An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 28 March 2011 entitled, "This week...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 3 August 2012 entitled, "Scrap Basket Quilt Number Six".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 2 November 2011 entitled, "Bloggers Quilt Festival: My Picking up the Pieces Quilt".
A view down Cashel Street from the Bridge of Remembrance, showing earthquake damage to several buildings along Cashel Mall. In the background the Hotel Grand Chancellor can be seen, a Christchurch hotel that was badly damaged in the February 2011 earthquake. The collapse of a key supporting shear wall caused the building to visibly lean to one side.
Appendix Two to the submission of the then New Zealand Historical Places Trust to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission. The appendix is titled, "Damage to Significant Buildings in Central Christchurch (as at 13 October 2011)".
Damage to a house in Richmond. The brick wall is badly cracked and twisted, and some bricks have fallen, exposing the lining paper below. The photographer comments, "These photos show our old house in River Rd. Bricks are skewed and pulled in several directions".
A man signals directions to a car attempting to make a u-turn on the badly damaged River Road. The road surface is cracked and buckled. The photographer comments, "More stranded cars, and rubbernecking sightseers turning around to go back the way they came".
Transcript of Lou's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of a concrete patio has slumped, leaving large cracks. In the background, cracks are visible in the brickwork of the house. The photographer comments, "More patio cracks".
Damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack runs through a concrete patio. The photographer comments, "The concrete patio is broken into big slabs. Over the following week this subsided even further".
Internal damage to a house in Richmond. A crack runs diagonally upwards from the corner of a doorway. Below, a picture is askew. The photographer comments, "Small cracks in the kitchen wall".
Internal damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack in wallboard shows how the corner of the room has moved. The photographer comments, "Cracks in the wall of the sunroom".
Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of the brick wall is visibly out of alignment, leaving large gaps at the corner of the house. The photographer comments, "Dining room exterior wall".
Video of Audrey Dragovich's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Matthew Hayman's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
A photograph of the damage to the teeth of a gear from the worm gear drive of the Townsend Telescope. The gear was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The new Christchurch Council building has suffered only cosmetic damage in the September 4th earthquake. Ngai Tahu Property development manager Gordon Craig inspects the damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The new Christchurch Council building has suffered only cosmetic damage in the September 4th earthquake. Ngai Tahu Property development manager Gordon Craig inspects the damage".
A photograph of the damage to the teeth of a gear from the worm gear drive of the Townsend Telescope. The gear was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The new Christchurch Council building has suffered only cosmetic damage in the September 4th earthquake. Ngai Tahu Property development manager Gordon Craig inspects the damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The new Christchurch Council building has suffered only cosmetic damage in the September 4th earthquake. Ngai Tahu Property development manager Gordon Craig inspects the damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The new Christchurch Council building has suffered only cosmetic damage in the September 4th earthquake. Ngai Tahu Property development manager Gordon Craig inspects the damage".
Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Damage to Lyttelton following the 22 February 2011 earthquake. St John's Church on Winchester Street with a collapsed spire and rubble lying on the footpath where it fell.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 2 March 2011 entitled, "Random things".
A story submitted by Jennifer to the QuakeStories website.
A news item titled, "Cool Store Relocation Causes Controversy", published on the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre's website on Thursday, 13 October 2011.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield. The church tower is seen with the damaged spire tops removed".