Site visit information day staff briefing

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An example of a briefing provided to support staff hosting an event so they fully understood their roles and the focus of the event. The document was created in 2012.

Bob Parker's last day in office

Audio, Radio New Zealand

After six years leading Christchurch, three of them since the first Canterbury earthquake, Bob Parker is packing up his office and hanging up the Mayoral chains today.

The day after the 7.1

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Christchurch city experienced a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on September 4 at 4:35 am. The epicentre was 40 km west of the city. It was the most damaging earthquake in New Zealand since the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931, but there was no loss of life. It was fortunate the earthquake occurred when the central city streets were deserted, as there w...

Jennifer Middendorf's Blog 04/09/2010: It's been a weird sort of day

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An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 4 September 2010 entitled, "It's been a weird sort of day".

Ruth Gardner's Blog 27/02/2011: Day 6, 3pm - inside the Christchurch cordon

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 27 February 2011 entitled, "Day 6, 3pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".

Ruth Gardner's Blog 04/03/2011: Day 11, 4pm - inside the Christchurch cord…

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 4 March 2011 entitled, "Day 11, 4pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".

Ruth Gardner's Blog 26/02/2011: Day 5, 1pm - inside the Christchurch cordon

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 26 February 2011 entitled, "Day 5, 1pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".

Ruth Gardner's Blog 01/03/2011: Day 8, 5am - inside the Christchurch cordon

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 March 2011 entitled, "Day 8, 5am - inside the Christchurch cordon".

Ruth Gardner's Blog 11/03/2011: Day 18, 6pm - inside the red zone

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 March 2011 entitled, "Day 18, 6pm - inside the red zone".

Ruth Gardner's Blog 26/03/2011: Day 33, 7am - in the red zone

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 26 March 2011 entitled, "Day 33, 7am - in the red zone".

All Right? Audiences: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Photogr…

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A photograph of kaumatua listening to a speech. The photograph was taken at the Health Day at the Pa event held at Tuahiwi Marae in August 2015.

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 15:34:59

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. People in the city try and resume their normal day to day lives after the earthquake".

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 15:36:46

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. People in the city try and resume their normal day to day lives after the earthquake".

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 15:37:52

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. People in the city try and resume their normal day to day lives after the earthquake".

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 15:34:58

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. People in the city try and resume their normal day to day lives after the earthquake".

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 16:00:00

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. People in the city try and resume their normal day to day lives after the earthquake".

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 16:04:30

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. People in the city try and resume their normal day to day lives after the earthquake".

Photo by Jennifer Middendorf 022

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The Gap Filler bookfridge on its opening day.

Chances of magnitude aftershock hitting rapidly decreasing

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Two earthquake scientists say the chance of a magnitude six aftershock hitting the Canterbury region is decreasing day by day and is now unlikely. A Victoria University professor in geophysics and a GNS seismologist have put into perspective the weekend's devastating earthquake at a lecture in Wellington.

Ruth Gardner's Blog 01/03/2011: Day 8, 6pm - inside the Christchurch cordon

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 March 2011 entitled, "Day 8, 6pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".

Ruth Gardner's Blog 07/03/2011: Day 14 - in the red zone

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 7 March 2011 entitled, "Day 14 - in the red zone".

20131110_8305_EOS M-27 Empty and overgrown (Day 314/365)

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A house, one of the few still remaining in the Dallington Red Zone (Avonside Drive, Dallington). The area is "red zoned" due to land damage from earthquakes (mainly the February 22nd 2011 6.4 magnitude quake).

20161018_9063_7D2-70 Restricted Area (292/366)

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20161018_9063_7D2-70 Restricted Area (292/366) In the suburban red zone on Avonside Drive. #7826

20130622_7842_1D3-24 Disabled in more ways than one (Day 173/365)

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One of many disabled carparks outside what used to be one of the great sporting complexes in New Zealand. The Queen Elizabeth II Park complex in north-east Christchurch was built initially for the 1974 Commonwealth Games and was used for track and field and the adjoining pool complex had swimming and diving. It was built on an area that was used...

20130630_9138_1D3-58 IRD Building (Day 181/365)

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The old (or is that the new) Inland Revenue Department (IRD) building on the corner of Madras and Cashel Streets in central Christchurch. Built in 2006/07 on the site of the former Farmers department store (itself badly damaged by fire), it was just a few years old when the earthquake of February 2011 struck, and subsequent quakes (all through 2...

Deborah Fitchett's Dreamwidth Blog 27/5/2011: In which a one-hour seminar …

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An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 27 May 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which a one-hour seminar takes up the entire work-day".The entry was downloaded on 16 April 2015.

Deborah Fitchett's Livejournal Blog 27/5/2011: In which a one-hour seminar…

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An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 27 May 2011, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which a one-hour seminar takes up the entire work-day".The entry was downloaded on 13 April 2015.

All Right? Audiences: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Photogr…

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A photograph of staff member Vaea Hutchen from the All Right? mental health campaign leading a group of women in a Māori action song. The photograph was taken at an Asian Health Day event in 2015.

Crust to Cracks

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Dried liquefaction silt in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "The day before this was liquefaction pouring out of the ground, but within a day it has dried up and will soon turn into a gritty dust".

Earthquake!

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Photos from around chch on the day of the earthquake