To identify key ground characteristics that led to different liquefaction manifestations during the Canterbury earthquakes
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The purpose of this research is to investigate men’s experiences of the 2016 7.8 magnitude Kaikōura earthquake and Tsunami. While, research into the impacts of the earthquake has been conducted, few studies have examined how gender shaped people’s experiences of this natural hazard event. Analysing disasters through a gender lens has significantly contributed to disaster scholarship in identifying the resilience and vulnerabilities of individuals and communities pre- and post-disaster (Fordham, 2012; Bradshaw, 2013). This research employs understandings of masculinities (Connell, 2005), to examine men’s strengths and challenges in responding, recovering, and coping following the earthquake. Qualitative inquiry was carried out in Northern Canterbury and Marlborough involving 18 face-to-face interviews with men who were impacted by the Kaikōura earthquake and its aftermath. Interview material is being analysed using thematic and narrative analysis. Some of the preliminary findings have shown that men took on voluntary roles in addition to their fulltime paid work resulting in long hours, poor sleep and little time spent with family. Some men assisted wives and children to high ground then drove into the tsunami zone to check on relatives or to help evacuate people. Although analysis of the findings is currently ongoing, preliminary findings have identified that the men who participated in the study have been negatively impacted by the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. A theme identified amongst participants was an avoidance to seek support with the challenges they were experiencing due to the earthquake. The research findings align with key characteristics of masculinity, including demonstrating risky behaviours and neglecting self or professional care. This study suggests that these behaviours affect men’s overall resilience, and thus the resilience of the wider community.
The old Railway Station clock tower on Moorhouse Avenue with plywood and steel reinforcement covering two sides, a crane hanging over top. The brickwork suffered extensive cracking during the earthquake making it in need for reinforcement. The clock has stopped at around 16:35, the time of the earthquake.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged suitcase in the South Quad of the Christchurch Arts Centre. The suitcase is resting on a pile of scaffolding which had been constructed around the Observatory tower. The scaffolding collapsed along with the tower during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 3 September 2012 entitled, "There's a lot you can learn in two years....".
Badly damaged in both the September and February quakes and over 6000 aftershocks the Point Pleasant yacht club had started to sink into the Avon estuary before being demolished in July 2011 after the June 6.3 earthquake
Avonhead Park Cemetery Interment Site. Central plinth. Inscription reads: "Etched in our City’s memory, never to be forgotten. The City of Christchurch" in Filipino. File reference: CCL-2012-02-27-AvonheadParkCemeteryIntermentSite-February-2012 DSC_028.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Cracks in the roads and foot paths were surprisingly hard to find given the strength of the earthquake.
The obligatory earthquake damage shot. Taken on Ilford Pan F+ with a Yashica-Mat 124G, developed in ID-11 for 8.5 minutes, printed on Ilford Multigrade IV RC, print developed in Ilford Universal PQ.
Avonhead Park Cemetery Interment Site. Central plinth. Inscription reads: "Etched in our City’s memory, never to be forgotten. The City of Christchurch" in Spanish. File reference: CCL-2012-02-27-AvonheadParkCemeteryIntermentSite-February-2012 DSC_026.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Avonhead Park Cemetery Interment Site. Central plinth. Inscription reads: "Etched in our City’s memory, never to be forgotten. The City of Christchurch". File reference: CCL-2012-02-27-AvonheadParkCemeteryIntermentSite-February-2012 DSC_027.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
A photograph of earthquake-damaged buildings, captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Damaged building along Lichfield Street".
Flowers attached to a traffic light pole mark the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Flowers decorate road cones along Bridge Street on the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "CTU meeting, Hornby Working Men's Club, post 22 February earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "CTU meeting, Hornby Working Men's Club, post 22 February earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "CTU meeting, Hornby Working Men's Club, post 22 February earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Barbadoes Street/Tuam street. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A photograph of a damaged footpath captioned by Paul Corliss, "Avonside and Retreat Roads post earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Repertory Theatre, Kilmore Street. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The earthquake-damaged Southern Star building on Cashel Street".
The bell inside the Cathedral tower, which had no structural damage after the 4 September earthquake.
A photograph of a pile of bricks next to an earthquake-damaged house on Madeley Road.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The earthquake damage to Gough House on Hereford Street".
A photograph of window details on the Excelsior Hotel, taken after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "CTU meeting, Hornby Working Men's Club, post 22 February earthquake".