A photograph captioned, "Lovely big weeds, they're pretty aren't they. Amongst all this".
A photograph captioned, "It feels like it has been a really on-going process. We weren't in the head space for it really, because when you retire, you think you're in your retirement home and you're there to stay. You don't expect to have to move on. To do all this".
A photograph captioned, "We went to Nigel's place for breakfast and stayed for three months".
A photograph captioned, "In the 1930s the traffic in Gayhurst Road was so light that I can remember playing hockey and cricket with apple boxes for wickets. If a car or cart came along there was plenty of time to shift the boxes to let them past".
A photograph captioned, "My daughter grew up in this house. She's 10 now. She is going to miss it - and Dallington. It's where she's grown up, what she knows. She'll miss it alright. Me too".
A photograph showing the damaged streetscape of Dallington, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph captioned, "Nobody’s trained for this, you go to your lawyer and they can’t give you an answer because they've never faced this before, so yeah, even they are scratching around trying to find out".
A photograph captioned, "The government's not stupid, they'll put three houses on each of these sections".
Its 12 years of accumulated stuff and I was thinking I was just going to get rid of everything. I had the feeling I didn't want to hang onto anything. We tried to get rid of a lot of stuff in a garage sale. Some of it went, some of it didn't. It's a long process".
A photograph captioned, "We get the young fellas to come in and do the upkeep on the government houses that have been sold. They cut down all the long grass and just tidy up all the fire risk sections. This one's easier cos the house is gone. If you keep it tidy it looks tidy from the road. There's people living here, and there's nothing worse than looking over your house and seeing grass this high".
A photograph showing a 'red zoned' home in Dallington, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing Jean Sprott in her 'red zoned' home, soon to be demolished following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph captioned, "So they gradually go".
A photograph showing earthquake damage in a Dallington resident's home, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing a window in a 'red zoned' home in Dallington, Christchurch following the February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph captioned, "I guess the only good thing that came out of the earthquake is that we know the residents better. It definitely bought people together, and the support was incredible. If you didn't know your neighbours before, you definitely knew them after the quake. We made friends out of this".
A photograph captioned, "See, Dallington still is beautiful".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. People queuing and waiting for water at Redcliffs School".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. People queuing and waiting for water at Redcliffs School".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. People queuing and waiting for water at Redcliffs School".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Showing support. Clutha Valley Primary school's Kanuka group show their support for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake".
This article argues that teachers deserve more recognition for their roles as first responders in the immediate aftermath of a disaster and for the significant role they play in supporting students and their families through post-disaster recovery. The data are drawn from a larger study, 'Christchurch Schools Tell Their Earthquake Stories' funded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation and the University of Auckland, in which schools were invited to record their earthquake stories for themselves and for historical archives. Data were gathered from five primary schools between 2012 and 2014. Methods concerned mainly semi-structured individual or group interviews and which were analysed thematically. The approach was sensitive, flexible and participatory with each school being able to choose its focus, participants and outcome. Participants from each school generally included the principal and a selection of teachers, students and parents. In this study, the data relating to the roles of teachers were separated out for closer analysis. The findings are presented as four themes: immediate response; returning to (new) normal; care and support; and long term effects.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Chris Greenacre (Phoenix striker) referees a fun match at AMI Stadium with pupils from quake-affected St Pauls School".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Pupils at St Josephs school dressed up as a book character to help raise money for Christchurch earthquake victims".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Chris Greenacre (Phoenix striker) referees a fun match at AMI Stadium with pupils from quake-affected St Pauls School".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Chris Greenacre (Phoenix striker) referees a fun match at AMI Stadium with pupils from quake-affected St Pauls School".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Chris Greenacre (Phoenix striker) referees a fun match at AMI Stadium with pupils from quake-affected St Pauls School".
The historic Te Koraha building at Rangi Ruru Girls' School under going significant restoration to bring it up to the new building code.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army meeting at Chisnallwood Intermediate School with spades and wheelbarrows, preparing to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army meeting at Chisnallwood Intermediate School with spades and wheelbarrows, preparing to clean up silt after the earthquake.