Christchurch Dusk, a photo by robjdickinson on Flickr.

North west arches always give a moody dark brooding atmosphere to my home city.

A city rapidly changing, many buildings are vanishing, and the future of others like Lancaster Park/AMI stadium looks very limited.

But its also Spring and we have a great feeling of renewal and growth here, are we past the worst? We hope so, time to build a new city from a community we have built stronger than we could have imagined.