A story submitted by Adele Geradts to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 May 2012 entitled, "Partitioned Pump".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 4 June 2012 entitled, "Bright Butterflies".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 16 November 2012 entitled, "Roads Released".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 December 2012 entitled, "Cardboard Cathedral".
A single red rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and no stem.
A single red rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and no stem.
A single red rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and no stem.
A single red rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and no stem.
A single red rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and no stem.
A single red rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and no stem.
A single red rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and no stem.
A single red rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and no stem.
A single white rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and no stem.
A single white rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and stem.
A single white rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and no stem.
A single white rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and stem.
A single white rose head made from fabric, with a plastic base and partial stem.
The cartoon shows a man, a woman and a dog all yelling with fright. Refers to the series of severe aftershocks that again rocked Christchurch on January 2nd. The largest was a magnitude-5.5 shake shortly before 6am. All were centred at sea off New Brighton. Mayor Bob Parker said that fear that larger quakes could be triggered had been raised by residents, but the tsunami threat was "highly unlikely". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Ironside House is being repiled after its foundations were damaged in the earthquakes. Corner Montreal and Salisbury Streets".
A photograph of a sign in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum. The sign displays information about the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph showing Geoff Devoll and Anna Kouwenhoven in their 'red zoned' home, soon to be demolished following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
New research shows the Canterbury earthquakes generated eight million tonnes of waste - forty times what would normally come from local households in a year.
It was just a little under an hour and a half ago, two years today, that a seven-point-one magnitude earthquake shook Canterbury.
West Auckland residents begin the cleanup after yesterday's tornado. The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission calls for the seismic grading of all non-residential buildings.
The CTV inquest has been told the most senior fire fighter on duty on the day of the Christchurch earthquake was missing in action.
Witnesses before the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission have been questioned over whether preservation of heritage buildings was given more consideration than preserving human lives.
To Christchurch now, where the people most affected by the region's earthquakes are getting a chance to tell their stories to a wider audience.
A woman who was in Christchurch's CTV building when it collapsed during the February's earthquake says it felt like being in a falling lift.
Canterbury retail spending surges following earthquake disruptions. Traders face potential prison terms in Britain's rate-rigging scandal and the sharemarket falls half a percent.