Caption reads: "I lived in London all through the Blitz, you get used to these things. Living here after the earthquakes didn’t bother me. I had a small battery operated radio and the neighbour lent me her generator. Initially I used it to run the fridge but after a while I couldn’t get it started. I don’t want to move, to be quite honest. There’s nothing that will be able to replace the life I built here."
A photograph showing earthquake damage in a Dallington resident's home, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing a window in a 'red zoned' home in Dallington, Christchurch following the February 2011 earthquake.
Caption reads: "We all wish we could stay here. We want them to repair our homes, but they say they won't and you know nothing will change their minds."
Caption reads: "Bexley was a hidden gem. A diamond in the rough. It was a paradise, a place where you could hear the sea and smell the salt."
Caption reads: "We were meant to live here all our lives, our working life, our retirement. That’s no longer possible."
A photograph captioned, "See, Dallington still is beautiful".
Caption reads: "We wanted a home where we could retire and live the rest of our lives."
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 13 March 2011 entitled, "Opawa/St Martins Farmers Market".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 24 July 2014 entitled, "Tall Trees".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 13 June 2014 entitled, "Stencilling Students".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 10 October 2015 entitled, "why love is like shallots".The entry was downloaded on 3 November 2016.
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 19 November 2011 entitled, "Filling the Spaces".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 19 January 2014 entitled, "New Brighton".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 15 December 2013 entitled, "From the Ground Up part three".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 15 December 2013 entitled, "From the Ground Up part one".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 15 December 2013 entitled, "From the Ground Up part two".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 15 December 2013 entitled, "From the Ground Up part four".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 13 July 2012 entitled, "I recently became part of the Sisterhood....".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 2 March 2011 entitled, "Random things".
A story submitted by Peter Seager to the QuakeStories website.
A PDF copy of pages 220-221 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Community Hub - Sumner'. Photo: Marnie Kent
Oral history interview with Rosie Laing about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Julie's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Stephen Bourke's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Trisha Jacobsen's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
A pdf transcript of participant number EG654's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Liza's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
The "Lyttelton Harbour Review" newsletter for 13 May 2013, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 19 November 2012 entitled, "Christchurch: Trying to make sense of living here....".