Oi Manawa, the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial, follows the Avon River through central Christchurch with a restraint that suits the subject. Opened in 2017, it remembers the people killed and seriously injured in the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, and the shared trauma that reshaped the city.
The memorial is not dramatic in the way ruined buildings or temporary installations can be. Its power is quieter: names cut into stone, a calm river setting, and a place where the rebuilt city pauses to acknowledge what was lost before moving on.