The Arts Centre, taken before the 22 February earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Digging liquefaction following Canterbury's earthquake".
A photograph of earthquake damage to the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of earthquake damage to 167 Peterborough Street.
A photograph of earthquake damage to 167 Peterborough Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Building damage after Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Dean Beck of the Christchurch Cathedral rushes to get help for people trapped in the collapsed tower".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "2010 Canterbury Earthquake. Prime Minister John Key speaks with workers at Orion and thanked them for working tirelessly after the earthquake and restoring power to the city".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Dean Beck of the Christchurch Cathedral rushes to get help for people trapped in the collapsed tower".
A photograph of TJ's Kasbah in North New Brighton, taken before the February 2011 earthquake. The photographer comments, "Here is what 1 Bowhill Road looked like before the Christchurch earthquake. It was called the Ozone store, which originally was incorporated in the blue Ozone building on the other side of the road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Wayne Alexander has now lived through 3 earthquakes with a richter scale of 7 plus. 1968 Inangahua, 1989 San Francisco and 2010 Christchurch. His father also lived through three of the same magnitude. (L-R) Lochlan Alexander (2 yr), Wayne Alexander and Annemarie Winstone (mother of Lochlan). They live in one of the old Dean's family residences which sustained chimney damage in Saturday's earthquake".
A video of Dallington resident Christine Mathieson being told that her orange-zoned property has been rezoned as green. The rezoning was confirmed earlier in the day by Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee, who announced that 400 earthquake-damaged properties in Christchurch will be bought by the government. Mathieson's house is not one of them.
A video about the 4 September 2010 earthquake, produced for the anniversary of the earthquake. The video includes footage of the earthquake damage to the Christchurch city centre, Darfield, Rolleston, and Hororata. It also includes footage of diggers clearing stock in the Canterbury Brewery on St Asaph Street, engineers checking buildings in town, and a fire on Worcester Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Wayne Alexander has now lived through 3 earthquakes with a richter scale of 7 plus. 1968 Inangahua, 1989 San Francisco and 2010 Christchurch. His father also lived through three of the same magnitude. (L-R) Lochlan Alexander (2 yr), Wayne Alexander and Annemarie Winstone (mother of Lochlan). They live in one of the old Deans family residences which sustained chimney damage in Saturday's earthquake".
PDF slides from a presentation given by Dr. Thomas Wilson from the UC Geology department on 26 November 2010. The presentation was delivered at a public talk for the Rolleston community.
PDF slides from a presentation given by Dr. Thomas Wilson from the UC Geology department on 18 November 2010 in Wellington. The presentation was delivered at a State Services Briefing at the Reserve Bank Seminar Room, and at a public talk for UC Alumni at the Wellington Club.
A large crack between a row of trees and the riverbank. A fence lining the riverbank has collapsed. The photographer comments, "On the 22 February 2011 we had an earthquake in Christchurch, which ripped us apart literally. This is what happened to the riverbank at New Brighton. Some trees stayed in place and others dropped 2 feet. The amazing thing was that they all stayed upright".
A photograph of Cam Scott, Disability Advisor for the Christchurch City Council, in the Re:Start Mall.
A motion-blurred photograph of houses, with the Port Hills in the background. The photographer comments, "This I hope gives you a feel of what it feels like in an earthquake. When you spend your whole life thinking that you and your home are built on solid ground, it can be quite a shock when you find it is not. You can feel the house shaking like a dog with a toy, rising up violently underneath you or the most gentle form which is when the ground moves gently like a wave moving under a rowing boat. It is not just the movement, you often get a rumbling sound which can precede a violent shake or can result in no movement at all. This means that some vehicles can sound like the rumbling initially and in the early days would get your heart racing. Another form of stress is when big excavators as heavy as a tank move as you can feel the ground shake from streets away, but you do not always hear the engine. For most of us the problem when the shaking starts, is wondering if this is the start of an extremely violent earthquake or will it peter out".
A conference paper about the Pipe Damage Assessment Tool (PDAT).
Transcript of R C Norman's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged output shaft from the top-plate of the Townsend Telescope's clock drive. The output shaft was bent out of shape during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake expert Ken Gledhill gives a lecture at Victoria University about the Christchurch earthquake. The lecture theatre was full and people watched on a screen in another room".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Rob Souness of Weedons Eggs suffered serious damage to his hen house but managed to save 23000 hens, losing 3000 after the earthquake proof cages collapsed".
A video of a presentation by Dr Sarah Beaven during the Social Recovery Stream of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "Leading and Coordinating Social Recovery: Lessons from a central recovery agency".The abstract for this presentation reads as follows: This presentation provides an overview of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's Social Recovery Lessons and Legacy project. This project was commissioned in 2014 and completed in December 2015. It had three main aims: to capture Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's role in social recovery after the Canterbury earthquakes, to identify lessons learned, and to disseminate these lessons to future recovery practitioners. The project scope spanned four Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority work programmes: The Residential Red Zone, the Social and Cultural Outcomes, the Housing Programme, and the Community Resilience Programme. Participants included both Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority employees, people from within a range of regional and national agencies, and community and public sector organisations who worked with Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority over time. The presentation will outline the origin and design of the project, and present some key findings.
A video of a presentation by Jane Morgan and Annabel Begg during the Social Recovery Stream of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "Monitoring Social Recovery in Greater Christchurch".The abstract for this presentation reads as follows: This presentation provides an overview of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's Social Recovery Lessons and Legacy project. This project was commissioned in 2014 and completed in December 2015. It had three main aims: to capture Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's role in social recovery after the Canterbury earthquakes, to identify lessons learned, and to disseminate these lessons to future recovery practitioners. The project scope spanned four Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority work programmes: The Residential Red Zone, the Social and Cultural Outcomes, the Housing Programme, and the Community Resilience Programme. Participants included both Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority employees, people from within a range of regional and national agencies, and community and public sector organisations who worked with Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority over time. The presentation will outline the origin and design of the project, and present some key findings.
A map showing the earthquake epicentre and new faultline trace.
A map showing the earthquake epicentre and new faultline trace.
A special liftout for schools, on earthquake causes and effects.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged building on Hereford Street.