colourful crocheted cover for a shipping container. It has a variety of patterns including a black swan, a red flower, and a heart with "hope" written in it.
A photograph of an advertisement for McCormick Reapers & Binders on the side of a building on Lichfield Street. The advertisement was exposed when the building next door was demolished.
A photograph of a detail of "Concrete Propositions" by Melbourne-based artist Ash Keating. It is located on Manchester Street, between Gloucester Street and Worcester Street. There is an excavator in the foreground.
A photograph of a section of a mural on the corner of Byron Street and Colombo Street. The section depicts an older man saying, "That's the thing about unconditional love!" A younger man is also partially visible.
A photograph of an advertisement for Morrow Basset & Co. on the side of a building on Bedford Row. The advertisement was exposed when the building next door was demolished.
A photograph of a section of a mural on the corner of Byron Street and Colombo Street. The section contains a palm tree. A horse is also partially visible. On the left there is the message, "Occupy love and light right here and now. We'll all meet up on Equality Street anyhow. Love light power." Below the message are a variety of hearts in red, white, and different shades of pink.
A photograph of a colourful brick wall and a spiral pattern on the ground at New Brighton Mall. There is also a red and black rug rolled up and laid down on the ground.
Detail of street art, reading 'Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a dream, realise it. Life is a game, play it. Life is love, share it'.
Barbara Garrie cuts cake while Jan Saville instructs Laura Dunham in the art of making tea in the pop-up tearoom at the opening of the Pallet Pavilion.
Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 6th April. This week... we look at the commercial deals some media personalities are making these days, a documentary on the history of New Zealand's psychiatric hospitals, a new social phenomenon - the increasing number of people who choose to live alone, a new book and interesting findings about our national icon the kiwi, With the aid of advanced functional MRI scanners, scientists are getting closer to being able to read your mind, the opening of a public art project by the Christchurch Art Gallery to try and ensure art continues to have a presence in the earthquake hit city.
An earthquake engineer says designing buildings to resist earthquakes is as much an art as it is a science and you can never make a structure completely quake-proof.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "185 Chairs, an art installation by Peter Majendie, as a memorial to those who died as a result of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The chairs were chosen to reflect the variety of people who died".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 21 November 2012 entitled, "A Wall that Wows".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 29 June 2012 entitled, "Black Bulls".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 6 February 2012 entitled, "'The Complete History of Christchurch - Abridged'".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 29 April 2012 entitled, "Notable Nibbler".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 28 December 2012 entitled, "Hovering on High".
A photograph of a blackboard inviting people to write messages in response to the prompt, "My hope for New Brighton is...". The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Off New Brighton Mall".
A photograph of a blackboard inviting people to write messages in response to the prompt, "My hope for New Brighton is...". The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Off New Brighton Mall".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Off New Brighton Mall".
A photograph of a blackboard inviting people to write messages in response to the prompt, "My hope for New Brighton is...". The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Off New Brighton Mall".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 12 May 2012 entitled, "Snapshots of a memorable day".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 17 May 2012 entitled, "Last Saturday Morning....".
Easter art work on a road cone on Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant. Cardboard has been cut out and cellotaped to the road cone to look like a bunny.
A 'sand volcano' of liquefaction silt. The photograph has been rotated 180 degrees. The photographer comments, "This could be just a horrible hole caused by liquefaction pouring out of a hole after the Christchurch earthquake in January, but turn it upside down and it becomes an outcrop on the floor of an unseen tidal estuary".
A photograph of a colourful wall of bricks. There is damage on the right hand side. In front of it is a pattern made from fallen bricks.