The disasters timeline and map give an overview of New Zealand's worst natural disasters, transport accidents, fires, mining accidents and other tragedies that have caused major loss of life.
When Edward Gibbon Wakefield developed his theory of colonisation in c.1827 (while imprisoned for abducting a young woman) he envisioned for New Zealand the formation of an idealised English rural society, in which all hard-working labourers could aspire to rural … Continue reading →
(From our correspondent.) Christchurch (N.Z.) Ten years ago I visited Christchurch for the first time, and recorded my impressions of the place in the columns of The Daily News. A decade means a go…
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in December 2013 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in September 2012 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in December 2012 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in March 2012 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in March 2013 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in June 2013 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in June 2012 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in September 2013 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in the second quarter of 2011 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in the third quarter of 2011 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in the first quarter of 2011 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in the fourth quarter of 2010 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in the fourth quarter of 2011 by Freemasons New Zealand.
A press release from the Office of the Press Secretary in the US White House announcing the deployment of a US Agency for International Development (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The response team included the Los Angeles County Fire Department Urban Search and Rescue Team who assisted with the search and rescue efforts.
An open field along the west side of Manchester street, bounded by a row of well-grown English Poplars and known as the Circus Paddock, was regularly used for touring circuses which came to town.
A presentation by Dr Deirdre Hart at the New Zealand Coastal Science 20th Annual Conference. The presentation is titled, "Coastal Quakes: New Zealand's underrated hazard complex".
A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Canterbury has rocked a number of regions nationwide - here are the ones that have suffered most from the tremors.
Dear Father and Mother, l arrived here all safe on the 23rd of September, after a splendid voyage of 94 days without a single storm. I enjoyed the voyage very much and was kindly treated by everybo…
Dressed in a black cutaway coat, dark trousers and a white silk neckcloth, and sporting a Billy-Cock hat over short hair, Henry Jame Muir stood before a London magistrate in 1889 dressed in the clo…
New Zealand’s first skyscraper was built on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets between 1905 – 06 for the New Zealand Express Company. This state of the art seven storey buil…
Submission of the then New Zealand Historic Places Trust to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
A paper published in the Management, Procurement and Law Journal Volume 168 Issue MP3, which describes a different form of alliancing.
The impressive Bank of New Zealand building occupied a large corner of Cathedral Square and junction of Hereford and Colombo Streets. The Bank of New Zealand was first established in Auckland in 18…
A press release from the United States Embassy New Zealand about the US-NZ Partnership Forum which was interrupted by the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch. Two months later, delegates from both New Zealand and the United States met in a video conference session designed to conclude the forum.
A presentation given at the New Zealand Geospatial Research Conference 2015.
This week New Zealand entered its third week of the Covid-19 lockdown, and one of the phrases being thrown around a lot is creating a ‘new normal’. The idea of a ‘new normal’ gives a sense that life, whether for … Continue reading →
A reconnaissance report on the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The report was compiled by a team from the US National Science Foundation-sponsored Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association.