As life-changing experiences go, the earthquake on 22 February 2011 was fairly significant. On the one hand, our house was red-zoned (but still liveable), friends lost their lives and the city lost many of the old buildings that, for me, … Continue reading →
A pdf copy of panel 2 of Guy Frederick's 'The Space Between Words' exhibition. The panel includes text from an interview with Louis Harrison-Aydon about his experiences of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Above this is an image of Harrison-Aydon sitting in a graveyard .
A pdf copy of panel 8 of Guy Frederick's 'The Space Between Words' exhibition. The panel includes text from an interview with Gwenda Michael about her experiences of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Above this is an image of Michael sitting on the patio of her house.
A PDF copy of pages 282-283 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Co-Location of Secondary Schools in Christchurch Post 22 February 2011 Earthquake'. Photo: Phil Arvidson. With permission: St Bede's, Marian College and the Ministry of Education.
A pdf copy of panel 1 of Guy Frederick's 'The Space Between Words' exhibition. The panel includes text from an interview with Meredith Dyer about her experiences of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Above this is an image of Dyer sitting on a path in the Botanical Gardens.
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.
A pdf copy of panel 11 of Guy Frederick's 'The Space Between Words' exhibition. The panel includes text from an interview with Bishnu Pokhrel about his experiences of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Above this is an image of Bishnu Pokhrel sitting outside the main building of Hagley Community College.
A dissertation by Lev Zhuravsky submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Sciences Endorsed in Health Management, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
A pdf copy of panel 9 of Guy Frederick's 'The Space Between Words' exhibition. The panel includes text from an interview with Maria Thackwell about her experiences of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Above this is an image of Thackwell sitting in the entrance to the kitchen in her earthquake-damaged house.
A document outlining the Emergency Management Policy at the University of Canterbury in the time between the 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 earthquake. This policy was developed to provide a mandate for decisions that need to be taken to most appropriately and expeditiously respond to a planned event or unforeseen critical incident at the University of Canterbury.
A pdf copy of a PowerPoint presentation prepared for the Australia New Zealand Geotechnical Engineering Conference.
A PDF copy of a page on the EQ Recovery Learning site which linked to a YouTube video. This short video provides an insight into the design and location of the Canterbury Earthquake Memorial, due to be completed in February 2017. We meet its designer Grega Vezjak, who shares his vision for the Memorial