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Bernie Calder at Travis Swamp

26 July 1988

Bernie Calder of Forest and Bird Protection Society at Travis ...

Fabulous Races in Bing Dawe's workshop

19 March 1990

Jim Wallace and Noel Gregg with panels for the art sculpture, ...

Moongazer by Llew Summers

9 July 1988

Sculptor, Llew Summers, with his sculpture, Moongazer, which the ...

Shelter by Morgan Jones

18 August 1981

Shelter, an art installation by Ashburton artist, Morgan Jones, ...

Explosion at Nu-Way Dry Cleaners

31 October 1962

Firefighters and crowds outside Nu-Way Dry Cleaners in Colombo ...

Firefighters using the station pole

16 July 1945

Firefighters descending from the recreation room via a pole at ...

New Brighton firefighters

17 December 1960

New Brighton firefighters outside the New Brighton Fire Station.

Rolling out a fire hose at Brunner

21 November 1970

Female volunteer firefighters at Brunner rolling out a hose. ...

Firefighter examination

12 September 1972

Christchurch firefighters sitting their qualifying exam at the ...

Cat at fire station parade

22 December 1972

Socks the cat interrupts a parade inspection at the Central Fire ...

Climbing a fire engine ladder

15 September 1973

Star reporter, Colin Bryant, at the top of an extension ladder ...

Rolleston volunteer firefighters

21 June 1991

Female volunteer firefighters who have just passed their ...

Bomb disposal robot

13 September 1983

A bomb disposal expert with a robot at Derwent Street, Bryndwr ...

Firefighters at number 6 petrol tank

23 July 1985

Firefighters hosing down the number 6 petrol storage tank at ...

Bomb discovery at Firehouse nightclub

3 May 1989

Police car blocking Colombo Street in Sydenham outside the ...

Unite Against Covid-19 Digital Signage

Saturday 21 March 2020

Digital advertising signage displaying poster from the Unite ...

Pak'nSave Moorhouse line

3 April 2020

Trip to Pak'n'Save Moorhouse on the morning of Day 9 of the ...

Scott Statue with cone

22 February 2020

Robert Falcon Scott statue with the addition of a cone.

Moorhouse Avenue traffic

3 July 2007

Looking east along Moorhouse Avenue, near Manchester Street, ...

B-boys and B-girls

26 February 2010

B-boy crews battle it out as part of the Celebrating a Safer ...

Municipal Chambers under scaffolding

23 July 2016

View of the Municipal Chambers building with scaffolding and of ...

We got the Sunshine street art

23 July 2016

View across a temporary carpark on the corner of Madras Street ...

Tram on High Street

23 July 2016

The Christchurch Tramways tram at the end of the line on High ...

Melting penguin street art

23 July 2016

Taken from the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace ...

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