The Star: June 28, 2018

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