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The latest from the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission
Audio, Radio New Zealand
An earthquake engineer says designing buildings to resist earthquakes is as much an art as it is a science and you can never make a structure completely quake-proof.
CTV designer apologises to families for the first time
Audio, Radio New Zealand
For the first time the man whose firm designed the CTV building has apologised to the families of the 115 people killed when it collapsed in the Christchurch earthquake.
BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 066
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south from Alice in Videoland".
Fairfax Video, March 2012 (1)
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
A video of a press conference with Bishop Victoria Matthews in the Botanic Gardens about the plans for the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. Matthews announces that the cathedral will be deconstructed, allowing the safe retrieval of taonga and heritage items within the building.
Fairfax Video, February 2012 (3)
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
A video of an interview with John Haynes, about his experiences during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Haynes was in the Forsyth Barr building when the earthquake struck. Using his skills as trained mountain guide, Haynes belayed fourteen people down three and a half floors to safety.
Transcript of Chris's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Chris's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Charles Wood's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Charles Wood's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Matt Black's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Matt Black's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Stephen Symons's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Stephen Symons's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Gordon Richards's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Gordon Richards's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Poepoe Pesefea's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Poepoe Pesefea's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Karen's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Karen's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Herena's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Herena's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Alexander Foster's (Sandy) earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Alexander Foster's (Sandy) earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Sara Green's earthquake story (1)
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A pdf transcript of Sara Green's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Joy Davies's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Joy Davies's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Engineers defend expertise at Earthquake Commission
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Two engineers who prepared a critical report on the CTV building spent much of the day yesterday defending their expertise and credentials at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
Families reflect on first week of evidence about CTV collapse
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission hearing into the collapse of the Canterbury Television Building has ended for the week after four days of compelling evidence.
CTV design company faces more criticism at Royal Commission
Audio, Radio New Zealand
An engineer who worked for the company that designed the CTV building, has criticised the attitude of his former boss at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
Lawyer argues design faults did not cause CTV to collapse
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The lawyer for the man whose company designed the CTV building says it was the strength and number of Canterbury earthquakes that caused its collaspe, and not any design faults.
Anglican Church takes centre stage at Quakes Royal Commission
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Anglican Church has been asked why it failed to carry out a detailed inspection of a building which partially collapsed, killing a Canadian tourist in Christchurch during the February earthquake.
Heritage order may have contributed to the deaths
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard evidence that a heritage order on a row of dangerous buildings may have contributed to the deaths of a dozen people in the February quake.
Fairfax Video October 2012 (9)
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
A video of an interview with Arts Centre CEO Andre Lovatt about the restoration of the Arts Centre after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The video also includes a tour of the Arts Centre, including the Boys' High School swimming pool and gymnasium which was exposed after another building was demolished.
Fairfax Video, February 2012 (10)
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
A video of an interview with landscape architect Di Lucas, about her vision for the Christchurch rebuild. Lucas talks about the need to build light buildings by using light materials such as timber. The video is part of The Press's 'Christchurch, one year after February 22, 2011' series.
Transcript of Jo's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Jo's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of participant number SU2203's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of participant number SU2203's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Dorothy Kitchingman's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Dorothy Kitchingman's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Wendy Papps's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Wendy Papps's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Wendy Luke's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Wendy Luke's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Christine Lomas's earthquake story
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Transcript of Christine Lomas's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.