A news item titled, "Know Your Land Rights - Retaining Walls", published on the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre's website on Friday, 15 July 2011.
Are men with lower voices more attractive to the opposite sex; The Canterbury Earthquake insurance deadlock; Speed Camera tickets have doubled over the last year.
Dominating a once simpler Cathedral Square, are the formidable buildings – Government Life Insurance Building, the Grand Theatre, the Crystal Palace Theatre, the Reuters Telegram Company Buil…
The Earthquake Commission and the Insurance Council are going to the High Court for a ruling on who's responsible for 10-thousand claims from the earlier Canterbury earthquakes.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "David Palmer's Stewarts Gully house is ruined and he has no insurance. Liquefaction has sprung up everywhere and the house needs jacking up and new piles".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "David Palmer's Stewarts Gully house is ruined and he has no insurance. Liquefaction has sprung up everywhere and the house needs jacking up and new piles".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 23 December 2011 entitled, "Afternoon Aftershocks".
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 18 November 2011
A story submitted by Rosie Belton to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Joanna Orwin to the QuakeStories website.
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 12 August 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 2 September 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 26 August 2011
A story submitted by Peter Low to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 April 2011 entitled, "Day 39 - inside the red zone".
The Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre's "Community Earthquake Update" bulletin, published on Friday 24 June 2011.
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 6 October 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 23 September 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 28 October 2011
A man walks away from a scene of destruction after an earthquake; he is reading a newspaper whose headline is 'ACC takes earthquake hit' and because he is not looking where he is going he is about to step into the sea in which lurks a shark that represents 'levies'. A second version has the shark representing 'Nick Smith'. Context - The second Christchurch more devastating earthquake of 22 February 2011 that followed an original earthquake on 4 September 2010. Levy changes from April 1 will give businesses discounts or penalties on their workplace ACC levies based on a three-year claims history but ACC Minister Nick Smith said today that the quake would be declared an "adverse event" so Christchurch employers would not be unfairly hit with a levy increase, unless they contributed materially to an employee's injuries. (NBR 10 March 2011) Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 5 March 2011 entitled, "Day 12, 5am - inside the Christchurch cordon".
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 15 July 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 16 December 2011
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "105 Kingsford Street, Horseshoe Lake. Many of the homes here have been sold to the government or insurance companies and their former owners have moved out to other areas of Christchurch, New Zealand or overseas".
Since the earthquake in February the university has faced spiralling insurance costs and a decline in student enrolments. Now 24 staff have agreed to voluntary redundancy effective next year and the vice chancellor, Rod Carr, says despite that, it's largely business as usual.
More than 800 medals are stolen from the War Memorial Museum in Waiouru. Shares in State Owned Enterprises will be capped at 10 percent and gaps in the government's insurance cover will leave many schools damaged by the earthquakes in Canterbury out of pocket.
A story submitted by Sarndra to the QuakeStories website.
The Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre's "Community Earthquake Update" bulletin, published on Friday 23 September 2011.
A story submitted by Gaynor James to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Lynette Evans to the QuakeStories website.