An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 25 December 2011 entitled, "Merry Christmas....".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 9 February 2012 entitled, "Picking up the pieces...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 3 August 2011 entitled, "Drum roll please.... It's the asterisk quilt!!!".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 9 October 2011 entitled, "It's spring in Christchurch...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 2 November 2011 entitled, "Bloggers Quilt Festival: My Picking up the Pieces Quilt".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 17 September 2011 entitled, "Look what I found in my sewing room (1)".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 27 May 2011 entitled, "I just love a scrap quilt...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 29 February 2012 entitled, "In my kitchen...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 23 April 2012 entitled, "Show and tell: Assembly Point Quilt".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 12 July 2012 entitled, "My Creative Space {and a winner}".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 13 July 2012 entitled, "I recently became part of the Sisterhood....".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 1 June 2012 entitled, "The Annual Sister-In-Law Quilt....".
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 31 July 2012 entitled, "Planning a Road Cone Quilt....".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 7 March 2012 entitled, "Benefits of a giant sort out.....".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 17 May 2012 entitled, "Last Saturday Morning....".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 3 June 2012 entitled, "A Jubilee Party...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 6 June 2012 entitled, "Twenty Years...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 23 February 2012 entitled, "Today I'm loving...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 28 August 2012 entitled, "A quilt for Megan...".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a letter box on a residential property in Christchurch.
The Anzac Day Dawn service returns to Christchurch's Cathedral Square tomorrow, the first time since the 2011 earthquake. The service will take place near the newly-restored Citizens' War Memorial at 5.30am, where traditional veterans will parade up Worcestor Boulevard towards the Square. Christchurch Memorial RSA president, Dennis Mardle, spoke to Corin Dann.
Earlier this morning Christchurch's Cathedral Square saw its first dawn service since the earthquake in 2011. The city's Mayor Phil Mauger was there.
Protecting live music venues is taking on a new urgency in Christchurch, with the popular 12 Bar announcing it will close at the end of the month. With people flocking back to live in the central city after the earthquakes, there have been more complaints about noise from entertainment venues. But the local music scene says positive changes are in the works, so residents and live venues can live in harmony. Niva Chittock reports.
Rick Wentz is a Chartered geotechnical engineer originally from Northern California who has lived in New Zealand since 2011 - coming here in response to the Christchurch earthquakes. Rick talks to Mark about seismic risk - what it means for the general community and the role of a geotechnical engineering in helping to manage it.
The historic Townsend Teece telescope in Otautahi Christchurch was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake, but has been expertly restored and is now reinstalled back in its central city home at the Arts Centre.
A local developer is looking to reshape Ashburton's triangle, the historic retail centre of the town. Robert Grice owns a number of buildings on Victoria Street that require earthquake strengthening and he wants to redevelop the existing shops into a new mixed use hospitality precinct named The Ash. Jonathan also discusses an attempt to add quarter of a million dollars to ECan's annual plan budget which has been labelled a "slap in the face" by Environment Canterbury councillor Ian Mackenzie. And a hold-up of plumbing parts and red tape at the border means the Staveley Ice Rink won't be open to skaters and curlers until at least mid-June. Local Democracy Reporter - Mid Canterbury c from the Ashburton Guardian
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 11 July 2014.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 25 November 2013.
Five years on since the first major earthquake struck the Canterbury region, the reconstruction is well advanced. Christchurch is a city in transition. This report considers trends in resourcing and employment practice of Canterbury construction organisations in response to the projected market changes (2015-2016). The report draws on the interviews with 18 personnel from 16 construction organisations and recovery agencies in October 2015. It provides a summary of perceived changes in the construction market in Canterbury, evidence of what steps construction businesses have been taking, how they have prepared for likely changes in the reconstruction sector, as well as the perceived alignment of public policies with the industry response.