Thousands gather in Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

At least 20 thousand people gathered at the public memorial service in Christchurch to remember the earthquake that occured one year earlier.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2339

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The public at the Memorial Service in Hagley Park to commemorate the one year anniversary of the 22nd February earthquake. The public was invited to cast flowers into the river following the service.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2338

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The public at the Memorial Service in Hagley Park to commemorate the one year anniversary of the 22nd February earthquake. The public was invited to cast flowers into the river following the service.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 260

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A photograph of students at the University of Canterbury attending an earthquake memorial service on the C Block Lawn on the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 261

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A photograph of students at the University of Canterbury attending an earthquake memorial service on the C Block Lawn on the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 262

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A photograph of students at the University of Canterbury attending an earthquake memorial service on the C Block Lawn on the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Peter Walker Photograph 33

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The public memorial service held at Hagley Park to mark the first anniversary of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Attached to the trees are notes with words of hope.

Christchurch Press 23 February 2012: Section A, Page 6

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Page 6 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 23 February 2012.

Christchurch Press 22 February 2012: Section A, Page 3

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Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 22 February 2012.

Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 22 February 2012

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Thousands gather in Christchurch; CTV survivor talks about the earthquake service; Carpenter Chris Nutfield recieves bravery award; Megaupload founder relieved to go home to his family; Teenagers describe shock of seeing people with guns; and more Christchurch memorial coverage.

Remembering the 22 February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

In North Hagley Park thousands of people gather for a Memorial Service in a day of remembrance and to stand united in two minutes of silence. Then Hewitt Humphrey reads the names of those who died in the earthquake .

Post-disaster landscapes

Research Papers, Lincoln University

Disasters are a critical topic for practitioners of landscape architecture. A fundamental role of the profession is disaster prevention or mitigation through practitioners having a thorough understanding of known threats. Once we reach the ‘other side’ of a disaster – the aftermath – landscape architecture plays a central response in dealing with its consequences, rebuilding of settlements and infrastructure and gaining an enhanced understanding of the causes of any failures. Landscape architecture must respond not only to the physical dimensions of disaster landscapes but also to the social, psychological and spiritual aspects. Landscape’s experiential potency is heightened in disasters in ways that may challenge and extend the spectrum of emotions. Identity is rooted in landscape, and massive transformation through the impact of a disaster can lead to ongoing psychological devastation. Memory and landscape are tightly intertwined as part of individual and collective identities, as connections to place and time. The ruptures caused by disasters present a challenge to remembering the lives lost and the prior condition of the landscape, the intimate attachments to places now gone and even the event itself.

Christchurch Press 28 January 2012: Section A, Page 9

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Page 9 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 28 January 2012.