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The Hereford Street office of Brendon Burns, Member of Parliament for Christchurch Central. Thin cracks can be seen in the front of the building.

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The Hereford Street office of Brendon Burns, Member of Parliament for Christchurch Central. Thin cracks can be seen in the front of the building.

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Liquefaction silt surrounding a power pole in Ferry Road, next to a cut-out of a smiling and waving David Carter, National MP for the Port Hills electorate.

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Liquefaction silt surrounding a power pole in Ferry Road, next to a cut-out of a smiling and waving David Carter, National MP for the Port Hills electorate.

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MP Jim Anderton's office on Selwyn Street in Spreydon.

Botany to elect new MP tomorrow

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The voters of Botany will elect a new MP tomorrow, but last week's earthquake in Christchurch has meant the last few weeks of the campaign have been very subdued.

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Building rubble in front of the office of MP Brendon Burns.

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A photograph of a sign for the Electorate Office of MP Brendon Burns.

Christchurch Earthquake - Matthew Carpenter and Gerry Brownlee

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Matthew Carpenter is from the Canterbury Business Recovery Network. Gerry Brownlee is a Christchurch MP.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Formerly the office of Brendon Burns MP, 202 Hereford Street".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to Brendon Burns's MP office on Hereford Street".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "All that remains of MP Brendon Burns's office, Hereford Street".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "All that remains of MP Brendon Burns's office, Hereford Street".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "All that remains of MP Brendon Burns's office, Hereford Street".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "All that remains of MP Brendon Burns's office, Hereford Street".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "All that remains of MP Brendon Burns's office, Hereford Street".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Office of Dr Kennedy Graham MP at Temple Court, 303 Durham Street".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Office of Dr Kennedy Graham MP at Temple Court, 303 Durham Street".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An empty site on Selwyn Street, with MP Jim Anderton's office opposite".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An empty site on Selwyn Street, with MP Jim Anderton's office next door".

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The electorate office of Ruth Dyson, Labour MP for Christchurch Port Hills. In the window is a "Keep calm and carry on" poster.

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The electorate office of Ruth Dyson, Labour MP for Christchurch Port Hills. In the window is a "Keep calm and carry on" poster.

Efforts to save quake damaged buildings

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A Christchurch MP is working with a group trying to prevent historic buildings damaged in last month's earthquake from being torn down unnecessarily.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Office of MP Brendon Burns. The steel girders in the foreground are from the deconstruction of Avonmore House opposite".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of Selwyn Street with MP Jim Anderton's office to the left and an empty site to the right".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2011:04:14 14:00:05

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "John Key visit at Woodend School. John Key (second from right) and Kate Wilkinson National MP (right) demonstrate the turtle earthquake procedure to young pupils".

Eastern suburbs complain of lack of services

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Labour Christchurch East MP Lianne Dalziel says the city council has made a terrible decision about how it organises help for earthquake victims and it needs to be changed urgently.

Design of UFP-coupled post-tensioned timber shear walls

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

Paper 132Recent advances in timber design at the University of Canterbury have led to new structural systems that are appropriate for a wide range of building types, including multi-storey commercial office structures. These buildings are competitive with more traditional construction materials in terms of cost, sustainability and structural performance. This paper provides seismic design recommendations and analytical modelling approaches, appropriate for the seismic design of post-tensioned coupled timber wall systems. The models are based on existing seismic design theory for precast post-tensioned concrete, modified to more accurately account for elastic deformation of the timber wall systems and the influence of the floor system. Experimental test data from a two storey post-tensioned timber building, designed, constructed and tested at the University of Canterbury is used to validate the analytical models.

Top Stories for Wednesday 13 April 2011

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Legal aid changes incense legal fraternity, No eftpos available at Rugby World Cup, Japan says radiation declining but crisis matches Chernobyl, Government budgets $8.5 billion to rebuild Christchurch, Unanimous support over earthquake powers breaks down, and Maori Party MP says using police in oil protest extreme.

Top Stories for Friday 4 March 2011

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Shift to quake recovery operation devastating for survivor;Brother of missing woman speaks out;Police say end of rescue effort sad day for all concerned;Other families trying to come to grips with rescue's end;Hundreds struggle on with life inside Christchurch cordon;Christ's College spared from large scale damage;Gang patches can return - Hells Angels lawyer;Botany to elect new MP tomorrow;Earthquake Minister on shift to recovery operation.