Christchurch

This is a beautiful commemorative book of the most significant heritage buildings/precincts or landmarks of Christchurch that have been lost or badly damaged in the earthquakes. It is a true celebration of Christchurch, the way it used to be, and covers the history of each building/area, its architectural context, a number of photos of each place taken over time and discussion of its future. The buildings include the best known heritage buildings in the inner-city such as Christchurch Cathedral, the Catholic Cathedral, The Press Bu... read more

The Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011 was one of the worst natural disasters in New Zealand's history. The quake devastated New Zealand's second biggest city and caused significant damage to infrastructure both within Christchurch itself and its immediate surrounds. After declining several quake books - none of which felt right - Hachette NZ was approached by the Canterbury District Police to produce a high-quality book of colour photography taken by Police forensic photographers, documenting the response to the earthquak... read more

Denis Robinson has compiled a moving tribute to Christchurch with a collection of paintings of the city as it was before the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. He approached 19 artists - Cantabrians, past or present, or frequent visitors from other places - to request paintings that showed beautiful and evocative views of the city and its neo-gothic stone and character buildings. Many artists returned to old sketchbooks, to discover drawings still waiting to be painted, and these new artworks sit alongside paintings complete... read more

This addition to New Holland's well-established series of great value, full colour regional pictorial books showcases the country's 'Garden City'.

Content includes: * Prelude to a disaster - What Christchurch was doing on February 22. How the debate of the September 4/Boxing Day quakes was continuing, how those events had shaped lives. *The Event - First hand accounts, the effect on buildings/people. How different areas of the city were affected - Lyttelton/Sumner/Redcliffs. CTV/Forsythe Barr/Pyne Gould Buildings. *An overview of the first hours after the main tremor, extending it into the first night. The official response. The international response. *The science ... read more

First published thirty years ago The Port Hills of Christchurch has become a collectors item. Now after a great deal of new and meticulous research award winning historian Gordon Ogilvie has updated and greatly expanded the book and added many fascinating photographs.

This lively survey tells the story of a major New Zealand city, the capital of Canterbury province and the South Island's largest metropolitan centre. Why was the city established in the middle of a swamp? What was it like to live in Christchurch in the 1850s, the 1870s or the 1940s? What has changed, what has disappeared, and what has survived from the past? Who were the people who made Christchurch what it is today? What makes Christchurch distinctive among New Zealand's cities? These and many other questions are answered in this... read more

At the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival recently, Fiona Farrell was the star of the opening night with her stories of the Christchurch earthquake - this book takes those stories and gives them weight and heft and context. Fiona Farrell's meandering travel book shows how an earthquake can change everything in a flash: the book you were writing, the house you were living in, the thoughts that preoccupied you. The Broken Book consists of four essays about life and walking bookended by a preamble and an afterword and interrupted b... read more

Christchurch: A Nostalgic Tribute is a remarkable photographic record of a city now so drastically changed, after the 2010 & 2011 earthquakes. When recently sorting through his photographic library, photographer, Peter Morath, realised that he had a 'time capsule' of images, many of which were taken in the 1990's. They show his "much loved City of Christchurch" in a colourful, retrospective light. Firstly, there are some pictures showing the earthquakes' devastation. Secondly, the collection steps back several years, with beaut... read more

Imagine sharing a portable toilet with your neighbours for months on end, showering in a shipping container in the fire station car park, or travelling for three hours a day on six different buses to get to and from school. Such was life in post-quake Christchurch for Amanda Cropp and her family. On September 4, 2010 New Zealand's second largest city was rocked by the first of three major earthquakes that between them killed 182 people, damaged 100,000 homes and devastated the central business district. Journalist Amanda Cropp, a l... read more

Whether you are visiting Christchurch for a day or have lived here for years there are lots of things to explore and do in the Garden City. If you like the sound of a walk that takes you to some of the city's premier examples of modern architecture or would prefer to take the kids on a mountain bike adventure, Christchurch has it on offer. 101 Things to Do in Christchurch is the ultimate guide to getting around town, getting out of town and going out on the town. First published December 2006.

One of New Zealand’s great photographers, Arno Gasteiger, presents his favourite landscape images of Canterbury. The spectacular region of Canterbury, from braided rivers and distinctive plains, to the dramatic Mackenzie Basin as it sweeps up to the Southern Alps, is captured in this new book. The region is crowded with great landscapes, delightful small towns and favourite tourists spots such as Arthurs Pass, Banks Peninsula, Lake Tek... read more

Includes work by Ngaio Marsh,Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Fiona Farrell, Hone Tuwhare, Kate Flannery, Owen Marshall, Jennifer Maxwell, Denis Glover and more.

The Cathedral Grammar School is unique among the Independent Schools of New Zealand, because it is a choir school in the tradition of the English Cathedral Choir schools. The history of the school cannot be written without tracing the history of the choir and its Choristers as well. The story is one of determination to create a musical tradition worthy of the worship which would be conducted in the Cathedral. The school opened its doors six months before the opening of the cathedral, to train the first choristers ready for the occa... read more

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Henry John Chitty Harper was the first Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch. To mark the 150th anniversary of his arrival in 1856, ten experienced historians tell the story of the setting up of a branch of the Church of England in a new colony.

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"This is an episodic story about my 6 week stay as Artist in Residence at The Arts Centre of Christchurch consisting of interviews with and illustrations of five imaginary characters and a ghost, and notes concerning my personal thoughts and misfortunes. Some of it is true." - author

City And Peninsula provides a refreshing new look at the historic buildings and sites of Christchurch, Lyttelton, Akaroa and Banks Peninsula. Christchurch is the largest city on New Zealand's South Island and has some of the country's most historically significant and architecturally interesting old buildings. The rugged hills and secluded bays of Banks Peninsula, now part of the City, were the scene of important early events and Akaroa is one of the country's best preserved colonial villages. Lyttelton retains many of the features... read more

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