CanCERN Newsletter 68, 18 January 2013
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 18 January 2013
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 18 January 2013
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 30 November 2012
Appendix One to the submission of the then New Zealand Historical Places Trust to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission. The appendix is titled, "Maps of Central Christchurch identifying registered Category I and II historic places and their level of damage sustained following the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake (as at 31 March 2011)".
A copy of a letter from Empowered Christchurch which was sent to Gerry Brownlee, Minsiter for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, on 15 April 2014. The letter lodges an Official Information Act request about Imminent Loss claims settled by the EQC since September 2010.
A PDF copy of a bubble mixture label with instructions for making bubble mix. The labels were created for the Summer of Fun, a series of fun days held around Christchurch supported by CERA, the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal Trust, SKIP and All Right?.
A PDF copy of a poster for the All Right? Compliments project. The poster contains 20 unique compliments and reads, "Free compliments. Give one away today. A kind word can mean the world to someone - tear one off and share the Canterbury love".
A PDF copy of a poster for the All Right? Compliments project. The poster contains 20 unique compliments and reads, "Free compliments. Give one away today. A kind word can mean the world to someone - tear one off and share the Canterbury love".
A copy of Stars in a Cluster, a book by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury. The book was published in 1996 and edited by W. Tobin and G.M. Evans. This PDF version was created in 2014.
In 1848, when the City of Christchurch was nothing but a design concept of the Canterbury Association back in London the idea of a ‘little slice of England’ (but half the world away) was born (Rice 2014, 9). Exactly how … Continue reading →
Page 7 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 5 May 2012.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 14 June 2012.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 25 June 2012.
A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Friday 6 July 2012.
Page 9 of Section B of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 2 March 2011.
Page 7 of Section B of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 26 February 2011.
A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Wednesday 27 June 2012.
A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Wednesday 11 July 2012.
A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Friday 18 November 2011.
A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Wednesday 28 November 2012.
Page 3 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 25 January 2014.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 21 February 2012.
Recently we’ve been working in Lyttelton at the intersection of Canterbury and Winchester Streets for the installation of a replacement stormwater. While Lyttelton isn’t exactly over the rainbow, for archaeologists it is a pretty fantastic place to discover heritage and … Continue reading →
A copy of a letter from Empowered Christchurch which was sent to Gerry Brownlee, Minsiter for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, on 15 April 2014. The letter lodges an Official Information Act request about the remediation of land that is subject to liquefaction and flooding.
Call us appraisalists, historical researchers, or even cyber archaeologists. Most of our day consists of using a wide variety of historical material to pull together the histories of sites around Canterbury (and to make sure those archaeologists in the field … Continue reading →
An PDF copy of a t-shirt design for Polyfest 2015. The front of the shirt includes the Polyfest Canterbury 2015 logo. The back includes the All Right? And CPH Pacific Health logos, beneath the text, "It's all right to love your Pacific culture".
A PDF copy of an invitation to the launch of Tiny Adventures. The invitation reads, "Psst... Be a part of a Tiny Adventure! Come along for the grand unveiling of a wee Canterbury gem that's set to make a big difference to Kiwi parents".
A pdf copy of panel 12 of Guy Frederick's 'The Space Between Words' exhibition. The panel includes text from an interview with Wendy Griffiths about her experiences of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Above this is an image of Griffiths on a beach.
Working in archaeology here in New Zealand we most often encounter the material remains of Māori settlement and colonisation by the British Empire in the 19th century. Groups such as the New Zealand Company and the Canterbury Association laid out … Continue reading →
This week on the blog, we look at what we found beneath a local landmark in the community of Lyttelton: the newly refurbished Albion Square. The Albion Square, on the corner of London and Canterbury streets, is home of the … Continue reading →
Recently, Peter Mitchell, one of our building archaeology specialists, recorded a 19th century residential dwelling just on the edge of Christchurch’s Central City. This dwelling was similar in form and function to others we have seen in Canterbury – it … Continue reading →