An award submission nominating SCIRT for the 2016 New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards: Category: Award for Technical Excellence.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 16 January 2012 entitled, "Why hello 2012, what do you have for us??".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 5 January 2012 entitled, "A quilt for Jeremy and Eva".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 8 February 2013 entitled, "Vote for me!".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 27 January 2013 entitled, "For Lytteltonwitch".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 17 October 2011 entitled, "A Freedom Bee quilt for Reuben".
An image featuring a quote from Sera Thompson, Regional Advisor for the Ministry for Pacific Peoples. The image reads, "Five years on I feel... Tired, but hopeful// Sera Thompson, Ministry for Pacific Peoples." All Right? uploaded image as a Facebook cover photo on 17 February 2016 at 7:08am. To view the image, see All Right? Five Years On I Feel: Creative Material 1 (JPEG)
An image featuring a quote from Sera Thompson, Regional Advisor for the Ministry for Pacific Peoples. The image reads, "Five years on I feel... Tired, but hopeful// Sera Thompson, Ministry for Pacific Peoples." All Right? uploaded image as a Facebook cover photo on 17 February 2016 at 7:08am.
A photograph of Sera Thompson, Regional Advisor for the Ministry for Pacific Peoples, taking part in #FiveYearsOn. Ministry for Pacific Peoples was an All Right? Champion. Thompson holds a sign which reads, "Five years on, I feel... Tired, but hopeful." All Right? posted the photograph to their Facebook Timeline on 21 February 2016 at 9:12am. All Right? captioned the photograph. "Sera from the Ministry of Pacific Peoples is feeling tired, but hopeful. #fiveyears on #5yearson #allrightnz".
A PDF copy of a media release announcing the Canterbury District Health Board's support of the Psychosocial "Community in Mind" Strategy for Greater Christchurch. The media release includes quotes from David Meates (CDHB) on the impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes and the importance of the Strategy. The release was produced in June 2014.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 18 September 2014 entitled, "Raffle quilt for the Steiner school fair".The entry was downloaded on 3 November 2016.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 17 October 2011 entitled, "A Christmas quilt for Annie (thanks to Deb)".
This thesis presents the application of data science techniques, especially machine learning, for the development of seismic damage and loss prediction models for residential buildings. Current post-earthquake building damage evaluation forms are developed for a particular country in mind. The lack of consistency hinders the comparison of building damage between different regions. A new paper form has been developed to address the need for a global universal methodology for post-earthquake building damage assessment. The form was successfully trialled in the street ‘La Morena’ in Mexico City following the 2017 Puebla earthquake. Aside from developing a framework for better input data for performance based earthquake engineering, this project also extended current techniques to derive insights from post-earthquake observations. Machine learning (ML) was applied to seismic damage data of residential buildings in Mexico City following the 2017 Puebla earthquake and in Christchurch following the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence (CES). The experience showcased that it is readily possible to develop empirical data only driven models that can successfully identify key damage drivers and hidden underlying correlations without prior engineering knowledge. With adequate maintenance, such models have the potential to be rapidly and easily updated to allow improved damage and loss prediction accuracy and greater ability for models to be generalised. For ML models developed for the key events of the CES, the model trained using data from the 22 February 2011 event generalised the best for loss prediction. This is thought to be because of the large number of instances available for this event and the relatively limited class imbalance between the categories of the target attribute. For the CES, ML highlighted the importance of peak ground acceleration (PGA), building age, building size, liquefaction occurrence, and soil conditions as main factors which affected the losses in residential buildings in Christchurch. ML also highlighted the influence of liquefaction on the buildings losses related to the 22 February 2011 event. Further to the ML model development, the application of post-hoc methodologies was shown to be an effective way to derive insights for ML algorithms that are not intrinsically interpretable. Overall, these provide a basis for the development of ‘greybox’ ML models.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 13 October 2012 entitled, "A zig zag quilt for a friend".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 18 September 2010 entitled, "Can you help me make quilts for an Earthquake Family??".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 20 August 2011 entitled, "'Bloom where you are planted' Quilt for Chrissy's 18 Birthday".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 11 June 2011 entitled, "A quilt for my sister-in-law".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 25 June 2011 entitled, "A tiny quilt for our wee girl...".
A PDF copy of a template letter to hospitality venue. The letter is written on behalf of Anglican Advocacy (previously Anglican Social Justice Unit) and the Problem Gambling Foundation and encourages the recipient to declare their venue 'Proudly Pokie Free'. Personal contact details have been redacted.
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Ceres Environment Ready to Chip in for Christchurch".
A video about the service held in East Timor for personnel in the New Zealand and Australian Defence Force and the police. The service was held in honour of the people who lost their lives in the 22 February 2011 earthquake, as well as to acknowledge the people providing relief back in Christchurch.
A PDF copy of a newsletter sent by All Right? to their mailing list in February 2015.
A document which describes the SCIRT estimates process and outcomes.
A run sheet which details who will do what at the opening of the Gloucester Street bridge.
As damage and loss caused by natural hazards have increased worldwide over the past several decades, it is important for governments and aid agencies to have tools that enable effective post-disaster livelihood recovery to create self-sufficiency for the affected population. This study introduces a framework of critical components that constitute livelihood recovery and the critical factors that lead to people’s livelihood recovery. A comparative case study is employed in this research, combined with questionnaire surveys and interviews with those communities affected by large earthquakes in Lushan, China and in Christchurch and Kaikōura, New Zealand. In Lushan, China, a framework with four livelihood components was established, namely, housing, employment, wellbeing and external assistance. Respondents considered recovery of their housing to be the most essential element for livelihood diversification. External assistance was also rated highly in assisting with their livelihood recovery. Family ties and social connections seemed to have played a larger role than that of government agencies and NGOs. However, the recovery of livelihood cannot be fully achieved without wellbeing aspects being taken into account, and people believed that quality of life and their physical and mental health were essential for livelihood restoration. In Christchurch, New Zealand, the identified livelihood components were validated through in-depth interviews. The results showed that the above framework presenting what constitutes successful livelihood recovery could also be applied in Christchurch. This study also identified the critical factors to affect livelihood recovery following the Lushan and Kaikōura earthquakes, and these include community safety, availability of family support, level of community cohesion, long-term livelihood support, external housing recovery support, level of housing recovery and availability of health and wellbeing support. The framework developed will provide guidance for policy makers and aid agencies to prioritise their strategies and initiatives in assisting people to reinstate their livelihood in a timely manner post-disaster. It will also assist the policy makers and practitioners in China and New Zealand by setting an agenda for preparing for livelihood recovery in non-urgent times so the economic impact and livelihood disruption of those affected can be effectively mitigated.
On 15 August 1868, a great earthquake struck off the coast of the Chile-Peru border generating a tsunami that travelled across the Pacific. Wharekauri-Rekohu-Chatham Islands, located 800 km east of Christchurch, Aotearoa-New Zealand (A-NZ) was one of the worst affected locations in A-NZ. Tsunami waves, including three over 6 metres high, injured and killed people, destroyed buildings and infrastructure, and impacted the environment, economy and communities. While experience of disasters, and advancements in disaster risk reduction systems and technology have all significantly advanced A-NZ’s capacity to be ready for and respond to future earthquakes and tsunami, social memory of this event and other tsunamis during our history has diminished. In 2018, a team of scientists, emergency managers and communication specialists collaborated to organise a memorial event on the Chatham Islands and co-ordinate a multi-agency media campaign to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1868 Arica tsunami. The purpose was to raise awareness of the disaster and to encourage preparedness for future tsunami. Press releases and science stories were distributed widely by different media outlets and many attended the memorial event indicating public interest for commemorating historical disasters. We highlight the importance of commemorating disaster anniversaries through memorial events, to raise awareness of historical disasters and increase community preparedness for future events – “lest we forget and let us learn.”
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 7 March 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which there's a time for weeping".The entry was downloaded on 17 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 7 March 2011, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which there's a time for weeping".The entry was downloaded on 14 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 18 March 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which she turns red for Canterbury".The entry was downloaded on 17 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 18 March 2011, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which she turns red for Canterbury".The entry was downloaded on 14 April 2015.