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Your family, your business, your club, your street, even the house you live in has stories.
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James Fitzgerald - View Of Cathedral Square From Hereford Street, 1935
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The Church of the Good Shepherd at 40 Phillips Street was built in 1885.
It starts like a regular aftershock then escalates to nightmare proportions. I had only just begun to feel OK about
My husband Brent and I were violently shaken awake at 4.35 on the morning of Saturday 4th September 2010. Our
We had just walked into the large caryard when the ground started to roll, we were thrown apart,'floated' away from
My lunchtime latte and muffin had just been put on the table at Coffee Culture in Sumner, a few seconds
I know I have been blasé about the September quake, but I doubt there's a single soul who could be
On February 22nd I was in the Brighton Surf club, on the second story, with my seven-year-old daughter and her
from Sophie, age 10, Banks Avenue School
Hagley Nurses Hostel Demolition was demolished after the 2010/2011 earthquakes.
The National Library building in Christchurch was demolished as a result of earthquake damage sustained on 22 February. This building
The Papanui Building stood on the corner of Harewood and the Main North Roads for 100 years but succumbed to
Damaged Churches in Papanui
Earthquake Damaged in Papanui
Haskins Garage, a victim of the Earthquakes
Photos of the deconstruction of the Supervalue supermarket, a former cinema.
Stories collected in November 2010 at the Canterbury A&P Show
It's hard to imagine Christchurch in ruins from February 22nd earthquake at 12.51pm. I had just left the doctors clinic,
Notes written on March 3rd, 2011 about the February earthquake and aftershocks. A hastily written sign on a big piece
