Ruth Gardner's Blog 08/03/2012: Wet Weather Woes

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 8 March 2012 entitled, "Wet Weather Woes".

Ruth Gardner's Blog 26/12/2012: Wet Weather

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 26 December 2012 entitled, "Wet Weather".

Market Square: swamp, river and raupo in the central city

Articles, Lost Christchurch

It was hard to avoid sinking up to your knees in wet weather in Market Square in 1862.  This panoramic photograph shows Christchurch’s Market Place (later renamed Victoria Square) the damp ge…

Mrs General Mite – ‘one of the most interesting personalities that has eve…

Articles, Lost Christchurch

It was a warm fair day on the 16th December 1919, a light nor’easterly breeze was blowing through the city. Much the same weather was being experienced throughout the whole of the Dominion. T…

Winter is coming…

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

The chilly weather in Christchurch of late has many of us dreaming of glistening seas, white sand beaches and pina coladas. A while ago, “winter is coming” gags were being fired about among the many Game of Thrones fans, and … Continue reading →