The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is offside with the business community in Christchurch over the decision to permanently relocate nearly 500 public servants outside of the central business district.
High School students in Christchurch have defied the odds and the ongoing disruption caused by the earthquakes and achieved better marks in last year's NCEA than students in the rest of the country.
The Canterbury District Health Board is to double the amount it spends on out-sourcing services to 20 million dollars a financial year following the Christchurch earthquakes.
The Canterbury earthquakes have shaken up many of the region's industries - and beer brewing is no exception.
A PDF copy of a publication promoting holiday activities.
A PDF copy of a book of puzzles.
A photograph of a public talk by Gap Filler at the former Crowne Plaza site, about their upcoming Pallet Pavilion project. The talk was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of Barnaby Bennett with a cardboard model of the Pallet Pavilion, at a public talk by Gap Filler about the upcoming temporary project. The talk was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of a public talk by Gap Filler at the former Crowne Plaza site, about their upcoming Pallet Pavilion project. The talk was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of a public talk by Gap Filler at the former Crowne Plaza site, about their upcoming Pallet Pavilion project. The talk was part of FESTA 2012.
A panoramic photograph of a public talk by Gap Filler at the former Crowne Plaza site, about their upcoming Pallet Pavilion project. The talk was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of a public talk by Gap Filler at the former Crowne Plaza site, about their upcoming Pallet Pavilion project. The talk was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of a public talk by Gap Filler at the former Crowne Plaza site, about their upcoming Pallet Pavilion project. The talk was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Long summer grass surrounds the fallen stone on the south side of ChristChurch Cathedral".
Workers seen through a gap between wooden pallets in GapFiller's Pallet Pavillion. The photographer comments, "Though it looks strange and Photoshopped this is a straight shot through pallets painted blue. The Pallet Pavilion is built on the site of the demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel. It was built by volunteers, mainly students and construction engineers over 6 weeks. Here students are being given health and safety instructions before helping out on completing the temporary structure".
I want to talk a bit about a media project that I started work on over the summer, which is part of a larger project the Faculty of Law at Canterbury is carrying out, investigating the many legal issues that have arisen from the earthquakes.
A photograph of the spire of ChristChurch Cathedral sitting on the ground in Cathedral Square. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The dry summer grass shows the passing of the seasons while the top of the spire of the ChristChurch Cathedral stays still".