Silkannthreades 17/12/2012: Still floundering after all these years.....

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 17 December 2012 entitled, "Still floundering after all these years.....".

Training and Education of Engineers and Organisation of Engineering Profes…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

"Training and Education of Engineers and Organisation of Engineering Profession and Building Assessment after Earthquakes", a report submitted by the then New Zealand Historic Places Trust on the Royal Commission Discussion Papers.

Government Geologist reports on ‘extraordinary earthquake phenomena’

Articles, Lost Christchurch

After the September, 1888 earthquake centred in Hanmer caused extensive damage to the Christchurch cathedral, the government geologist, Alexander McKay was sent out to review the land damage. This …

A Poor Joke! A Premonition of What Was Yet to Come.

Articles, Lost Christchurch

This photographically produced postcard of Christchurch’s Provincial Government buildings, appearing twisted and warped, was a semi-humorous card sent out at Christmas after the Murchison ear…

1880s Christchurch – Dull and as Flat as a Kitchen Table

Articles, Lost Christchurch

In 1886, an English woman who called herself ‘Hopeful’, wrote of her experiences after emigrating to Christchurch, New Zealand.  She berated the agents of shipping companies who painted…

“It’s over!” Armistice Day in Cathedral Square

Articles, Lost Christchurch

Cathedral Square hosted one of New Zealand’s most significant historic events after the armistice was signed by the Western Allies and the Central Powers on 11th November 1918 in Paris, Franc…

Dallington 9

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph captioned, "After the September earthquake, it was more a simple case of something gets broken and it gets repaired. Then came February, and June as well, and suddenly it's just not so straightforward anymore".

Whaling, Forty Mile Beach, A Gruesome Discovery – A Pioneer’s Story

Articles, Lost Christchurch

By a Pioneer of the Fifties Many years previous to, and some few years after the arrival of the first four ships, the coast of New Zealand was frequented by whalers, notably those of England, Ameri…

September 1888 – the most destructive earthquake since the Canterbury Pilg…

Articles, Lost Christchurch

Shortly after 4 o’clock this morning the whole of the South and a portion of the North Island was shaken by a violent shock of earthquake, the most severe experienced for more than 20 years……

Dallington 17

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph captioned, "I guess the only good thing that came out of the earthquake is that we know the residents better. It definitely bought people together, and the support was incredible. If you didn't know your neighbours before, you definitely knew them after the quake. We made friends out of this".

SPCA Offers Free Desexing for Canterbury Pets

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A media release produced by the General Manager of SPCA Canterbury about the SPCA's "Desex in the City" campaign which offered to desex cats, dogs, kittens and puppies in Christchurch for free after the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. The campaign was created in order to help reduce unwanted animal numbers in Christchurch.