A photograph looking west down Worcester Street towards the ChristChurch Cathedral. Fences surrounding damaged buildings and rubble can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of earthquake-damaged buildings on Worcester Street. Rubble and scaffolding cover the road. The NewstalkZB building can be seen in the background.
People walking past the shops around the Merivale Mall area which have been cordoned off. Dust cloud coming from a collapsed building can be seen in the background.
A view down Victoria Street. On the left is Christchurch Casino, Crowne Plaza Hotel in the middle, and the Corpthorne Hotel can be partially seen on the right.
A view down Peterborough Street between Victoria and Montreal street. Dried silt from liquefaction still remains on the footpath. The Peterborough Centre can be seen in the background.
Sumner Beach was the last stop on the Sumner line. In this intriguing photograph, we can see the goings on of a typical summer’s weekend, one hundred and six years ago. Hundreds of city dwe…
A woman stands at the door of the house and wonders why the grass is only half cut. Her husband says 'We can only afford enough petrol to mow half the lawn'. Context is rising petrol prices. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A PDF copy of four hoarding designs for Christchurch Hospital. The images read, "Noticed anything awesome lately? Heads up... a helipad is coming!", "Good things are happening here. A new Emergency Department is on its way", "Moving your body can move your mood. Making you strong inside and out - just like our new buildings!" and "What could you do to recharge? Connecting with others can be a real pick-me-up whether you're at work or enjoying a well-earned catch up".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking north-west over the central city towards Hagley Park. Hereford Street can be seen in the foreground, as well as Worcester Street running towards the the Christ Church Cathedral. The empty site of the Press Building and Warners hotel can also be seen".
Lake Taupō in New Zealand is associated with frequent unrest and small to moderate eruptions. It presents a high consequence risk scenario with immense potential for destruction to the community and the surrounding environment. Unrest associated with eruptions may also trigger earthquakes. While it is challenging to educate people about the hazards and risks associated with multiple eruptive scenarios, effective education of students can lead to better mitigation strategies and risk reduction. Digital resources with user-directed outcomes have been successfully used to teach action oriented skills relevant for communication during volcanic crisis [4]. However, the use of choose your own adventure strategies to enhance low probability risk literacy for Secondary school outreach has not been fully explored. To investigate how digital narrative storytelling can mediate caldera risk literacy, a module “The Kid who cried Supervolcano” will be introduced in two secondary school classrooms in Christchurch and Rotorua. The module highlights four learning objectives: (a) Super-volcanoes are beautiful but can be dangerous (b) earthquake (unrest) activity is normal for super-volcanoes (c) Small eruptions are possible from super-volcanoes and can be dangerous in our lifetimes (d) Super-eruptions are unlikely in our lifetimes. Students will create their digital narrative using the platform Elementari (www.elementari.io). The findings from this study will provide clear understanding of students’ understanding of risk perceptions of volcanic eruption scenarios and associated hazards and inform the design of educational resources geared towards caldera risk literacy.
There is growing expectation that local volunteers will play a more integrated role in disaster response, yet emergent groups are often ‘outsiders’ to crisis management, prompting questions of the conditions and processes by which these groups can forge relationships with established response agencies, and the tensions which can arise those interactions. This article analyses how student-led volunteers, as an emergent group, nevertheless gained “authority to operate” in the aftermath of the 2010-2011 earthquakes in Canterbury, New Zealand. Our study demonstrates how established response agencies and emergent groups can form hugely impactful and mutually supportive relationships. However, our analysis also points to two interrelated tensions that can arise, regarding the terms by which emergent groups are recognised, and the ‘distance’ considered necessary between emergent groups and established response agencies. The discussion considers implications for inclusiveness, risk and responsibility if emergent volunteers are to be further integrated into disaster response.
Information about the EQC's work to provide natural disaster insurance to residential property owners. Canterbury earthquake related information can be found in the archived instances from September 2010-
Information about contemporary popular music in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Band Together event was a fund raiser for the Canterbury earthquake can be found in the 13 October 2010 archived website.
Looking across the mouth of the estuary to the Sumner cliffs. Shipping containers can be seen along Main Road, protecting passing cars from rock fall.
A photograph looking north along Oxford Terrace towards Gloucester Street. The road has been fenced off ahead and a crane can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of people walking through Press Lane, between Gloucester Street and Worcester Street. In the background, the Heritage Hotel can be seen.
A photograph of people walking through Press Lane, between Gloucester Street and Worcester Street. In the background, the Heritage Hotel can be seen.
A photograph of the Rendezvous Hotel taken from the site of a demolished building on Manchester Street. Cracks can be seen around the windows of the tower.
A photograph of members of the public gathered on Manchester Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Fallen rubble can be seen on the curb to the left.
A photograph of members of the public gathered on Manchester Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Fallen rubble can be seen on the curb to the left.
A photograph looking east down Worcester Street from near the Regent Theatre. The badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral can be seen in the distance.
A pair of see-saws at Sullivan Park in Avonside. Dried liquefaction silt can be seen in the lower section of the photograph.
A cracked and broken footpath on Galbraith Avenue. Blue pipes carrying temporary water supplies to the neighbourhood can just be seen running beside the footpath.
The end of Acland Avenue in Avonside. Dried deposits of liquefaction can be seen covering sections of the footpath and road.
The historic Kaiapoi Railway Station building, which can be seen leaning towards the river. Its foundations were damaged in the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
An amphitheatre in Victoria Square where water from the Avon River has overflowed. In the background, the Crowne Plaza can be seen.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins.
Emergency personnel treating a wounded woman at the medical centre set up in Latimer Square. In the background, earthquake victims can been seen, wrapped in blankets for warmth.