Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:09 13:08:11

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault line ripped across a road which has been repaired".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:09 13:52:39

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault runs between the house and garage of this property".

Photograph by Neil Macbeth 551

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A view down Armagh Street from the corner of Durham and Armagh Streets, showing rubble from the historic Canterbury Provincial Council buildings that have collapsed onto the street.

What we find from the Antipodes

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

‘If you dig a hole through the centre of the Earth, you would arrive in New Zealand’. As Spanish children, we learnt that at school. Spain is the Antipodes of New Zealand. Both countries are at the same time joined … Continue reading →

The archaeology of natural disasters

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

When people first settled in Aotearoa, they had no idea that they were sitting upon a slice of one of two supercontinents; Gondwanaland. Around eighty-three million years ago this slice we now live on, known to us as Zealandia, broke … Continue reading →

Anglican Advocacy: Proudly Pokie Free - list of pokie free bars

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A PDF copy of a list of bars that confirmed themselves 'Proudly Pokie Free' in response to the campaign.

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An empty house on Avonside Drive. The overgrown lawn indicates that the house has been unoccupied for some time as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.

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Cross cracking on the Manchester Courts Building between the windows. This means that there was no vertical reinforcement in the building and it will have to come down.

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A bicycle chained to a safety fence advertising Around Again Cycles. On the pavement behind it a small cluster of bricks can be seen that have fallen from the building behind the fence.

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A bicycle chained to a safety fence advertising Around Again Cycles. On the pavement behind it a small cluster of bricks can be seen that have fallen from the building behind the fence.

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:22 01:04:01

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Acland Ave and other nearby residents upset about houses that are green stickered being unliveable. They cannot access any relief funds".

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A view from Cambridge Terrace towards Cathedral Square. A security cordon has been placed along the road to restrict access. Yellow flowers and a sign that reads, 'Danger keep out', have been placed on the security fencing.

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The Methodist Church of Durham Street with wire fencing around the building. A red sticker on the front door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

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Shipping containers on Main Road in Redcliffs that have been placed there to prevent rocks falling on passing cars. The road is buckled and lanes are marked with road cones.

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An empty house on Avonside Drive. The overgrown lawn indicates that the house has been unoccupied for some time as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.

Man was killed by a falling concrete wall

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Royal Commission investigating the Canterbury earthquakes has heard that the premises where a man was killed by a falling concrete wall was not inspected by structural engineers between the September and February quakes.

Fletchers assures taxpayers over Christchurch rebuild

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The company that has the main contract for repairing houses in Christchurch, Fletcher Earthquake Recovery, is assuring taxpayers it's doing everything it can to avoid any fraudulent behaviour.

Breakdown in communication - unsafe building collapsed in quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission has heard that a breakdown in communication between structural engineers, a property manager and owner led the tenants of a building to wrongly assume their shop was safe.

Best of the Week - 25 February 2011

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 25th February . This week.......we have coverage of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Christchurch on Tuesday 22 Febraury.

PM announces a national memorial service for Chch quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

More now from today's post cabinet news conference where the Prime Minister announced that a national memorial service to mark the Christchurch earthquake will be held in the city on Friday March the 18th.

Jobs lost as Chch yarn plant closes

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Almost 200 workers in Christchurch have lost their jobs with the closure of the Canterbury Spinners Plant - which the owners say was so badly damaged in last month's earthquake that it is beyond repair.

Earthquakes cause profit losses at Air New Zealand

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Air New Zealand is warning that it may need to cut some domestic and international routes as it tries to recoup some of its expected losses from the Christchurch and Japanese earthquakes.

Report paints bleak picture for impact of earthquake on capital

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A new report by the Greater Wellington Regional Council paints a grim picture if the capital was struck by a 7 point 1 earthquake, similar to that which hit Canterbury in September.

Jobs to go at Sockburn meat works

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Workers at the Sockburn meat works in Christchurch say the announcement that the plant will close at the end of the season is a double blow after a year of coping with the aftermath of earthquakes.

Earthquake minister says red zone residents need security

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A hundred beneficiaries in Canterbury are to be taken off the dole, and employed to help patrol the streets in a bid to reassure people living in red zoned suburbs that are all but deserted.

Best of the Week for 10 September 2010

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 10 September. This week........we have a review of our coverage of the earthquake that rocked Christchurch on Saturday morning.

The Reserve Bank keeps OCR on hold

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury earthquake could force up the cost of building in the region by five percent but the Reserve Bank says it'll ignore that kind of inflation unless it affects the whole country.

Council moves to fast track demolition of quake hit buildings

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Christchurch City Council has voted to fast track the demolition of two heritage buildings that it says were severely damaged in September's earthquake and pose an immediate danger to people's safety.

House of the Year finalists announced

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The building industry is celebrating the best in home construction with the House of the Year awards tomorrow night. Registered Master Builders chief executive David Kelly says the finalists include designs that have taken lessons from the Christchurch earthquakes.

Hall’s Oriental Turkish Bath

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

It’s very easy to think of 19th century New Zealand as being a place isolated from the rest of the world. Yet as we research and investigate colonial Christchurch, we are constantly being reminded of the connections that existed between … Continue reading →