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Fairfax Video, May 2012 (12)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of Gerry Brownlee, the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, speaking about the Draft Recovery Strategy at a CERA conference. Brownlee talks about the progress that has already been made in the rebuild, as well as the goals of the Draft Recovery Strategy.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 342

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of a laminated image tied to the fencing around Cathedral Square. The image depicts the Citizen's Memorial as it looked before the Canterbury earthquakes.

Christchurch MPs want inquiry into possible CTV fraud

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission says it will not re-open its inquiry into the CTV building collapse, despite fresh allegations against the building's construction manager.

Christchurch rentals market remains tough

Audio, Radio New Zealand

More than 18 months since the Canterbury earthquakes the rental property shortage continues to worsen, and there are predictions it won't be easing anytime soon.

Evening Business for 25 May 2012

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Tower's half year profit has jumped by more than eighty percent, as it recovers from the costs associated with the Canterbury earthquakes and improves revenue growth.

Quakes Commission checks on responsibility for cordon

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has tried to determine exactly who should have put a cordon around a central Christchurch building identified as an earthquake risk.

CTV building not inspected by engineer after Boxing Day quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Two separate chances to inspect the Canterbury Television building were missed before the February earthquake saw it pancake to the ground last year, killing 115 people.

CTV design company faces more criticism at Royal Commission

Audio, Radio New Zealand

An engineer who worked for the company that designed the CTV building, has criticised the attitude of his former boss at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.

CERA says new labelling needed for building safety

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority says the language describing building safety is unhelpful and is worrying people needlessly. The Authority's CEO, Roger Sutton, joins the programme.

Earthquake response and structural health monitoring of Christchurch Women…

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

The September 2010 Canterbury and February 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and associated aftershocks have shown that the isolator displacement in Christchurch Women's Hospital (Christchurch City's only base-isolated structure) was significantly less than expected. Occupant accounts of the events have also indicated that the accelerations within the hospital superstructure were larger than would usually be expected within a base-isolated structure and that residual low-level shaking lasts for a longer period of time following the strong-motion of an event than for non-isolated structures.

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Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of a laminated image tied to the fencing around Cathedral Square. The image depicts the ChristChurch Cathedral as it looked before the Canterbury earthquakes.

Structural engineer blasts engineering profession

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes has been told illegal building techniques are being used in the Christchurch rebuild because the engineering profession is in crisis.

Commission witnesses questioned about Cashel Street building

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Witnesses before the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission have been questioned about why a building known to be earthquake prone was allowed to reopen, despite several red flags.

Structural engineer breaks down at Royal Commission

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A structural engineer has broken down at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission after admitting he contributed to a woman's death in the February the twenty second earthquake.

Builder says he couldn't wait to leave CTV days before collapse

Audio, Radio New Zealand

An experienced builder says he couldn't wait to get out of the Canterbury Television Building after seeing how damaged it was in the September 2010 earthquake.

Badly hit Sydenham aims to become revitalised quarter

Audio, Radio New Zealand

One of the Christchurch suburbs badly hit in the Canterbury earthquakes is being rebranded as the Sydenham Quarter - a future haven for artists, artisans and industrialists alike.

Interview with Matthew Hughes

Audio, UC QuakeStudies

Interview with Canterbury Earthquakes Geospatial Reserach Fellow, Matthew Hughes. This interview was conducted by Emma Kelland as part of Deirdre Hart's Coastal and River Earthquake Research project.

Spectrum for 15 April 2012

Audio, Radio New Zealand

With half his life work destroyed by earthquakes, Christchurch conservator Graham Stewart is on a mission to save what is left of Canterbury's remarkable stained glass history.