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…
The original Commonwealth Games venue was destroyed in the earthquake.
Submission of the then New Zealand Historic Places Trust to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
The University of Canterbury and student's association still need a further $5m to reopen the UCSA building badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake.
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 12 December 2012 entitled, "Old School, New Times".
A paper published in the Management, Procurement and Law Journal Volume 168 Issue MP3, which describes a different form of alliancing.
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 19 January 2013 entitled, "New Home".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 19 January 2014 entitled, "New Brighton".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 2 August 2011 entitled, "New Light".
In early October 1889, my 2 x great aunt, Clara Wright leaves her family home in Thames and travels on the steamer, ‘Tarawera’ to start a new life with her estranged father in Christchu…
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…
The tide at New Brighton could go out a long way and the sand was hard, making motor and bicycle racing on New Brighton beach a popular past time that would draw the crowds. Many cycling and motor …
A PDF copy of an image created for 'Still Here - The Kaiapoi Portrait Project'. The image reads, "New library coming soon! Amazing adventures can begin when we discover something new".
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.
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.
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…
"We've got to find a way to bring young people in the city and then we'll be buzzing."
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 1 January 2011 entitled, "Happy New Year".
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.
A document created to summarise the initial SCIRT and New Zealand Red Cross collaboration workshop.
A PDF copy of a publication about rebuilding Christchurch for mental health and wellbeing. The publication was produced by the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand in early 2017.
A document which describes the formation of SCIRT.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 11 April 2011 entitled, "The new normal...".
A reconnaissance report on the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The report was compiled by a team from the US National Science Foundation-sponsored Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association.
A paper delivered at Building a Better New Zealand (BBNZ 2014) Conference. The paper examines the relationship between innovation and productivity improvement in the construction industry.
An entry from Sue Davidson's blog for 24 October 2012 entitled, "New Brighton Kindy".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 2 March 2011 entitled, "the new normal...".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 22 May 2012 entitled, "Giving New Life".
The popular bar, restaurant and music venue was a fixture of the city's Arts Centre for decades before the 2011 earthquake.