RESEARCH BRIEFING ON EQC IN THE PRESS

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This research briefing reports on the key findings of a computer-assisted text analysis of records from The Press newspaper related to the Earthquake Commission (EQC) from 2010 to 2019. The briefing has been prepared as a submission to the Public Inquiry into the Earthquake Commission. The aim of producing this research briefing is to provide the Public Inquiry with preliminary findings of a large-scale overview of media coverage on EQC and to identify and quantify key features and trends in public discourse about EQC over time. This research, which aggregates many stories and voices over time, offers a unique lens to view how EQC has been collectively represented, understood and experienced by the people of Canterbury.

Chch Railway station clock

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Time stopped on the Christchurch central railway station when the earthquake struck at 4:35am. Yeah Ok the clock was a running a little slow.

Photograph number UC 11-0233-06

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Time Capsule from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church investigated by left to right Rev Chris Chamberlain, Senior Minister OTBC. Mike Crudge, Minister OTBC Lynn Campbell, Paper Conservator Christchurch Art Gallery Jeff Palmer, archivist Jill Durney from the Macmillan Brown library. 15.7.11

Photograph number UC 11-0233-04

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Time Capsule from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church investigated by left to right Rev Chris Chamberlain, Senior Minister OTBC. Mike Crudge, Minister OTBC Lynn Campbell, Paper Conservator Christchurch Art Gallery Jeff Palmer, archivist Jill Durney from the Macmillan Brown library. 15.7.11

Photograph number UC 11-0233-07

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Time Capsule from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church investigated by left to right Rev Chris Chamberlain, Senior Minister OTBC. Mike Crudge, Minister OTBC Lynn Campbell, Paper Conservator Christchurch Art Gallery Jeff Palmer, archivist Jill Durney from the Macmillan Brown library. 15.7.11

Photograph number UC 11-0233-03

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Time Capsule from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church investigated by left to right Rev Chris Chamberlain, Senior Minister OTBC. Mike Crudge, Minister OTBC Lynn Campbell, Paper Conservator Christchurch Art Gallery Jeff Palmer, archivist Jill Durney from the Macmillan Brown library. 15.7.11

Photograph number UC 11-0233-10

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Time Capsule from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church investigated by left to right Rev Chris Chamberlain, Senior Minister OTBC. Mike Crudge, Minister OTBC Lynn Campbell, Paper Conservator Christchurch Art Gallery Jeff Palmer, archivist Jill Durney from the Macmillan Brown library. 15.7.11

Photograph number UC 11-0233-09

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Time Capsule from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church investigated by left to right Rev Chris Chamberlain, Senior Minister OTBC. Mike Crudge, Minister OTBC Lynn Campbell, Paper Conservator Christchurch Art Gallery Jeff Palmer, archivist Jill Durney from the Macmillan Brown library. 15.7.11

Northern Outlook Image: Jinny Reynolds 2010:09:17 01:30:05

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Helping out: Daiken, ITM and Linfox step up and donate time, goods and information to the people of North Canterbury who have been affected by the 4 September earthquake".

The Vault - Avon Loop

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Conversations between one-time residents of an historic riverside community - in the 1970s the late Elsie Locke and Rod Donald helped to create one of Christchurch's strongest riverside communities. The Avon Loop now subject to post earthquake re-classifation and demolition.

The PM rules out Israeli spy action in Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

This morning the Prime Minister was refusing to confirm or deny whether a group of Israelis in Christchurch at the time of the February earthquake were spies - saying it was not in the national interest for him to do so.

Repairs underway for quake-damaged statue of Antarctica's Scott

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The statue of the Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott, that toppled from its plinth and snapped at its ankles in the Christchurch earthquake is being repaired. all going well it will be reinstated later this year, just in time for the Antarctic summer.

“In the soil of a friendly country”: an archaeologist’s visit to Gallipoli

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

This blog may lean more heavily on the personal than the archaeological. Every year, thousands of Kiwis and Aussies commemorate ANZAC Day. We take this time to reflect on the losses of war, and the terrible costs it has had … Continue reading →

Northern Outlook Image: Laura Melville 2010:11:04 08:56:00

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Back in business: I-Site visitor centre manager Gwen Creek and staff member Laura Nelson prepare to open doors in Kaiapoi for the first time after the September 4 earthquake".

Photograph number UC 11-0233-01

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Time Capsule from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church investigated by left to right Rev Chris Chamberlain, Senior Minister OTBC. Mike Crudge, Minister OTBC Lynn Campbell, Paper Conservator Christchurch Art Gallery Jeff Palmer, archivist Jill Durney from the Macmillan Brown library. 15.7.11

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 437

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A heart has been tied to a silhouetted figure on a fence. Written on the heart is "Dear Christchurch, I know it is a hard time for us right now but we have to be strong and put up with it. Love from Connie".

Photograph number UC 11-0233-02

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Time Capsule from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church investigated by left to right Rev Chris Chamberlain, Senior Minister OTBC. Mike Crudge, Minister OTBC Lynn Campbell, Paper Conservator Christchurch Art Gallery Jeff Palmer, archivist Jill Durney from the Macmillan Brown library. 15.7.11

Photograph number UC 11-0233-08

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Time Capsule from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church investigated by left to right Rev Chris Chamberlain, Senior Minister OTBC. Mike Crudge, Minister OTBC Lynn Campbell, Paper Conservator Christchurch Art Gallery Jeff Palmer, archivist Jill Durney from the Macmillan Brown library. 15.7.11

Photograph number UC 11-0233-05

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Time Capsule from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church investigated by left to right Rev Chris Chamberlain, Senior Minister OTBC. Mike Crudge, Minister OTBC Lynn Campbell, Paper Conservator Christchurch Art Gallery Jeff Palmer, archivist Jill Durney from the Macmillan Brown library. 15.7.11

Close the Schools and Build the Jails

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A protest sign painted on a fence shows a bulldozer labelled "Govt." driven by a woman (presumably representing Education Minister Hekia Parata) running over a sheep labelled "Chch schools", next to the words "Every time you close a school you have to build a jail - Mark Twain." The photographer comments, "Due to the earthquakes in Christchurch and parents leaving the area to give their children a quieter and more education friendly life a lot of the local schools especially in the East of Christchurch are to be closed or amalgamated. This was a decision by the government without consultation with any other authorities. Mark Twain actually said 'Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail'".

This Way Up: seismic stories

Audio, Radio New Zealand

For This Way Up's last shows, presenter Simon Morton and longtime producer Richard Scott have trawled through the archives of 600 shows recorded over the past (nearly) 13 years. This week, they mark the major seismic events that occurred during their time on the airwaves; the Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes.

Steve Lawrence Photograph 24

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The damaged TimeZone games arcade on Colombo Street. The roof has collapsed, batts from the ceiling are piled in the window, and the door is boarded up. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.

Fairfax Video, October 2011 (7)

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A video of an interview with Richard Ballantyne inside the Ballantynes Department Store on Cashel Street. In the background, staff are preparing the store to reopen for the first time since the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Dallington 5

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

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".

Steve Lawrence Photograph 23

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The damaged TimeZone games arcade on Colombo Street. The roof has collapsed, batts from the ceiling are piled in the window, and the door is boarded up. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 304

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A photograph of the John Robert Godley statue on display in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum. The statue fell off its plinth in Cathedral Square during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, exposing two time capsules.

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:09:20 09:20:59

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive/old train station building on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:09:20 09:20:39

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive/old train station building on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:09:20 09:48:04

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive/old train station building on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".

Christchurch Press Image: Lawrence Smith, 2011:02:25 14:14:52

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch recovers after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake at the start of the week causing mass death and destruction across the city. The clock on New Regent Street that stopped at 12.50pm, the time the quake struck".