'I still had my bro's hand': Survivor recalls being buried beneath rubble …

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When rescuers found her, she was still clutching the hand of her brother who didn't survive.

Article - Helping Hand for Lyttelton Museum

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An article from Air Force News April 2011 titled, "Helping Hand for Lyttelton Museum".

The Mystery of the Severed Hand

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“When the Clerk of the Court, in his quiet, matter-of-fact way, called Arthur Robert Howard, there was a hush of the murmured conversation among the crowd, and everyone looked towards the doo…

Roz Johnson's Blog 23/02/2012: Helping Hands

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An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 23 February 2012 entitled, "Helping Hands".

Canterbury Health System Earthquake Memories, Story 42: All hands on deck

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An earthquake memories story from Sue Gillan, Personal Assistant to General Manager Older Person's, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, The Princess Margaret Hospital, titled, "All hands on deck".

Article - A Helping Hand in a Disaster Zone

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An article from Army News March 2011 titled, "A Helping Hand in a Disaster Zone".

Touching story of two women who held hands during Christchurch earthquake

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"If you're that woman get in touch it would be amazing to put those two together again."

We dig cats

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Whether you share your home with one or not, they say that you’re either a cat person or a dog person. Hamish’s mid-week ‘hands up if you’re a dog person or a cat person’ office poll revealed that most of … Continue reading →

The story so far

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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 →

Enterprise in a New Street

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**TRIGGER WARNING: This blog talks of infant death and sex work**   Time forgives and forgets, dulling the harsh effects of first-hand accounts of shocking life events to a point where one can laugh at unfortunate events, or even become … Continue reading →