We want to collect and preserve your Canterbury earthquake stories and pictures.

And what happened next, and how some things have changed and some have remained the same.

Damaged car 1. Lone Star Demolition Start 70. Damaged buildings, Colombo Street. Old Normal School 3. Arts Centre turrett braced by The Great Hall on Rolleston Av. Down Struthers Lane  . Postquake Portaloos in Avonside.
Knox Church September 4 2010  1962. Durham Street Methodist Church September 7 2010 135. Asko Building September 7 2010 141. Daily Bagel and Covent Fruit Centre September 4 2010 1960. Gasoline Alley - petrol station. Bridge Street bridge. Demolition of Robertsons Bakery September  8, 2010  99.
Cracks in Clock Tower - September 2010 39. Sydenham  - September 13  2010  #75. Lone Star Demolition Start 68. Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch looking towards the old Railway Station (4. The Harley Building, corner of Worcester Boulevard and Durha. Rubble on the St Asaph and Barbadoes St cnr, 7.10.10. Takeaway bar on Stanmore Road is a no go zone.

Register on Kete, and add your stories, photos, memories of the earthquake and the aftermath.

If you have a lot of images we can bulk upload these for you if you want and then you can add your stories later. Contact us at ketechristchurch@ccc.govt.nz

Material in this basket will be collated into an archive of the Christchurch City Libraries documenting the experiences of our community, during the Earthquake and the rebuilding of our city.

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City View 16 June 2011  .
Views of a changing City
CGHS - 7 April 2011.
7 April 2011 - partial demolition of original Christchurch Girls' High School ...
High Street Area .
An Area half way down High Street that contained a most eclectc range of business and building styles, was heavily
View from Marine Parade.
A house on the corner of Marine Parade and Jervois Street
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It starts like a regular aftershock then escalates to nightmare proportions. I had only just begun to feel OK about
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My husband Brent and I were violently shaken awake at 4.35 on the morning of Saturday 4th September 2010. Our
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We had just walked into the large caryard when the ground started to roll, we were thrown apart,'floated' away from
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My lunchtime latte and muffin had just been put on the table at Coffee Culture in Sumner, a few seconds
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I know I have been blasé about the September quake, but I doubt there's a single soul who could be
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On February 22nd I was in the Brighton Surf club, on the second story, with my seven-year-old daughter and her
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from Sophie, age 10, Banks Avenue School
Hagley Nurses Hostel Demolition July 7, 2011 .
Hagley Nurses Hostel Demolition was demolished after the 2010/2011 earthquakes.
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Photos of the deconstruction of the Supervalue supermarket, a former cinema.
Stories collected in November 2010 at the Canterbury A&P Show

Welcome to our basket for collecting material about the Canterbury earthquake on September 4, 2010, the following aftershocks, the Boxing Day event  and the earthquake on the February 22, 2011.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake - centred 40km west of Christchurch and with its epicentre 10km south-east of Darfield - occurred on Saturday 4 September 2010 (NZ time). Widespread damage occured, with disruption to water, power and sewerage services.

February 22, 2011, was a smaller magnitude but because of its epicenter had a much larger impact on Christchurch including loss of life.

This basket has open membership. Register on Kete, and automatically join this basket.

Add your stories, photos, memories of the earthquake and the aftermath.

Material in this basket will be collected for an archive in the Christchurch City Libraries documenting the experiences of our community.

Other ways to share your stories and images.

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