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Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch, who have been breaking up pieces of china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "September 2011. Another cracking day, one year after the first earthquake. From left: Marie Hudson, Robyn Black, and Sharon Wilson."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch in their workshop.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Big things are finally happening...this is our first day working in our new workshops. From left: Sharon Wilson, Marie Hudson, Helen Campbell, Jenny Cooper, and Shirley Walden."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch working on their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "February 2014. The work continues through the summer and into the winter. From left: Jennie Cooper, Helen Campbell, Jayne White, Sharon Wilson, and Marie Hudson."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch working on their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "February 2014. The work continues through the summer and into the winter. From left: Jennie Cooper, Marie Hudson, Jayne White, Helen Campbell, and Sharon Wilson."

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A photograph of Sharon Wilson removing excess grout from Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "One the grout was complete, the whole chair had to be cleaned of excess grout, polished, and sealed. A dirty job with dremmels and various scrapers."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch in their workshop.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Early November 2013. Last day for Shirley Walden who is leaving the city. From left: Jenny Cooper, Shirley Walden, Helen Campbell, Marie Hudson, Sharon Wilson, and Jennie Cooper. We miss you Shirley."

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

Knowing how to rapidly rebuild disaster-damaged infrastructure, while deciding appropriate recovery strategies and catering for future investment is a matter of core interest to government decision makers, utility providers, and business sectors. The purpose of this research is to explore the effects of decisions and outcomes for physical reconstruction on the overall recovery process of horizontal infrastructure in New Zealand using the Canterbury and Kaikoura earthquakes as cases. A mixed approach including a systematic review, questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews is used to capture perspectives of those involved in reconstruction process and gain insights into the effect of critical elements on infrastructure downtime. Findings from this research will contribute towards advancements of a systems dynamics model considering critical decision-making variables across phases of the reconstruction process to assess how these variables affect the rebuild process and the corresponding downtime. This project will improve the ability to explore alternative resilience improvement pathways and test the efficacy of alternative means for facilitating a faster and better reconstruction process.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch working on their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Once the opus starts to go on, things speed up. We have a September deadline for the big reveal. Here we are in July. From left: Helen Campbell, Jennie Cooper, and Sharon Wilson."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch breaking up pieces of china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "November now, a nice shot of us (from left: Marie Hudson, Helen Campbell, Sharon Wilson, and Shirley Walden). We met regularly over that first winter, trying to keep on top of the china as it flowed in."

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch breaking up pieces of china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "November now, a nice shot of us (from left: Marie Hudson, Helen Campbell, Shirley Walden, and Sharon Wilson). We met regularly over that first winter, trying to keep on top of the china as it flowed in."

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A photograph of a camera operator filming Sharon Wilson and Jennie Cooper as they work on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "August 2014. Mike Thorpe and camera man filming Flora for Seven Sharp in anticipation of the launch. Only 4 weeks to go. No grout on the chair yet."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch cleaning their armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Once the grout was complete, the whole chair had to be clean of excess grout, polished, and sealed. A dirty job done with dremmels and various scrapers. From left: Katherine O'Connor, Helen Campbell, and Sharon Wilson."

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch cleaning their armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Once the grout was complete, the whole chair had to be clean of excess grout, polished, and sealed. A dirty job done with dremmels and various scrapers. From left: Helen Campbell, Katherine O'Connor, and Sharon Wilson."

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch, who have been breaking up pieces of china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "November now, a nice shot of us (from left: Marie Hudson, Jenny Cooper, Helen Campbell, Sharon Wilson, and Shirley Walden). We met regularly over that first winter, trying to keep on top of the china as it flowed in."

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of a camera operator filming members of Crack'd for Christchurch as they work on their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "August 2014. Mike Thorpe and camera man filming Flora for Seven Sharp in anticipation of the launch. Only 4 weeks to go. No grout on the chair yet. From left: Sharon Wilson, Marie Hudson, and Jennie Cooper."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch working on their armchair artwork. Reporter Mike Thorpe is in the background.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "August 2014. Mike Thorpe and camera man filming Flora for Seven Sharp in anticipation of the launch. Only 4 weeks to go. No grout on the chair yet. From left: Jenny Cooper, Marie Hudson, and Sharon Wilson."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch working on their ottoman mosaic. The team have drawn guidelines on the top and sides of the ottoman and are beginning to lay pieces of broken china on top.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Otto was mosaicked in Helen Campbell's garage during the summer of 2013 - 2014. From left: Helen Campbell and Sharon Wilson. Helen's long-suffering husband Alan is also in the background."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch in their workshop. A number of mosaics of flowers and leaves have been laid out on the carpet in front of them. In the background there are boxes of broken china and furniture stacked in a pile.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Early November 2013. Last day for Shirley Walden who is leaving the city. From left: Helen Campbell, Shirley Walden, and Sharon Wilson. We miss you Shirley."

Audio, UC QuakeStudies

A recorded conversation about the arts in Christchurch, facilitated by Rosalee Jenkin (UC CEISMIC) and featuring Sophie Davis (UC Masters student and co-director of North Projects), Lara Strongman (Senior Curator at Christchurch Art Gallery), Gaby Montejo (visual art practitioner and teacher) and Wongi Wilson (street artist and professional graffiti artist). The podcast is the first in a series of conversations hosted by UC CEISMIC about Christchurch, five years on from the February 22 earthquake.

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch sorting through pieces of broken china. Two of the members are using tools to break the china into smaller pieces.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "May 2011. The team has met, made a plan of attack, and are beginning the huge job of breaking up china into useable pieces which can be stored easily. Some of our earliest members can be seen in this photograph (from left: Sharon Wilson, Shirley Walden, Helen Campbell, and Marie Hudson)."