Flowers float down the Avon River during the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake.
Flowers float down the Avon River during the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake.
Flowers float down the Avon River during the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake.
'185 Empty Chairs', Pete Majendie's art installation commemorating those who died in the earthquake. In the background is the framework for the temporary cardboard cathedral.
'185 Empty Chairs', Pete Majendie's art installation commemorating those who died in the earthquake. In the background a digger is parked on a rubble pile.
People gather beside the Avon River before the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake.
People gather beside the Avon River before the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake.
Mayor Bob Parker with his gold mayoral chains at the memorial service held in Latimer Square on the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
The Labour Party says its crushing victory in the Christchurch East by-election is an indictment of the National Government's poor response to the earthquakes.
The old Esplanade Tavern is being demolished due to damage suffered in the earthquakes of 2011. Another one of New Brighton's iconic buildings to go.
Work is continuing on the earthquake damaged South New Brighton bridge. Avon River to the left, Avon-Heathcote Estuary the other side of the bridge.
Shows a sick and damaged Christchurch Anglican Cathedral in a hospital bed with two attendants. The Cathedral asks 'Can ya just pull the plug and let me die peacefully?'. Context refers to recent comments by Bishop Victoria Matthews that the Christchurch Cathedral is 'being left to die with no dignity' because of ongoing legal battles about its future. There has been ongoing debate and controversy over whether the Cathedral should be demolished, reconstructed or restored following damage suffered in the February 2011 Earthquake. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A large number of businesses that used to be in the centre of Christchurch relocated after the earthquakes. Are they satisfied with their new locations and do they intend to return to the central city? We questioned 209 relocated businesses about their relocation history, present circumstances and future intentions. Many businesses were content with their new premises, despite having encountered a range of problems; those businesses that were questioned later in our survey period were more content. The average business in our sample rated the chances of moving back to the central city as around 50 %, but this varies with the type of business. Building height did not emerge as a major issue, but rents may be. The mix of types of business is likely to be different in the new city centre.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 27 February 2013 entitled, "Horrible Hyde and Jittery Jekyll".
Ground motion observations from the most significant 10 events in the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence at near-source sites are utilized to scrutinize New Zealand (NZ)-specific pseudo-spectral acceleration (SA) empirical ground motion prediction equations (GMPE) (Bradley 2010, Bradley 2013, McVerry et al. 2006). Region-specific modification factors based on relaxing the conventional ergodic assumption in GMPE development were developed for the Bradley (2010) model. Because of the observed biases with magnitude and source-to-site distance for the McVerry et al. (2006) model it is not possible to develop region-specific modification factors in a reliable manner. The theory of non-ergodic empirical ground motion prediction is then outlined, and applied to this 10 event dataset to determine systematic effects in the between- and within-event residuals which lead to modifications in the predicted median and standard deviation of the GMPE. By examining these systematic effects over sub-regions containing a total of 20 strong motion stations within the Canterbury area, modification factors for use in region-specific ground motion prediction are proposed. These modification factors, in particular, are suggested for use with the Bradley et al. (2010) model in Canterbury-specific probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) to develop revised design response, particularly for long vibration periods.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 26 July 2013 entitled, "Royal Restoration".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 July 2013 entitled, "Dangerous Demolition?".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 13 May 2013 entitled, "Restored Roadsigns".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 April 2013 entitled, "April Ecclesiastical Update".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 20 February 2013 entitled, "Drilling Deep".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 8 February 2013 entitled, "Borrow-a-bike".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 4 April 2013 entitled, "Substantial Sunflowers".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 27 May 2013 entitled, "Sunny Sunday".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 28 April 2013 entitled, "Painted People".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 10 March 2013 entitled, "Flattened Flats".
Richard is a retired High School Art/Design teacher who is now making architectural models of houses and public buildings - some destroyed in the Christchurch earthquakes.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 13 June 2013 entitled, "BREADS...".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 28 December 2013 entitled, "Christchurch Christmas 2013".
The Civil Defense understanding of the role of radio in disaster tends to focus on its value in providing essential information during and after the event. However this role is compromised when a station’s premises are destroyed, or rendered inaccessible by official cordons. The Radio Quake study examines how radio stations in Christchurch managed to resume broadcasting in the aftermath of the earthquake of February 22, 2011. In New Zealand’s heavily networked and commercialised radio environment there is a significant disparity between networked and independent stations’ broadcast commitments and resourcing. All Christchurch radio broadcasters were forced to improvise new locations, complex technical workarounds, and responsive styles of broadcasting after the February 22 earthquake, but the need to restore, or maintain, a full on air presence after the earthquake, rested entirely on often financially tenuous, locally owned and staffed independent radio: student, Iwi, community access, and local commercial stations. This paper will explore the resourcefulness and resilience of broadcasters riding out the aftershocks in hotels, motels, bedrooms, and a horse truck, using digital technologies in new ways to reimagine the practice of radio in Christchurch.
Messages are written on stones and laid in a circle with flowers at the CTV building site on the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.