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40 Hour Famine participants at Opawa Baptist Church

16 August 1975

A group of girls from Opawa Baptist Church who are participating ...

Knitting for the Himalayan Trust Hospital

22 September 1975

Members of the Christchurch Rotoract Club participating in a ...

Woolston Primary School pupils fundraise for Tonga

12 March 1982

Woolston Primary School students handing the president of the ...

Cardboard Cathedral with Covid-19 notices

17 May 2020

Level 3 notices on the doors of the cardboard Cathedral.

Canterbury Aged Peoples Welfare Council house

10 May 1975

Exterior of a house in Sumner that has just been acquired by the ...

Mary Potter Hospice front entrance

Circa 1960s

View of the front entrance to the Mary Potter Hospice for the ...

Queen Victoria Jubilee Memorial Home

25 May 1953

Exterior of the Queen's Jubilee Memorial Home, at 2 Jubilee ...

Old time dance for elderly

16 October 1976

Scenes of dancers at an old time dance event for the elderly at ...

Canterbury Aged People's Welfare Council's party

24 June 1980

Ellen Tovey (left) and Linda Watts at the Canterbury Aged ...

Eight months living in the Residential Red Zone - seriously, how did we survive?!

21 October 2011, 6:52 PM

Corner of Avonside Drive and Retreat Road, walking home from ...

Not just portaloos!

17 October 2011

In the months following the 2011 earthquakes, sewage & drainage ...

Spring in the Residential Red Zone

19 October 2011

October 2011 brought new spring greenery to the Avon Loop - and, ...

Spring still comes, even in the Residential Red Zone!

12 October 2011, 4:53 PM

Even after the earthquakes, spring still came to Christchurch - ...

Residential Red Zone living - complete with moat

18 August 2011, 5.46 PM

In the residential Red Zone, thawing snow from mid-August 2011 ...

Earthquakes + snowstorms = deep trouble

17 August 2011, 8.15 AM

In the Residential Red Zone, snow-thaw from the mid-August 2011 ...

August 2011 snowstorm in post-quake Residential Red Zone

16 August 2011, 9.21 AM

In mid-August 2011, the combination of heavy snowfalls and ...

Heavy snowfall Aug 2011, Avonside Residential Red Zone

16 Aug 2011, 9:19 AM

Following the major quakes in Feb and Jun 2011, we then ...

Life without (any) drainage - Avonside, Residential Red Zone

03 September 2011, 10.39 AM

Living in the depths of Avonside's Residential Red Zone for ...

August 2011 snowstorm

16 Aug 2011, 09:00 AM

Heavy snowfall in mid-August 2011 made amazing patterns covering ...

Definitely requires more than just a shovel!

‎Sunday, ‎19 ‎June ‎2011, ‏‎10:16 AM

Member of the 'Farmy Army' helps to clear half-metre-deep layer ...

'Student Army' & 'Farmy Army' to the rescue

Sunday, ‎19 ‎June ‎2011, ‏‎9:52:40 AM

University of Canterbury students united with farmers and rural ...

Keeping a sense of humour about yet more liquefaction?

‎Sunday, ‎19 ‎June ‎2011

After the 13 June 2011 follow-up earthquake (6.0 magnitude), ...

Definitely no longer a safe retreat

Wednesday, ‎23 ‎February ‎2011, ‏‎5:54 PM

Retreat Road in Avonside following Feb 2011 earthquake - ...

Post-quake Avonside: liquefaction & portaloos!

‎Tuesday, ‎1 ‎March ‎2011, ‏‎4:18 PM

Two main features of life in the Residential Red Zone following ...

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