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Southern Story for 26 April 2012 - Flower Auction

Audio, Radio New Zealand

While most people are asleep at 5am in Christchurch, the city's florists and wholesalers are already hard at it, bidding for the best blooms. The industry has struggled after the earthquakes, but Katy Gosset finds enthusiasm levels high.

Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 22 February 2012

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Thousands gather in Christchurch; CTV survivor talks about the earthquake service; Carpenter Chris Nutfield recieves bravery award; Megaupload founder relieved to go home to his family; Teenagers describe shock of seeing people with guns; and more Christchurch memorial coverage.

Southern Story for 19 July 2012 - Christchurch Hospital

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch Hospital has just celebrated its 150th anniversary. The major medical facility is in the heart of the city, beside Hagley Park, and played a key role in the February earthquake, treating the many who were seriously injured. Christchurch correspondent Katy Gosset discovers the hospital faces its own quake-related challenges as it plans for the future.

Southern Story for 12 April 2012 - The Pianist

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Our Christchurch correspondent, Katy Gosset takes us on a musical journey with the help of one of the city's longest serving pianists. For 23 years Peter Lewis played the piano in the Crowne Plaza Hotel before being made redundant by the February 2011 earthquake. Peter has since struggled to find a way to share his music with others. Today Katy seeks out some city pianos and takes him on a mystery tour to rediscover the pleasure of playing.

CTV news item: Local women get a chance to share their quake stories

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

CTV news clip created about the Women's Voices project.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 278

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A crane lifting workers to the upper stories of Clarendon Towers. Some of the windows and parts of the wall have been boarded up.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 279

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A crane lifting workers to the upper stories of Clarendon Towers. Some of the windows and parts of the wall have been boarded up.

Photograph number UC 12-0016-02

Images, UC QuakeStudies

UC Quake Box set up in the Facilities Management yard to record people's quake stories for the Ceismic project, Andrew MacFarlane inside the box.

Whaling, Forty Mile Beach, A Gruesome Discovery – A Pioneer’s Story

Articles, Lost Christchurch

By a Pioneer of the Fifties Many years previous to, and some few years after the arrival of the first four ships, the coast of New Zealand was frequented by whalers, notably those of England, Ameri…

Story of workers trapped in Forsyth Barr 12 months ago today

Audio, Radio New Zealand

In Christchurch, people have been marking one year on from the deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake.

Mediawatch for 19 February 2012

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Marking the upcoming earthquake anniversary in Christchurch; right of reply on The Panel; newspaper stories with overhyped headlines; a controversial contest backfies on radio - but not really.

UC QuakeBox photograph by Sally Roome (6)

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Liv Kivi recording a story inside the UC QuakeBox container in Brooklands. The container was parked in the car park of the Brooklands Community Centre on Anfield Street.

Book: Trapped, Remarkable Stories of Survival from the 2011 Canterbury Ear…

Images, Canterbury Museum

One multi-coloured softcover book titled 'Trapped' by Martin van Beynen with colour illustrations and maps. Collected experiences of some of those trapped following the 22 February earthquake. Mainstream media coverage of the 22 February 2011 earthquake understandably focussed on the devastating damage and loss of life caused by the earthquake....

Christchurch Press 13 July 2012: Go, Page 12

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

Page 12 of the Go section of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 13 July 2012.

Trapped

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Martin van Beynen is an award-winning journalist with the Christchurch newspaper The Press. His book, 'Trapped: Remarkable Stories of Survival from the 2011 Canterbury Earthquake' documents the experiences of 23 survivors.

Christchurch Press 11 February 2012: Section C, Page 3

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

Page 3 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 11 February 2012.

Photograph number UC 12-0016-01

Images, UC QuakeStudies

UC Quake Box set up in the Facilities Management yard to record people's quake stories for the Ceismic project. From Left: Kris Vavasour, Yena Wei, Andrew Dean, Liz Grant, Andrew MacFarlane.

Christchurch Press 28 January 2012: Section C, Page 9

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

Page 9 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 28 January 2012.

Christchurch Press 11 February 2012: Section C, Page 2

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

Page 2 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 11 February 2012.

Christchurch Press 23 February 2012: Section A, Page 8

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

Page 8 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 23 February 2012.

Christchurch Press 15 February 2012: Section A, Page 16

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

Page 16 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 15 February 2012.

The Star 27 June 2012

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Wednesday 27 June 2012.

A Wish by Amy Huang

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Amy Huang wrote this as a Year 12 student at Rangiruru Girls' School in Christchurch as a response to the earthquake and it was a finalist in a short story competition. For ages 8-18.

UC QuakeBox photograph by Sally Roome (9)

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Liz Kivi, Geoff Clements and Derek Bent setting up the television outside the UC QuakeBox container at the Canterbury A&P Show. The television played videos of previous stories recorded in the UC QuakeBox.