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Date: 05 Mar 2013

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000863

Description: Comprises aerial photographs of the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes and the rebuild of Christchurch City, taken on 5 March 2013 by Ross Becker. Shows central business district buildings, parks and reserves, rebuilding and Gap Filler initiatives, schools and sporting facilities, new housing developments, outlying suburbs, beaches, Avon River and Waimakariri River. Includes aerial views of Preston Downs housing development by developer Gillman Wheelans, West Melton, Selwyn District showing Brampton Drive, Brinsworth Avenue, Rotherham Drive, and development of industrial land and the new housing development Faringdon in Rolleston area. Includes aerials views of Lincoln University buildings, the new housing estate Te Whariki being developed by Ngai Tahu Property, Edward Street bisecting the new housing estates of Liffey Springs and Rosemerryn in Lincoln. Includes aerial views of Prebbleton Central, Sterling Park and Cairnbrae housing developments in Prebbleton, Christchurch. Includes aerial views of new housing subdivisions and suburbs near Halswell, Longhurst (a Fulton Hogan site bounded by Murphys Road and Halswell Junction Road, Quaifes Road, Whincops Road), Knight's Stream Park in Aidanfield suburb. Plus aerial over Wigram Skies housing development on former Wigram Aerodrome land. Includes aerial views of Rowley Avenue School, Hoon Hay, Manning Intermediate School and Hillmorton High School and Spreydon School, Addington Raceway and Rugby league park (AMI Stadium), Cashmere High School. Includes aerial views on fine day over the central business district (CBD) of Christchurch City showing Columbo Street, Madras Street, Manchester Street, Fitzgerald Avenue, Ferry Road, Moorhouse Avenue, South Hagley Park, Latimer Square, Barbadoes Street, Cashel Street, site of CTV building, St John the Baptist Church, the Transitional 'Cardboard' Cathedral under construction, Cathedral Square, Kilmore Street, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Christchurch Basilica), Marian College, Phillipstown suburb, AMI Stadium, Phillipstown School, the Avon River loop, the North-West quadrant inside the four avenues, Hereford Street, Worcester Street, Cambridge Terrace, Ernst and Young building, Kilmore Street, site of former PGC building, Christchurch Town Hall, Avon River, Canterbury Provincal Government Buildings on Durham street, Armagh Street, BNZ building, Christchurch Central Library, Christchurch Cathedral, Forsyth Barr building, Gloucester Street, IRD building near Lichfield Street, Armagh Street, remains of Te Waipounamu building in Hereford Street, Holiday Inn in Cashel Street, High Street, ReSTART Cashel Mall, Ballantynes, view out to New Brighton suburb, cluster of Christchurch Arts Centre, Christs College, Canterbury Museum near North Hagley Park and Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch City Council administration building in Worcester Street, Christchurch Art Gallery, Montreal street, Heritage Christchurch hotel, Millenium Hotel Christchurch, old Christchurch Central Post Office, Rydges Hotel buildings on the east of Cathedral Square, the site of the 2013 Ellerselie Flower Show in North Hagley Park, the giant inflatable rugby ball on Manchester Street, lower High Street, Isaac Theatre Royal, New Regent Street, Victoria Square, new Kilmore Street Medical Centre under construction, the Bridge of Rememberance on Cashel Street Bridge. Includes aerial views over rebuild initatives showing an art installation by Peter Majendie (a tree draped in high visibility orange and a frost cloth on the corner of Manchester Street and Cambridge Terrace), the newly planted grass on the site of the former PGC building and adjoining site (CERA initative), Christchurch Town Hall near the Gap Filler 'Pallet Pavilion' on the cleared site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Includes aerials over Christchurch East, particularly Horsehoe Lake, Burwood, New Brighton and Bexley suburbs (residential red zone areas) showing Horsehoe Lake Reserve, Avondale Park, Anzac Drive, Travis Wetland Nature Heritage Park, Avon River, Tasman and Moncrieff Place, Irene Street, Goodman Street, Kingsford Street, Alice Street, Viscount Place, Jean Batten Place, Liggins Street, Queensbury Street, New Brighton Road, Bottle Lake Reserve, Donnell Park, Anzac Drive Reserve, New Brighton pier, Pages Road, Rawhiti Domain and the temporary housing village there, Seabreeze Close, site of former QEII Stadium (liquefaction), Waygreen Avenue and Freeville School, Atlantis Street, Wattle Drive, Cockayne Reserve, Hulverston Drive, Owles Terrace Reserve, River Avon, Central New Brighton School, Seaview Road, Hawke Road, North New Brighton houses, Eastwood rise at Waimari Beach Gold Course, Ashton Drive, the landfill at Bottle Lake, road diversion on New Brighton Road past several residential red zone houses, Burwood School, North New Brighton School and surrounding streets. Includes aerial views over Avonside suburb showing Avonside Girls High School, Indoor Tennis Centre at Z Energy Wilding Park, River Avon near Gayhurst Road, Dallington suburb, Porritt Park Hall, Canterbury Rowing Club building at Kerrs Reach rowing course at Porritt Park, Avonview Retirement Village and Rest Home on Locksley Avenue, The Palms shopping centre in Shirley suburb. Includes aerial views of Brooklands and Pines Beach (Kairaki Beach) area showing mouth of Waimakariri River, Golden Grove, Kaiapoi River, Courtenay Drive, Kaiapoi, Sovereign Palms, Sovereign Green and Sovereign Lakes housing developments, North East Kaiapoi, Kaiapoi North School, Williams Street and the recently built New World supermarket, aerials over houses in west and south Kaiapoi, barriers surrounding the old BNZ building, Charles Street, Kaiapoi. Includes views above the Waimakariri River looking towards Christchurch City and the Port Hills, Peppers Clearwater Resort at the Groynes, Cashmere from the airport. Includes aerial views over two bridges over the Waimakariri River, northern motorway and south east Christchurch, Belfast suburb looking towards the Port Hills, Waimakariri River, the lake in Sawyers Reserve and wide aerial looking towards Christchurch CBD, Cashmere and Port Hills. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "2012-2013/Aerials - March 05" Quantity: 191 digital photograph(s).

Date: 6 Mar 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000705

Description: Photographs of Christchurch City showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken 6 March 2012. Shows images of demolition crews, inspectors, sewerage tankers, trucks (one fittingly called 'Red Zone'), cranes, aftershock damage, remedial work (bracings) on buildings, construction workers, mannequins (running joke after earthquake), protection of historic trees, scaffolding, old truck tyres made into impact barriers, and intersection views. Also shows detailed damage to the Christchurch Cathedral (particularly the rose window and bell tower) and the demolition of the Grand Chancellor Hotel. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Mar 06 - CBD Red Zone" Quantity: 135 digital photograph(s).

Date: 13 Dec 2011

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000646

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken 13 December 2011 by Ross Becker. Particularly aerial views of Christchurch CBD (Central Business District). Shows aerial views of the demolition and empty sites of iconic landmarks in the Central District Business. Also shows the makeshift shipping containers in Cashel Mall in Christchurch Central. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Aerial CBD selected" Quantity: 44 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2 May 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000743

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 2 May 2012, particularly of Christchurch CBD (Central Business District). Shows bumper sticker ('Kia kaha I'm staying Christchurch), Unlimited School, Christchurch Cathedral, Canterbury Provincal Council Chambers, Alice in Videoland sign, restoration work on buildings in High Street, views of buildings (including Westpac building, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Forsyth Barr), Hotel Grand Chancellor and Crowne Plaza demolition, Clarendon Tower, Magistrates Court repair, pavement deformation from liquifaction, workers doing remedial work to buildings, repair work on Edmonds Clock Tower, new construction at 75 Manchester Street, demolition of 248 High Street, street views of intersections of Colombo & Gloucester, Armagh & Colombo, Gloucester & Manchester, Hereford & Manchester, Cashel & Manchester streets, Chancery Lane, Central Library (exterior and interior views), overgrown gardens in Victoria Square, Medlab building under demolition, memorial tributes at PGC (Pyne Gould Corporation) building, 'Info Gap' on the corner of Colombo and Petersborough streets (Students from University of Technology Sydney urban design projects). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "May 02 - CBD" Quantity: 118 digital photograph(s).

Date: 21 Feb 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000726

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 21 February 2011. Particularly aerial views of Christchurch, Kaiapoi and Lyttelton. Also shows collapsed cliffs and fallen rocks around Scarborough and Redcliffs, the use of shipping containers to protect further damage of falling rocks, landfill for demolition rubble, Lyttelton Catholic and Public Cemetery, Westfield Riccarton (Riccarton Mall) and the changing view of the city with the demolished buildings. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 21 - Aerial photos - Ross" Quantity: 155 digital photograph(s).

Date: 8 Feb 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000724

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 8 February 2011. Particularly of Christchurch City CBD, Riccarton and Bealey. Shows photographs of the temporary InterCity bus depot and Thai restaurant operating out of a caravan and container at Bealey Avenue, damaged Christchurch Cathedral (including the salvaged spire), Central Library in Petersborough Street, make-shift coffee shops in Colombo Street, people witnessing the demolition of a Brannigans building, workers on the site of the Provincial Council Chambers, demolition of the Gallery Apartments, stencillism art, Archives NZ building in Christchurch, Under the Red Verandah (cafe & restaurant), damage to St James Church and Antonio House on Riccarton Road, tombstone of Sibylla Emily Maude (pioneer nurse), St Peter's Anglican Church, the site and remaining rubble, bell tower and oak tree of St Luke's Church, a memorial on the fence outside the St Luke's Church site of 185 crosses signifying the deaths on Feb 22, demolition workers, demolition of Crowne Plaza, cafes and restaurants on Victoria Street, and views from the roof of the BNZ Building (Cathedral Square) showing many of building in the process of being demolished or yet to be demolished (Triangle Chambers, Millennium Hotel, City Council Building in Tuam Street, Holiday Inn Hotel, Police Station, Ibis Hotel, MFL Building, Grant Thornton Building, Christchurch Cathedral, Pacific Tower, Clarendon Towers, Rydes Hotel, Government Life building, Farmers building, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Forsyth Barr). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 8 - City, CBD, Riccarton, Bealey" Quantity: 114 digital photograph(s).

Date: 23 June 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000774

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 23 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly of Christchurch central business district street corners, buildings and demolition work within the red zone cordon. Includes views taken on Oxford Terrace showing Durhams truck carrying diggers to a new site Includes views taken on Gloucester Street showing Crystal Plaza arcade stripped out and ready for demolition Includes views taken on Colombo Street showing McDonalds and TimeZone, Christchurch Town Hall, Ballantynes department store open for business Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Armagh Streets showing Copthorne Hotel, Price Waterhouse Coopers building, Victoria Square, Forsyth Barr building, Isaac House, Victoria Square Apartments Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets showing Forsyth Barr building, Farmers car park, Price Waterhouse Coopers, new Press building, Novotel Hotel, Rendezvous Hotel, Camelot Hotel, Christchurch Cathedral, Government Life Insurance building, 720 Colombo Street, Telecom Exchange building, new public access point in cordon on Gloucester Street, soldiers manning the cordon entry point Includes views taken on Cathedral Square showing top half of old Christchurch Central Post Office, Telecom Exchange building, Clarendon Towers under demolition and Rydges Hotel, soldiers manning the red zone cordon entry point and a new public access point on the cordon Includes views taken at the intersection of Hereford, Colombo and High Streets showing the ANZ and BNZ bank buildings, Holiday Inn, the 'Flour Power' sculpture by Regan Gentry, tram tracks Includes views taken on Hereford Street showing Gough House under demolition, Shands Emporium (wooden building with tyres on roof), Vero House, Christchurch Central Police Station Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Cashel streets showing Triangle Centre partially demolished, Hotel All Seasons, big crane working on Westpac Tower, The Crossing (housed Discovery1 primary school), the air bridge and Ballantynes, and ReSTART: Cashel Mall as seen behind cordon barriers Includes views taken on Cashel Street showing BNZ building, remains of Triangle Centre and Hallensteins building and Te Waipounamu House (on Hereford Street) Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Lichfield streets showing Frontrunner, R & R Sport and Bivouac shops, and barriers Includes views taken at intersection of Manchester, High and Cashel Streets showing Majestic Theatre, Holiday Inn, Westpac Tower, Bonnington House, ANZ Bank, the 'Nucleus' kinetic sculpture by Phil Price, tram tracks, shipping containers and vacant lots from demolished buildings Includes view taken at intersection of Lichfield and Manchester Street showing rubble on site of demolished Ruben Blades Hair Academy (fomerly Ridley's building) Includes views taken at intersection of Manchester and Hereford Streets showing China Bistro, Dick Smith electronics shop Includes view taken on Manchester Street of Trinity Congregational Church Includes view taken at intersection of Worcester and Colombo Streets showing Radio Network House pre demolition and Westende House (new build) Includes view taken on Armagh Street showing damaged Canterbury Provinical Council Chambers Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 23 - CBD red zone' Quantity: 78 digital photograph(s).

Date: 15 June 2011

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000833

Description: Photographs relating to the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes taken by Ross Becker on 15 June 2011. These were taken in the CBD (central business district) within the red zone area which was cordoned off after 22 February 2011 earthquake. Majority of images are long shots and closer details of damage to buildings and streets, some of which occurred after the 13 June 2011 aftershock 6.3 earthquake. Details show cracks in facades and pavements, rubble, partially demolished buildings, broken windows. A smaller number of images show people at work in the red zone, including photographer Ross Becker posing with his camera and tripod. Includes scenes of Civil Defence headquarters in the foyer of Christchurch Art Gallery, and an exterior shot of Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker talking to two men outside the gallery. Also scenes of City Council and DOC (Department of Conservation) command unit trailers in park. Includes views of damage to buildings on High Street, the Highpara (former Para Building), Holiday Inn, the intersection of High, Lichfield and Manchester Street, "Nucleus" sculpture and Strange & Co building (including merged image). Includes views of Lichfield street, Ash Street (Ash Lane or Lichfield Lanes) area, and corner of Lichfield Street and Madras Street, scaffolding fallen off 68 Lichfield Street (Dowsons Shoes), the corner of Lichfield and Colombo Streets. Includes views on Bedford Row, showing Bedford Pub, 30 Bedford Row, 14 and 10 Bedford Row. Includes views on Manchester Street showing Peaches and Cream, the Excelsior Hotel (Excelsior Backpackers), the collapsed garage at 292 Manchester street, the cleared site of 188 after demolition, showing damage after 13 June quake, Trinity Congregational Church, The Civic (former city council Civic Chambers at 194-198), 239-243, 245, 265, (Mapworld), St Lukes Church, close views of liquefaction, SBS Bank, "Road Closed' sign, corner of Manchester and Worcester Streets. Includes views on Tuam Street showing crew in crane suspended personnel platform, views of corner of Tuam and Manchester streets, south east corner of Tuam and Colombo Street (626 Colombo Street). Includes views of cleared site on Montreal Street, and views on Armagh Street, including the site of the demolished Windsor Hotel (formerly Warwick House) at 52 Armagh Street, the site of the demolished Cranmer Centre (former Christchurch Girls High School), policeman, army soldier and demolition crew at red zone cordon entry point on Armagh Street, 154-156 Armagh Street, liquefaction by park. Includes views on Colombo Street, showing 632, 622-624, 772 Colombo Street (The Vic and Whale building, formerly T.J Armstrong & Company drapery). Includes views on Worcester Street, showing the Press building, Novotel, Metro Gold Cinema, Kaplan College and Design and Arts College building, Christchurch Arts Centre, notes of support for Dux de Lux restaurant on wire fence. Includes views on Gloucester Street showing the River Avon, south west corner of Gloucester and Manchester Streets, partially demolished 221 Gloucester Street, Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings. Includes views taken on New Regent Street and Oxford Terrace (autumn leaves by fence and damaged Oxford Terrace Baptist Church). Includes views taken on Park Terrace (or Rolleston Avenue) showing Titan cranes and crew working on Christ's College. Includes views taken on Hereford Street showing stacks of concrete tiles, Christchurch Central Police Station, former Canterbury Public Library (Library Chambers) and Children's Library, Christchurch City Council Civic Building. Includes views taken on Cashel Street showing Bridge of Remembrance archway on Cashel Street bridge, office buildings, Hotel Grand Chancellor. Includes views taken around Cathedral Square showing Christchurch Cathedral, Regent Theatre (formerly Royal Exchange) with its dome sitting nearby on ground. Includes views taken on Cambridge Terrace showing office building, stonework of former Canterbury Public Library, and Madras Street showing a knitted sheep figure on a fence (guerilla knitting), River Avon. Includes views taken on Kilmore Street showing damaged St Luke's Church, liquefaction outside townhouses, danger signs. Quantity: 268 digital photograph(s).