Site visit information day examples

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document created in 2012 that provides a range of ideas and examples successfully used by SCIRT to manage a site visit information day.

Site visit information day staff briefing

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An example of a briefing provided to support staff hosting an event so they fully understood their roles and the focus of the event. The document was created in 2012.

Door to door community contact

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document illustrating elements of door to door contact, which is an initiative to help communities affected by nearby disruptive SCIRT works to understand what is happening.

Communication Leadership Group - How we operate

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document providing an overview of the SCIRT Communication Team, including its purpose, objectives and decision-making processes.

Communication Leadership Group - Charter

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document that outlines objectives and ways of working collaboratively, which team members signed to show their commitment.

Face-to-face survey questions

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document containing the research questions asked by Opinions Market Research Ltd when carrying out face-to-face surveys about SCIRT work.

Business support pack

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document containing examples of items provided in a folder for businesses. These are taken to the initial face-to-face meeting with business owners to discuss the impact and disruption of upcoming SCIRT rebuild works.

Queen Elizabeth sends personal message to Christchurch on earthquake anniv…

Articles, Videos, TV3

"You displayed great fortitude in the face of sudden, overwhelming loss."

Contractor Magazine April 2014 Article: SCIRT - changing the face of train…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A magazine article which describes SCIRT's approach to training.

A matter of perspective

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Early photographs are the best. They encompass everything from the utterly absurd to the momentous to the mundane. They provide us with a window into the past that is rare and wonderful (especially from an archaeological perspective), putting faces to … Continue reading →

Dallington 6

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph captioned, "Nobody’s trained for this, you go to your lawyer and they can’t give you an answer because they've never faced this before, so yeah, even they are scratching around trying to find out".

St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Kilmore and Manchester Street corner

Articles, Lost Christchurch

The wooden church of St Luke the Evangelist, stood in Manchester Street, just north of the Avon, from 1858 until it was pulled down in 1908 to make way for a larger stone and brick structure, faced…

Frequently asked questions #2

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Continuing on from our last FAQ post, here are the answers to a few more of the questions we face regularly here in Christchurch. 1)      Are you doing this for a school project? Yes, seriously. This gets asked more often … Continue reading →

A Brief Foray into Romano-British Archaeology

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Archaeologists are often faced with the question of what happens to artefacts after an excavation is complete? As is the case for a lot of excavations, artefacts can find themselves housed in museums. This centuries old institution found its beginning … Continue reading →

The Big House in a little town

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

“The degree of civilisation in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” – Fyodor Dostoevsky One of the challenges faced by any new colony is what to do with the non-conformists, renegades, and criminals. The ideal, of course, … Continue reading →

The changing face of a 19th century farmstead

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

We have published previously on the importance of buildings, be they residential or commercial, as an artefact in understanding 19th century culture in New Zealand. While it’s easy to overlook the humble cottage as a source of archaeological data, houses … Continue reading →

Public faces and private spaces: domestic pride and hygiene in the 19th ce…

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Today’s post continues the theme of the last one (a little), in terms of exploring the relationship between products and industries in the past and their connection with our lives today. It’s easy to scoff at some of the things … Continue reading →