Christchurch has a frontier appearance about it in this photograph taken by Dr. Barker in 1860 from the tower of the Canterbury Provincial Buildings. With little beyond the immediate streets, it c…
The construction of government buildings have long attracted opinion and criticism and the Italian Renaissance style Government Buildings on the corner of Worcester street and Cathedral Square were…
A pdf copy of a post from the One Voice Te Reo Kotahi blog. The post is titled, "Keeping the OVTRK connections with Government after CERA".
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 copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 22 June 2012
A PDF copy of a frequently asked question page from the union.org.nz website, answering the question, "Has the Government extended the Earthquake Support Subsidy and Earthquake Job Loss Cover?".
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 6 July 2012
This week marks 10 years since the start of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Paddy's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
A PDF copy of pages 366-367 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Government Life Suspension'.
A brochure published by Environment Canterbury in January 2003, examining liquefaction and liquefaction hazard ratings.
A brochure covering natural events, natural disasters, natural hazards and risk. It asks, 'what are they?' and 'what do they mean?'
A brochure covering the causes of earthquakes, how earthquakes could affect Canterbury, and public preparedness.
A brochure created by Environment Canterbury, published in July 2007, covering tsunami risk to Canterbury and preparation for a tsunami.
A brochure created by Environment Canterbury in August 2007, covering liquefaction in Christchurch and including a liquefaction map.
A dissertation submitted by Cameron McLeod in fulfilment of an Honours degree in Diplomacy, covering community response and recovery in Lyttelton following the Canterbury Earthquakes. Dissertation supervised by Dr Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury School of Social and Political Sciences.
A paper submitted by Chris Joseph in partial fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, focussing on the role of the earthquake support subsidy paid to employers to 'keep businesses together' following the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The paper was supervised by Dr David Stiles, University of Canterbury Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
Collection Overview of 'Liquefaction Studies.'
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 31 December 2013 entitled, "They've got to be joking".
As Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee drew near in 1897, plans were being put in place throughout the Dominion for suitable memorials. In Christchurch, a number of funds were set up and subscri…
Object Overview of 'Fault mapping studies.'
Object Overview for 'Liquefaction Study Waimakariri District.'
An article from Army News, March 2011 titled, "Territorial Force".
An article from Navy Today April 2011 titled, "Earthquake!".
A pdf transcript of Paul Barrett's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Samuel Hope. Transcriber: Josie Hepburn.
A photograph captioned, "The government's not stupid, they'll put three houses on each of these sections".
Object Overview of 'Christchurch liquefaction study: Stage IV.'
Object Overview for 'Liquefaction hazard in Hurunui District'
Object Overview of 'Christchurch liquefaction study – Stage II (Beca, 2002).'
An article from Army News, March 2011 titled, "Transport".