LUXCITY Photograph 6

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A photograph of an installation on the corner of Gloucester Street and Colombo Street. The installation is titled "Etch-a-Sketch", and is part of the LUXCITY event.

Re:Start.

Other, National Library of New Zealand

Decribes the new Re:Start village project in the Cashel Mall, which housing business previously located in Christchurch’s central city. Includes a directory of retailers, events, photographs, information about parking and access, and Christchurch central city news.

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 7

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A photograph of a young child playing with bubble wrap at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed-dancing session. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Photo by Jennifer Middendorf 071

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Hand-written signs on the fence opposite the Gap Filler Pallet Pavillion advertise events at the pavillion. One advertises a plant sale on Saturday 22 December, the other high teas and cakes on Sunday 23 December.

Re:START Architecture Tour Photograph 20

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A photograph of FESTA director Jessica Halliday with Anton Tritt of the Buchan Group during an architecture tour at Re:START mall. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

LUXCITY Photograph 3

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A photograph of crowds at the LUXCITY event. The photograph shows an installation on Worcester Street, with the new Press building in the background. The installation is titled "Murmur".

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 11

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A photograph of the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed dancing session on site at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 10

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A photograph of the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed dancing session on site at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 12

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A photograph of the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed dancing session on site at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 14

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A photograph of the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed dancing session on site at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 13

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A photograph of the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed dancing session on site at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 8

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A photograph of the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed dancing session on site at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 9

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A photograph of the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed dancing session on site at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 15

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A photograph of the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed dancing session on site at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Dance-O-Mat Talk and Speed Dancing Session Photograph 16

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A photograph of the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat talk and speed dancing session on site at the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Temporary Street Furniture Talk and Public Reconfiguration Photograph 6

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A photograph of a public talk about temporary street furniture. The furniture was designed and fabricated by F3 Design for the Christchurch City Council. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Temporary Street Furniture Talk and Public Reconfiguration Photograph 7

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A panoramic photograph of a public talk about temporary street furniture. The furniture was designed and fabricated by F3 Design for the Christchurch City Council. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Temporary Street Furniture Talk and Public Reconfiguration Photograph 4

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A photograph of a public talk about temporary street furniture. The furniture was designed and fabricated by F3 Design for the Christchurch City Council. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Temporary Street Furniture Talk and Public Reconfiguration Photograph 5

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A photograph of a public talk about temporary street furniture. The furniture was designed and fabricated by F3 Design for the Christchurch City Council. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Temporary Street Furniture Talk and Public Reconfiguration Photograph 3

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A photograph of a public talk about temporary street furniture. The furniture was designed and fabricated by F3 Design for the Christchurch City Council. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Temporary Street Furniture Talk and Public Reconfiguration Photograph 2

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A photograph of a public talk about temporary street furniture. The furniture was designed and fabricated by F3 Design for the Christchurch City Council. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

Re:START Architecture Tour Photograph 14

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A photograph of Anton Tritt from the Buchan Group on the balcony of the Crafted Coffee Company during an architecture tour at Re:START mall. The event was part of FESTA 2012.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0960

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A photograph of a large screen allowing the crowd to see the events on stage at the memorial service in Hagley Park. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "First anniversary Memorial Service for 22 February 2011".

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0961

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A photograph of a large screen allowing the crowd to see the events on stage at the memorial service in Hagley Park. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "First anniversary Memorial Service for 22 February 2011".

Quake Memorial - Photograph 10

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Children at the River of Flowers memorial event. The photographer comments, "One year on, Riverside residents gather for a 2 minute silence and to cast flowers in the river. Riverside residents met at the Medway St bridge to commemorate the anniversary of the 22/2/11 quake".

LUXCITY Photograph 26

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An artist's impression of an installation that forms part of the '60 Lights Market' at the LUXCITY event. Coordinators: Daniele Abreu e Lima and Sam Stringlen; students: Chi Tran, Aria Jansen, Naomi Snelling, Rebecca Wyborn

LUXCITY Photograph 25

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An artist's impression of an installation that forms part of the '60 Lights Market' at the LUXCITY event. Coordinators: Daniele Abreu e Lima and Michael Smith; students: Alex Heperi, Gagan Saini, Shamal Nanji, Xavier Apelinga

A statistical analysis of lunisolar-earthquake connections.

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

Despite over a century of study, the relationship between lunar cycles and earthquakes remains controversial and difficult to quantitatively investigate. Perhaps as a consequence, major earthquakes around the globe are frequently followed by 'prediction' claims, using lunar cycles, that generate media furore and pressure scientists to provide resolute answers. The 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes in New Zealand were no exception; significant media attention was given to lunarderived earthquake predictions by non-scientists, even though the predictions were merely 'opinions' and were not based on any statistically robust temporal or causal relationships. This thesis provides a framework for studying lunisolar earthquake temporal relationships by developing replicable statistical methodology based on peer reviewed literature. Notable in the methodology is a high accuracy ephemeris, called ECLPSE, designed specifically by the author for use on earthquake catalogs, and a model for performing phase angle analysis. The statistical tests were carried out on two 'declustered' seismic catalogs, one containing the aftershocks from the Mw7.1 earthquake in Canterbury, and the other containing Australian seismicity from the past two decades. Australia is an intraplate setting far removed from active plate boundaries and Canterbury is proximal to a plate boundary, thus allowing for comparison based on tectonic regime and corresponding tectonic loading rate. No strong, conclusive, statistical correlations were found at any level of the earthquake catalogs, looking at large events, onshore events, offshore events, and the fault type of some events. This was concluded using Schuster's test of significance with α=5% and analysis of standard deviations. A few weak correlations, with p-5-10% of rejecting the null hypothesis, and anomalous standard deviations were found, but these are difficult to interpret. The results invalidate the statistical robustness of 'earthquake predictions' using lunisolar parameters in this instance. An ambitious researcher could improve on the quality of the results and on the range of parameters analyzed. The conclusions of the thesis raise more questions than answers, but the thesis provides an adaptable methodology that can be used to further investigation the problem.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 14 (64)

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The Buzz Coffee mobile coffee vender at Gap Filler's cycle-powered cinema. A sign stands next to it, reading, "Please, no parking. Feb 9.1911 - 15 - 18. Outdoor cinema and Gap Filler event here after 7pm those days with landowers' permission. Thanks".

Quake Memorial - Photograph 20

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Flowers float down the Avon River during the River of Flowers memorial event. The photographer comments, "One year on, Riverside residents gather for a 2 minute silence and to cast flowers in the river. Riverside residents met at the Medway St bridge to commemorate the anniversary of the 22/2/11 quake".