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Action for Christchurch East.

Other, National Library of New Zealand

Blog of Action for Christchurch East, a group campaigning for the rights of residents in the Eastern suburbs of Christchurch. Includes discussion of political and social issues, delays to insurance payments and repairs, and protest actions in response.

Re:Start.

Other, National Library of New Zealand

Decribes the new Re:Start village project in the Cashel Mall, which housing business previously located in Christchurch’s central city. Includes a directory of retailers, events, photographs, information about parking and access, and Christchurch central city news.

Ministry of Social Development

Other, National Library of New Zealand

MSD provides strategic social policy advice to the New Zealand Government and provides social services to more than one million New Zealanders. Information about the Ministry and its key initiatives, including downloadable factsheets and resources.

The influence of near-fault motions on liquefaction triggering during the …

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

The objective of this study is to examine the influence of near-fault motions on liquefaction triggering in Christchurch and neighboring towns during the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence (CES). The CES began with the 4 September 2010, Mw7.1 Darfield earthquake and included up to ten events that triggered liquefaction. However, most notably, widespread liquefaction was induced by the Darfield earthquake and the Mw6.2, 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Of particular relevance to this study is the forward directivity effects that were prevalent in the motions recorded during the Darfield earthquake, and to a much lesser extent, during the Christchurch earthquake. A 2D variant of the Richart-Newmark fatigue theory was used to compute the equivalent number of cycles (neq) for the ground motions, where volumetric strain was used as the damage metric. This study is unique because it considers the contribution and phasing of both the fault-normal and fault-parallel components of motion on neq and the magnitude scaling factor (MSF). It was found that when the fault-normal and fault-parallel motions were treated individually, the former yielded a lower neq than the latter. Additionally, when the combined effects of fault-normal and fault-parallel components were considered, it was found that the MSF were higher than those commonly used. This implies that motions containing near-fault effects are less demanding on the soil than motions that do not. This may be one of several factors that resulted in less severe liquefaction occurring during the Darfield earthquake than the Christchurch earthquake.

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:09 16:26:05

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Canterbury University. Steven Joyce Tertiary Education Minister's visit to Central Library. Earthquake damage to books, shelves and ceiling".

"Now that's earthquake strengthening!" 19 October 2010

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

The cartoon shows a large church and two other buildings swaying around on spiral earthquake strengthening seismic restraints. As they sway they ring 'doing, doing!' Refers to the intention to strengthen buildings after the Christchurch earthquake of 4th September and its numerous after shocks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

'Woke me up': Shallow Canterbury earthquake felt by hundreds

Articles, TV3

It struck early on Tuesday.

Photograph number UC 10-0498-031

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Teddy bear wearing a New Zealand sweatshirt at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.

Photograph number UC 10-0498-032

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Teddy bear wearing a New Zealand sweatshirt at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.

Photograph number UC 10-0490-23

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt in a driveway after the earthquake.

Economic activity in Canterbury reaches a post-quake peak

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Economic activity in Canterbury reached its fastest pace in July since the 2010/2011 earthquakes.

Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :For sale - open plan living - seismologist's drea…

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

The cartoon shows a house for sale in Christchurch after the earthquakes; there is a jagged rip through the house and the road outside that looks like a seismic graph after a lot of activity. The 'For Sale' sign says 'Open Plan living, open home, Seismologist's dream!'. Context - A house wrecked by the Christchurch earthquakes of September 4th 2010, February 22 2011 and June 13 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Reports swirl of new head of Earthquake Recovery Authority

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A senior Wellington public servant is reported to be the new head of the authority that will oversee the Canterbury earthquake recovery effort.

Earthquake muddies picture on future OCR rises

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury earthquake and a stuttering national economy mean the Reserve Bank is likely to leave the Official Cash Rate unchanged this morning.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 315

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of a sign in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum. The sign displays the first Christchurch earthquake tweet on twitter, "Quake!!!!!!".

SPCA Canterbury Photograph 03

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of members from SPCA Canterbury meeting with Massey University's Veterinary Emergency Response Team (VERT). VERT travelled to Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake in order to assist with caring for animals.

SPCA Canterbury Photograph 04

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of members from Massey University's Veterinary Emergency Response Team (VERT) ready to depart. VERT travelled to Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake in order to assist with the caring of animals.