Christchurch Central
Central, Greater Christchurch, 2nd ed.
Date: 12 May 1955
From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index
Reference: NZAM-D/158-F
Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1955 showing central Christchurch, Canterbury Region. Includes index to adjoining sheets. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - S84 23C Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size), 5 chains to 1 inch
Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch
Date: [ca 1860-1890]
Reference: PA2-1492
Description: View of the Christchurch Provincial Council building from across the Avon River, taken by an unidentified phtographer, circa 1860 to 1890. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - top centre - Christchurch, New Zealand. Provincial Council Chambers; Backing board verso - bottom centre - (Miss Banks) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 9.3 x 5.8 cm on mount 10.5 x 6.4 cm
Source audio and transformations relating to various works
Date: 1982-2016
From: Cousins, John, 1943- : Collection
Reference: Series-6726-11
Description: Compendium of acoustic audio recordings, mostly created by John Cousins and subsequently excerpted and transformed in various ways using computer software. These recordings have been used as primary sources for John's works. The recordings were originally arranged into a folder structure. For the most part, the titles of the folders, subfolders and files themselves give basic information about the content and context of the audio. In addition to .aiff and .wav files, the material also includes .sd2 files, produced in cases where John was using the software applications Alchemy or Soundmaker to transform his recordings. The digital transformations included filtering, pitch transpositions, and cross-synthesis. Often the transformations are indicated using abbreviations in the file names - a partial list of these abbreviations and their definitions was provided by the donor: see MSDL-5291. Title supplied by Library.
Christchurch City
Date: Dec 1950
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-26093-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :[Manchester]. 15 April 2013
Date: 2013
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0024612
Description: Shows a throng of sex workers rushing back following the announcement that 'Manchester Street's open!'. Prior to the Christchurch earthquake in February 2011 Manchester Street was the focus of street prostitution. On 13 April 2013 the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) announced: 'A temporary change to the cordon tonight sees Manchester Street open all the way through for the first time in over two years'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch CBD
Date: 3 Apr 2012
From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Reference: PADL-000736
Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 3 April 2012, particularly of Christchurch CBD (Central Business District). Shows a memorial to those who died in the PGC (Pyne Gould Corporation) building, demolition of the Convention Centre, rubble from demolition sites, damage to Edmonds Band Rotunda, PriceWaterhouseCoopers building, a building in Cambridge Terrace with a green sticker (no demolition), road works on Kilmore Street, MedLab building, Ward Demolition Ltd wrecking equipment and vehicles, the removed ebridge between the Convention Centre and the Town Hall, Crowne Plaza hotel demolition, Colombo Street Bridge, Forsyth Barr building and Copthorne Hotel, Assembly point sign for the Forsyth Barr Tower at Victoria Square, Queen Victoria statue and Maori carved pole in Victoria Square, to the Christchurch Cathedral (protective material laid in front), Clarendon Tower, DIA (Dept of Internal Affairs), BNZ, Westpac buildings under demolition, Calendar Girls open for business, 205 Manchester Street, crack repairs to the Rendezvous Hotel, workers assembling a crane, McKenzie & Willis building damage and remedial strengthening work, sign notifying the special significance of specific sites, demolition in Madras Street, intersection street views of Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, Kilmore Street, Millennium Hotel, demolition on High Street, new Westend building, and site of St John's Church in Madras Street. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "April 03 - CBD" Quantity: 135 digital photograph(s).
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of aerial views of...
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).
Christchurch City with the Avon River in foreground, looking to the city centre and Cat...
Date: Sep 1946
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-03971-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 1/2 plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, including city buildings
Date: Apr 1947
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-06674-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, including Christchurch Cathedral
Date: Apr 1947
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-06678-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Christchurch Square and City
Date: Apr 1947
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-06509-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 1/2 plate Glass negative
Christchurch City and Tuam Street, looking to Hagley Park beyond, Canterbury Region
Date: Sep 1946
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-03970-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 1/2 plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Christchurch City
Date: Apr 1947
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-06512-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 1/2 plate Glass negative
Interior of a theatre, Christchurch
Date: [ca 1918-1920s]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008704-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. The theatre has been identified as the Crystal Palace Theatre, Christchurch, by a researcher. The Crystal Palace opened in 1918. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Interior of a theatre, with lower and upper seating, Christchurch
Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008703-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. The theatre has been identified as the Crystal Palace Theatre, Christchurch, by a researcher. The Crystal Palace opened in 1918. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :"Better ring CERA ... we ain't red or blue ... we're both stuc...
Date: 2011
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0019655
Description: Depicts Labour MP Brendon Burns and National List MP Nicky Wagner standing in the rubble of the Christchurch central business district (CBD). Burns says 'Better ring CERA...we ain't red or blue...we're both stuck in the orange zone!'. Text: Dead heat in Christchurch Central. Context: Following the 22 Feburary earthquake in Christchurch, Canterbury Earthquake recovery Authority (CERA) divided the city into differently coloured zones determined by severity of land damage. Red for the properties too damaged to repair, orange was the colour of uncertainity, for properties that had to be further assessed to find out if they had to be demolished, and the blue zone had risk of liquefaction. Political parties are often linked to colours. The National Party is blue, Labour Party is red. Orange was associated with elections branding, and the Orange Guy cartoon character was used in the 2011 Referendum on the Voting System information campaign. The 2011 General Elections count for the Christchurch Central seat put Burns and Wagner in a dead heat, both polling 10,493 votes. On the recount, the seat went to Nicky Wagner with 12,064 votes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Christchurch City
Date: 29 Mar 1955
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-37806a-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'See! with some simple surgery things can still flow smoothly!...
Date: 2012
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0021347
Description: Shows a patched wind up heart labelled 'ChCh Central' with several tubes attached. Context: On 18 April 2012 Earthquake Minister Gerry Brownlee annnounced the establishment of Christchurch Central Development Unit focussing on the rebuilding of the Christchurch Central Business District (CBD) (Scoop website 18 April 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly the demolition of ...
Date: 13 Dec 2011
From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Reference: PADL-000658
Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken 13 December 2011 by Ross Becker. Particularly of the demolition of the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the Red Zone in Christchurch city. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Dec 13 Red Zone - Working on the HGC" Quantity: 12 digital photograph(s).
Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, including Christchurch Cathedral
Date: Apr 1947
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-06676-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate