Information about the EQC's work to provide natural disaster insurance to residential property owners. Canterbury earthquake related information can be found in the archived instances from September 2010-
This website provides official information about Ministers, their portfolios and major initiatives. The site also includes full-text news items, press releases (including releases about the Budget), speeches and newsletters. Earthquake related information can be found in the archived instances from September 2010-
Site of the National Party MP for Christchurch Central. Communicates her political activities and parliamentary speeches. Includes updates about Christchurch earthquake recovery and rebuild.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
This report was the first report in the district series, and has a different format to later reports. It includes all natural hazards, not only earthquake hazards. It describes earthquake, flooding, meteorological, landslide and coastal hazards within Hurunui district and gives details of historic events. It includes district-scale (1:250,000) active fault and flood hazard maps. The report describes an earthquake scenario for a magnitude 6.9 earthquake near Cheviot, as well as flooding, meteorological, landslide, coastal erosion, storm surge, and tsunami scenarios. See Object Overview for background and usage information.
This study updated the 1999 Earthquake hazard and risk assessment study Stage 1 Part B: Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment and Earthquake scenarios for the Canterbury region, and historic earthquakes in Christchurch report. It incorporated new fault data, a new distributed seismicity model and new methods for estimating Modified Mercalli intensities. See Object Overview for background and usage information.
A photograph of a band playing to a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a musician onstage at the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a student standing on a bridge across the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2011 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of students falling through a bridge into the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2008 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of students on the balcony of the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A brochure covering natural events, natural disasters, natural hazards and risk. It asks, 'what are they?' and 'what do they mean?'
A brochure covering the causes of earthquakes, how earthquakes could affect Canterbury, and public preparedness.
A photograph of a band playing to a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
This report describes the earthquake hazard in Waimate and Mackenzie districts and the part of Waitaki district within Canterbury, and gives details of historic earthquakes. It includes district-scale (1:500,000) active fault, ground shaking zone, liquefaction and landslide susceptibility maps. The report describes earthquake scenarios for a magnitude 7.2-7.4 Ostler Fault earthquake near Twizel, a magnitude 8 Alpine Fault earthquake, and a magnitude 6.9 Hunters Hills Fault Zone earthquake near Waimate. See Object Overview for background and usage information.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
This study updated and superseded Earthquake hazard and risk assessment study Stage 1 Part A: Earthquake source identification and characterisation (Pettinga et al, 1998). It compiled and tabulated all relevant available information on earthquake sources in Canterbury and updated the active faults database with new fault locations and information. See Object Overview for background and usage information.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a band playing to a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.
A one story, two bays, approximately half scaled, perimeter moment frame containing precastprestressed floor units was built and tested at the University of Canterbury to investigate the effect of precastprestressed floor units on the seismic performance of reinforced concrete moment resisting frame. This paper gives an overview of the experimental set up and summarizes the results obtained from the test. The results show that elongation in the beam plastic hinges is partially restrained by the prestressed floor, which increases the strength of the beams much more than that being specified in the codes around the world.