The Star: June 28, 2018
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8 Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
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Ivan’s a marathon man with his<br />
Ivan Hibberd has taken thousands of photos of<br />
Christchurch during the rebuild, documenting<br />
the city’s history for future generations. Bridget<br />
Rutherford reports<br />
EVERY WEEK Ivan Hibberd<br />
ventures around Christchurch<br />
armed with his small digital<br />
camera to document the way<br />
the city has changed since the<br />
February 22, 2011, earthquake.<br />
In spite of having little background<br />
in photography, the<br />
87-year-old has taken more than<br />
4000 photos of the rebuild.<br />
“I’m just keen on Christchurch,”<br />
he said.<br />
“It’s a good activity, you meet<br />
a lot of people.”<br />
Mr Hibberd, who spent much<br />
of his life working with machinery,<br />
said most of his photos were<br />
stored in the cloud until deciding<br />
what to do with them. He<br />
said they documented the city’s<br />
history.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y ranged from new buildings<br />
to the demolition of old<br />
ones, such as the implosion of<br />
the Christchurch Central Police<br />
Station. Although, he said he<br />
would have been better with a<br />
video camera for that one.<br />
“I only had a little camera and<br />
all I got was a pile of rubble.”<br />
He also photographed Twinkle<br />
Toes, the large excavator<br />
used to demolish tall buildings<br />
after the earthquakes.<br />
Mr Hibberd said he was onto<br />
his second camera, a Canon,<br />
because his first one broke about<br />
six years ago.<br />
“I was photographing the<br />
earthquake-damaged buildings<br />
on the corner of<br />
Cashel and High<br />
Sts and there<br />
was a piece of<br />
iron sticking<br />
out of the<br />
footpath.<br />
I<br />
stopped<br />
to take<br />
photos<br />
and as I<br />
moved I<br />
tripped<br />
over it<br />
and did<br />
SHUTTER BUG: Ivan Hibberd, 87, has taken thousands of<br />
earthquake pictures with his point and shoot camera.<br />
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
my camera in.” Mr Hibberd<br />
said he then wrote a<br />
letter to the city council.<br />
“I’m fairly well known<br />
around the council, I told<br />
them I’d lost 30 photos that<br />
day and I was doing it for<br />
heritage and<br />
I told them it<br />
was a $120<br />
camera.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n a<br />
cheque<br />
arrived from the council for<br />
$99.” It’s not just the rebuild the<br />
father and grandfather likes to<br />
photograph.<br />
He takes photos of the birds<br />
in he and wife Helen’s Belfast<br />
garden.<br />
Tending to their vegetable<br />
garden and plot of<br />
sunflowers<br />
was “one of<br />
the great<br />
therapies<br />
in life”,<br />
he<br />
said.<br />
Presents<br />
Friday 29th <strong>June</strong><br />
6pm - 10:30pm<br />
ALBION SQUARE STAGE<br />
with Backyard Davey<br />
7:00 Street Parade<br />
7:20 Lyttelton Primary School<br />
7:30 Rāpaki Whānau Kapa Haka<br />
7:45 Lyttelton Arts Factory Dance Crews<br />
8:00 Lyttelton Port of Christchurch Fireworks<br />
8:30 <strong>The</strong> Secret Lives of Ukelele<br />
9:00 Backyard Davey<br />
MAIN STAGE AT COLLETT'S CORNER<br />
with Shay Horay<br />
7:00 Street Parade<br />
7:15 Lindon Puffin and the Bad Bax<br />
8:15 <strong>The</strong> Settlers<br />
9:00 <strong>The</strong> Preservatives<br />
9:50 AL P and his PAL's<br />
LYTTELTON SKATE PARK<br />
7:30 - 9:30 DJ Rang<br />
ART INSTALLATIONS AROUND THE TOWN!<br />
Bus and Shuttle Info at www.lyttelton.net.nz