A photograph of a FESTA volunteer in a red mask and cape. The volunteer is holding a stack of FESTA programmes to hand out to visitors.
An exceedingly large 'Gerry' Brownlee, the Minister for Earthquake Recovery, rises from a chair, holding a briefcase labeled 'CERA' and calling for 'Bob' Parker, the mayor of Christchurch. The thin Parker was flattened against Brownlee's enormous rear, when Brownlee sat on the chair. Brownlee and Parker had a strained relationship, with the government taking an increasing amount of control in local decision making. After ongoing assurances by Parker that Christchurch City Council would meet all of International Accreditation New Zealand's requirements on issuing building consents, Brownlee announced in June 2013 without Parker's prior knowledge that the authority had withdrawn its accreditation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Topics - Official statistics released today show New Zealand's population has increased by 214,000 people in the seven years since the last census. The census, usually held every five years, was delayed in 2011 due to the Christchurch earthquakes. In what has been described as a "stealthy assault" in Somalia - and also in a raid in Libya's capital - US special forces have struck out against Islamic extremists who carried out terrorist attacks in East Africa. The commandos snatched a Libyan al-Qaida leader allegedly involved in the bombings of US embassies 15 years ago - but aborted a mission to capture a terrorist suspect linked to last month's Nairobi shopping mall attack after a fierce firefight.
A view of Hereford Street, looking east. On the road is a sprinkler system, used to spray rubble carried by trucks out of the CBD, in order to keep dust levels down.
Earthquakes are one of the few natural disasters Australia seldom experiences. We find out from curator Felicity Milburn how our neighbours have responded to an exhibition of earthquake related art direct from Christchurch.
Overlapping claims and general confusion are delaying money payable to New Zealand for damage from the Canterbury earthquakes. The money involved is payable through reinsurance schemes taken out by insurance companies in this country, with firms overseas.
A photograph of a FESTA volunteer wearing a mask in the shape of a building. The volunteer has a stack of FESTA programmes to hand out to visitors.
Fairway to heaven', number 70 in Gap Filler's Gap Golf course. This is the last hole in Gap Golf. It was built out of green felt, polystyrene, wooden pallets and rubber piping.
A plan which describes the framework, principles and process for determining project prioritisation and the sequence in which those projects are carried out. The first version of this plan was produced on 23 September 2011.
A Gap Filler mini-golf site made out of recycled materials. This hole was situated on Manchester Street on an empty demolition site. Gap Filler volunteers and community groups designed and installed mini-golf holes on vacant sites around the central business district.
The corner of Manchester Street and Hereford Street. On the right is a sprinkler system used to spray rubble carried by trucks out of the CBD, in order to keep dust levels down.
A report which details the findings of a performance audit carried out by the Office of the Auditor-General to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of arrangements to repair Christchurch's horizontal infrastructure.
The connections between walls of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings and flexible timber diaphragms are critical building components that must perform adequately before desirable earthquake response of URM buildings may be achieved. Field observations made during the initial reconnaissance and the subsequent damage surveys of clay brick URM buildings following the 2010/2011 Canterbury, New Zealand earthquakes revealed numerous cases where anchor connections joining masonry walls or parapets with roof or floor diaphragms appeared to have failed prematurely. These observations were more frequent for adhesive anchor connections than for through-bolt connections (i.e. anchorages having plates on the exterior façade of the masonry walls). Subsequently, an in-field test program was undertaken in an attempt to evaluate the performance of adhesive anchor connections between unreinforced clay brick URM walls and roof or floor diaphragm. The study consisted of a total of almost 400 anchor tests conducted in eleven existing URM buildings located in Christchurch, Whanganui and Auckland. Specific objectives of the study included the identification of failure modes of adhesive anchors in existing URM walls and the influence of the following variables on anchor load-displacement response: adhesive type, strength of the masonry materials (brick and mortar), anchor embedment depth, anchor rod diameter, overburden level, anchor rod type, quality of installation and the use of metal mesh sleeve. In addition, the comparative performance of bent anchors (installed at an angle of minimum 22.5o to the perpendicular projection from the wall surface) and anchors positioned horizontally was investigated. Observations on the performance of wall-to-diaphragm connections in the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes, a snapshot of the performed experimental program and the test results and a preliminary proposed pull-out capacity of adhesive anchors are presented herein. http://www.confer.co.nz/nzsee/ VoR - Version of Record
Commentary from the cartoonist 'The Earthquake Commission's leak of 83,000 files is like a storyline from Alfred Hitchcock: : a loon attempts to shock a nation that has already been rendered braindead from previous shocks.Note: EQC is ued here as an 'echo' of the term ECT [electro convulsive therapy...ie shock treatment].' In March 2013, there was a massive leak of of some 83,000 EQC files relating to individual claims relating to the Christchurch earthquakes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A photograph of Tessa Peach (left) and Heather Hayward at Cathedral Junction with their creation, Picture House. Picture House is a mobile cinema for two people, created out of a billboard trailer for FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a child playing a musical instrument made out of PVC pipes, at Sound Garden. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians and launched as part of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of children playing musical instruments made out of PVC pipes, at Sound Garden. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians and launched as part of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of someone watching a film inside Picture House. Picture House was a mobile cinema for two people. It was created out of a billboard trailer by artist-designer team Heather Hayward and Tessa Peach, for FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Picture House at Cathedral Junction. Picture House was a mobile cinema for two people, created out of a billboard trailer by artist-designer team Heather Hayward and Tessa Peach of Makeshift, for FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Jemma Syme and Ed Lust watching a film inside Picture House. Picture House is a mobile cinema for two people. It was created out of a billboard trailer by Tessa Peach and Heather Hayward of Makeshift, for FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Heather Hayward (left) and Tessa Peach at Cathedral Junction with their creation Picture House. Picture House was a mobile cinema for two people, created out of a billboard trailer. It was part of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of people gathered around Picture House at Cathedral Junction. Picture House was a mobile cinema for two people. It was created out of a billboard trailer by artist-designer team Heather Hayward and Tessa Peach, for FESTA 2013.
A photograph of people gathered around Picture House at Cathedral Junction. Picture House was a mobile cinema for two people. It was created out of a billboard trailer by artist-designer team Heather Hayward and Tessa Peach, for FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a masked volunteer during the Canterbury Tales procession. The volunteer is holding FESTA 2013 programmes to give out to visitors. Canterbury Tales was created by Free Theatre Christchurch, and was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Heather Hayward parking Picture House outside Cathedral Junction. Picture House was a mobile cinema for two people. It was created out of a billboard trailer by artist-designer team Heather Hayward and Tessa Peach, for FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Tessa Peach (left) and Heather Hayward at Cathedral Junction with their creation, Picture House. Picture House was a mobile cinema for two people, created out of a billboard trailer. It was part of FESTA 2013.
Earthquakes are one of the few natural disasters Australia seldom experiences. We find out from curator Felicity Milburn how our neighbours have responded to an exhibition of earthquake related art direct from Christchurch. Tomorrow will be the same (but not as this is), on show in Mandurah in Western Australia.
Katy Gosset meets one of Christchurch's top tailors. Mark van Roosmalen may have lost his premises in the earthquake but he's busier than ever, turning out bespoke garments for the city's style-conscious. Katy finds that amidst the high-viz vests of Christchurch there's still plenty of room for a sharp suit.
A photograph of people laying out modular, wooden WikiHouse pieces in the CPSA building at CPIT, to be assembled during a demonstration and hands-on building workshop. The workshop, titled Go Ahead... Make Your Space, was part of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Tessa Peach setting up Picture House at Cathedral Junction. Picture House was a mobile cinema for two people, created by Tessa Peach and Heather Hayward of Makeshift. It was created out of a billboard trailer, for FESTA 2013.