
A photograph of children and adults in superhero and Star Wars costumes at Christchurch Botanic Gardens for the farewell party of local hero 'Flat Man'. All Right? posted the photograph on their Facebook page on 6 December 2014 at 2:53pm.
Now have you ever wished you could play some cricket in the house on a rainy day? Well for one Christchurch family that dream's become a reality. Glenn Bongartz, with the help of his architect, upgraded his earthquake rebuild to feature a cricket wicket in the attic of the house. Glenn told Jimmy Ellingham how they did it.
A man wades down a flooded street in a residential area.
A man removing bricks from a building on Oxford Street, Lyttelton.
A man standing on a ladder to inspect a damaged chimney.
A man removing bricks from a building on Oxford Street, Lyttelton.
A man riding a bicycle at Gap Filler's cycle-powered cinema.
The latest two great earthquake sequences; 2010- 2011 Canterbury Earthquake and 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake, necessitate a better understanding of the New Zealand seismic hazard condition for new building design and detailed assessment of existing buildings. It is important to note, however, that the New Zealand seismic hazard map in NZS 1170.5.2004 is generalised in effort to cover all of New Zealand and limited to a earthquake database prior to 2001. This is “common” that site-specific studies typically provide spectral accelerations different to those shown on the national map (Z values in NZS 1170.5:2004); and sometimes even lower. Moreover, Section 5.2 of Module 1 of the Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Practice series provide the guidelines to perform site- specific studies.
A man playing the guitar at a Gap Filler event in Sydenham.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A young man waits for a lift home".
A man cutting the trunk of a felled tree in Hagley Park.
A man cutting the trunk of a felled tree in Hagley Park.
A man cutting the trunk of a felled tree in Hagley Park.
A man setting up the site of Gap Filler's cycle-powered cinema.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Christchurch rain jacket man for Mike Fox".
A man walks dogs beside cracks on the grounds of Bexley Park.
A man clearing broken bricks from a building on Oxford Street, Lyttelton.
A man performing at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
A man performing at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
A man walks dogs beside cracks on the grounds of Bexley Park.
A man standing in front of the partially collapsed Piko Wholefoods building.
A man performing at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
A man setting up a bicycle at Gap Filler's cycle-powered cinema.
A man setting up the site of Gap Filler's cycle-powered cinema.
A man operating a crane in Cathedral Square, outside the Millennium Hotel.
A man setting up the site of Gap Filler's cycle-powered cinema.
A man inspects the silver digger 'game piece' on Gap Filler's Monopoly square.
Broken plates litter the floor oif Man's Bakery and Cafe on Hereford Street.
An man in a cherry picker demolishing part of the Mona Vale Gatehouse.
An man in a cherry picker demolishing part of the Mona Vale Gatehouse.