After the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 10 days ago we are reminded of Spring and that things are starting to look a little better now.
These have been thrown in the Avon River
Houses teeter over the edge above Redcliffs School.
A play on rhyming words 'whacked' for terrorist Osama bin Laden who has been killed in a Pakistan village, 'hacked' for 'Sony' after massive hack attacks on three separate gaming systems it runs, 's'ACT' with Rodney Hide who has been ousted as ACT leader by former National leader Don Brash, 'wracked' for Christchurch because of the earthquakes, 'blacked' to describe a $5 bottle of milk, 'smacked' for Glenfield, hit by a tornado, 'jacked' for petrol prices and 'quacked' for a duck in the duck-shooting season. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
A story submitted by Sue Hamer to the QuakeStories website.
A pdf transcript of Rosie Belton's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Laura Moir. Transcriber: Josie Hepburn.
A pdf transcript of Rae Hughes's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Samuel Hope. Transcriber: Lauren Millar.
A pdf transcript of Stephen Bourke's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Lucy Denham. Transcriber: Lucy Denham.
A PDF copy of eight posters from phase 1 of the All Right? campaign, specifically targeting Waimakariri. Each poster seeks to normalise a different emotional experience, for example, "It's all right to feel blue now and then." Each poster also includes, "Waimakariri has changed a lot and we all see things a little differently. And that's all right".
A PDF copy of eight posters from phase 1 of the All Right? campaign, specifically targeting people in Christchurch. Each poster seeks to normalise a different emotional experience, for example, "It's all right to feel blue now and then." Each poster also includes, "Christchurch has changed a lot and we all see things a little differently. And that's all right".
A PDF copy of eight posters from phase 1 of the All Right? campaign, specifically targeting Kaiapoi. Each poster seeks to normalise a different emotional experience, for example, "It's all right to feel blue now and then." Each poster also includes, "Kaiapoi has changed a lot and we all see things a little differently. And that's all right".
A photograph of boxes of broken china stored in a bedroom.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "May 2011, Crack'd has been going for a month. The china begins to collect in our spare room. It often arrived covered in liquefaction and broken glass, food and mud, and it was incredibly bulky. It had to be cleaned, sorted, but not broken down, before it was stored."
A photograph of Marie Hudson working on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Slow progress. Sometimes we thought we'd never get her finished. We were all battling our own earthquake consequences: losing homes and jobs, battling with insurers, illnesses and repairs. It was a long winter. But the conversation, food, laughter, and company were wonderful. An unforgettable experience."
A photograph of Helen Campbell working on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Slow progress. Sometimes we thought we'd never get her finished. We were all battling our own earthquake consequences: losing homes and jobs, battling with insurers, illnesses and repairs. It was a long winter. But the conversation, food, laughter, and company were wonderful. An unforgettable experience."
A photograph of Helen Campbell and Marie Hudson working on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Slow progress. Sometimes we thought we'd never get her finished. We were all battling our own earthquake consequences: losing homes and jobs, battling with insurers, illnesses and repairs. It was a long winter. But the conversation, food, laughter, and company were wonderful. An unforgettable experience."
A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's partially-completed mosaic on their armchair.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Slow progress. Sometimes we thought we'd never get her finished. We were all battling our own earthquake consequences: losing homes and jobs, battling with insurers, illnesses and repairs. It was a long winter. But the conversation, food, laughter, and company were wonderful. An unforgettable experience."
A PDF copy of eight posters from phase 1 of the All Right? campaign, specifically targeting people in Akaroa. Each poster seeks to normalise a different emotional experience, for example, "It's all right to feel blue now and then." Each poster also includes, "Akaroa has changed a lot and we all see things a little differently. And that's all right".
A photograph of Helen Campbell working on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Slow progress. Sometimes we thought we'd never get her finished. We were all battling our own earthquake consequences: losing homes and jobs, battling with insurers, illnesses and repairs. It was a long winter. But the conversation, food, laughter, and company were wonderful. An unforgettable experience."
A PDF copy of eight posters from phase 1 of the All Right? campaign, specifically targeting Rangiora. Each poster seeks to normalise a different emotional experience, for example, "It's all right to feel blue now and then." Each poster also includes, "Rangiora has changed a lot and we all see things a little differently. And that's all right".
A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's partially-completed mosaic on their armchair.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Slow progress. Sometimes we thought we'd never get her finished. We were all battling our own earthquake consequences: losing homes and jobs, battling with insurers, illnesses and repairs. It was a long winter. But the conversation, food, laughter, and company were wonderful. An unforgettable experience."
A pdf transcript of Chris's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Joshua Black. Transcriber: Caleb Middendorf.
A business owner wants more stringent background checks for people creating professional online profiles after discovering a potential business advisor is currently on home detention for corruption. Gerard Gallagher was convicted in June after trying to personally profit from information obtained while working for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority and Ōtākaro Limited between 2014 and 2017. Online, he promotes himself as a Business Advisor despite still serving a sentence of 12 months' home detention. Niva Chittock reports.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 31 March 2014.
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 11 December 2012.
Summary of oral history interview with Leanne Curtis about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Results from cyclic undrained direct simple shear tests on reconstituted specimens of two sands from Christchurch are compared against the liquefaction resistance inferred from CPT-based empirical liquefaction triggering methods. Limitations in existing empirical triggering relationships to capture important effects related to processes which originated test soils are highlighted and discussed.
More well known as the Government Life building - too be demolished.
Looking across to the Town Hall. Will it stay or will it go?
Part of the container wall to stop rock falls on Main Road, Sumner.
A pdf transcript of Ian's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Samuel Hope. Transcriber: Josie Hepburn.