A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 11 October 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 18 October 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 8 November 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 1 November 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 22 November 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 15 March 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 24 May 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 23 August 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 7 June 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 29 November 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 19 April 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 11 January 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 21 June 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 12 April 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 3 May 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 8 March 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 20 September 2011.
A PDF copy of the Selwyn Times community newspaper, published on Tueday 13 September 2011.
MP Jim Anderton's office on Selwyn Street in Spreydon.
Douglas Marshall is the Civil Defence controller for the Selwyn District.
A PDF copy of a community newspaper published on Tuesday 3 January 2012. The newspaper is a combined holiday edition which replaces the normal editions of the Selwyn Times and North Canterbury News.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An empty site on Selwyn Street, with MP Jim Anderton's office opposite".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An empty site on Selwyn Street, with MP Jim Anderton's office next door".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of Selwyn Street with MP Jim Anderton's office to the left and an empty site to the right".
Another hole has appeared in the street where a building has been demolished. Selwyn Dealers next door sensibly moved all their stock away from the adjoining wall just in case.
Rolleston is a town in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, just outside the Christchurch City boundary. It was close to the epicenter of the September earthquake last year, but suffered little damage because it sits on very stable rock.
The previously unknown Greendale Fault ruptured to the ground surface, causing up to 5 metres horizontal and 1 metre vertical permanent offset of the ground, during the September 2010 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake. Environment Canterbury commissioned GNS Science, with help from the University of Canterbury, to define a fault avoidance zone and to estimate the fault recurrence interval. There is little evidence for past movement on the fault in the past 16,000 years. However, because of the uncertainties involved, a conservative approach was taken and the fault has been categorised as a Recurrence Interval Class IV fault (a recurrence interval of between 5,000 and 10,000 years). A PhD study by a University of Canterbury student will work towards refining the Recurrence Interval Class over the next three years. Taking a risk-based approach, the Ministry for the Environment Active Fault Guidelines recommend that normal residential development be allowed within the fault avoidance zone for faults of this Recurrence Interval Class, but recommends restrictions for larger community buildings or facilities with post-disaster functions. The report is assisting Selwyn District Council in granting consents for rebuilding houses on or near the Greendale Fault that were damaged by permanent distortion of the ground due to the fault rupture in the September 2010 earthquake. The report provides specific recommendations for building on or close to the Greendale Fault, which are being implemented by Selwyn District Council. See Object Overview for background and usage information.
The region in and around Christchurch, encompassing Christchurch city and the Selwyn and Waimakariri districts, contains more than 800 road, rail, and pedestrian bridges. Most of these bridges are reinforced concrete, symmetric, and have small to moderate spans (15–25 m). The 22 February 2011 moment magnitude (Mw) 6.2 Christchurch earthquake induced high levels of localized ground shaking (Bradley and Cubrinovski 2011, page 853 of this issue; Guidotti et al. 2011, page 767 of this issue; Smyrou et al. 2011, page 882 of this issue), with damage to bridges mainly confined to the central and eastern parts of Christchurch. Liquefaction was evident over much of this part of the city, with lateral spreading affecting bridges spanning both the Avon and Heathcote rivers.