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A memorial road roller which bears the name of a famous battle of the First World War
Internment site at Avondale Cemetery, Christchurch, is for those killed in the 22 February 2011 Canterbury earthquake
Booklet outlining activities for peace days celebrations in Christchurch in 1919
The Christchurch airport domestic terminal designed by modernist architect Paul Pascoe.
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) personnel board a RNZAF C-130 Hercules at Ōhakea air base
Published from a cottage in Montreal Street, the first edition was a six-page tabloid which sold for sixpence.
On Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12.51 p.m. Christchurch was badly damaged by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake, which killed 185 people and injured several thousand.
Painting showing a train arriving at Ferrymead in December 1863
In September 1878 Dunedin's mayor hosted a lavish banquet to celebrate the opening of the city's rail link with Christchurch.

Paul Pascoe is considered a pioneer of modernist architecture due to the large scale of buildings he designed in the style for his home town of Christchurch and further afield.

The earthquake struck at 4.35 a.m. on Saturday 4 September and was felt by many people in the South Island and the southern North Island. There was considerable damage in central Canterbury, especially in Christchurch, but no loss of life.
After the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011 authorities found a wide range of uses for shipping containers
Memorial oak tree in the Park of Remembrance in central Christchurch
Images from the Christchurch earthquake which struck on 22 February 2011
Canterbury Officers' Club. Francis Vallance, 2010 Find out more about the people listed on this memorial on the Auckland Museum's Cenotaph website
Nurses memorial chapel near Christchurch hospital
Christchurch South African War memorial.
Mt Pleasant war memorial hall in Christchurch.
Saint Albans Community Centre First World War roll of honour board
Upper Riccarton memorial library and plaques

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