Silkannthreades 11/02/2013: A Place of our Own in the Woods

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 11 February 2013 entitled, "A Place of our Own in the Woods".

Addition to Beneath the Layers: Wood salvaging

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A video of interpretive dances related to the building of a shed, featuring Matt Grant and Elizabeth Guthrey. This video was made as a follow-on to 'Beneath the Layers: Wood salvaging'.

Archaeological challenges in the Hundred Acre Wood

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Hello everyone! Belated happy new year and welcome back. We’ve decided to begin the year by talking about problems (just to start on a positive note). Well, sort of. We’re participating in an international round-up of blog posts this month … Continue reading →

Ironbark - the wood as hard as steel

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Ever wondered what happened to some of the damaged timber from the Lyttelton wharves after the Canterbury earthquakes? The tough ironbark they were made from was too good not to be rescued and Oxford's Steve Evans was just the man for the job, as Mark Leishman discovered.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 107

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to Wharetiki on Colombo Street. One of the walls has buckled and pulled away from the house. In the distance another house has a noticeable lean.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 108

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to Wharetiki on Colombo Street. One of the walls has buckled and pulled away from the house.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 109

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to Wharetiki on Colombo Street. One of the side walls has buckled and pulled away from the house.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2013 photograph 011

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Furniture made of recycled wood situated in an empty construction site. The furniture was part of the Gap Filler project.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 425

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the wood work.

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 314

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A photograph of a sign on a cordon fence announcing that the Trelise Cooper and Lynn Woods store is open.

Photograph of Wood's Mill grain silo, Wise Street (27)

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A photograph of three excavators clearing the rubble from the site of the demolished Wood's Mill grain silo on Wise Street.

Photograph of Wood's Mill grain silo, Wise Street (29)

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A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from the site of the demolished Wood's Mill grain silo of Wise Street.

Photograph of Wood's Mill grain silo, Wise Street (28)

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A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from the site of the demolished Wood's Mill grain silo of Wise Street.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 131

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A photograph of the Manchester Courts Building on Manchester Street. Broken glass and wood can be seen lying on the footpath.

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 117

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Workers on a site in the central city with shipping containers around them, as well as piles of wood and rubble.

Rebekah Rogers WEMO Photograph 028

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A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army tying planks of wood to the top of one of their trucks.

Sonja Farmer Photograph 52

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A photograph of two members of the New Zealand Army securing a bundle of wood onto the roof of a truck.

Basket: White painted

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A rectangular white painted woven basket with handles at either short end and two pieces of wood screwed to the bottom.

Conductors Baton: Sir Malcolm Sargent

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One white painted conductor's baton with wand made of balsa wood and handle from lime tree wood. Green holly leaf maker's mark on wand near handle indicates it was made by English baton maker Mr Hollyoak. Baton was used by Sir Malcolm Sargent and gifted to the Christchurch following the 22 February 2011 earthquake. This conductor's baton was ma...

Photograph of Wood's Mill grain silo, Wise Street (26)

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A photograph of a brick from the Wood's Mill grain silo on Wise Street. The letters GBC has been stamped into the frog.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 044

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Wood and pink insulation batts on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. This construction material has been stripped from the exterior of a house.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 417

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the wood and stone work.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 418

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the wood and stone work.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 430

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the wood and stone work.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 424

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the wood and stone work.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 422

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the wood and stone work.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 452

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the wood and stone work.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 15 (15)

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Sheets of wood waiting to be painted. These will be used to make the dance floor of Gap Filler's "Dance-O-Mat".

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 421

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Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the wood and stone work.

EQC Minister Megan Woods responds to damning report

Audio, Radio New Zealand

As the government eyes an EQC overhaul, Christchurch earthquake insurance specialist Dean Lester wants to see action, not hear more empty words. This after a report yesterday found EQC staff had no confidence in their own data, and the organisation needed to drastically improve its treatment of claimants. The minister in charge of the Earthquake Commission is calling for immediate changes to the organisation.