Christchurch & Canterbury earthquake support

Other, National Library of New Zealand

Describes what you might feel and experience after going through the quake, and what you can do to help yourself and others.

Safe Rebuild

Other, National Library of New Zealand

A health and safety training and development project bringing together a large range of stakeholders involved in the reconstruction of Canterbury.

Supporters of Christchurch town hall hopeful it will be saved

Audio, Radio New Zealand

People who want the Christchurch Town Hall restored are optimistic the City Council will today commit to saving the earthquake damaged building.

EQC picks holes in case against it

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A lawyer for the Earthquake Commission has told the High Court there are major holes in the case brought by a Christchurch couple to have their home rebuilt.

its like now: Video Interview

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of an interview with Julia Holden about the ideas behind, and execution of, her 'its like now' exhibition. The video was created by Lizzy Guthrie.

Life in vacant spaces

Other, National Library of New Zealand

LVS acts as site brokers for a creative Christchurch, finding short and medium-term uses for the many vacant sites and buildings of Christchurch.

Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter

Other, National Library of New Zealand

The Charter is an agreement on health and safety between the leaders of a number of government organisations and companies leading the rebuild.

its like now: Animated Painting

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A copy of an 'animated painting', created from painted portraits of 50 people from the Christchurch arts community. The video was part of Julia Holden's exhibition 'its like now'.

Alison Parr - Remembering Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Oral historian Alison Parr has given voice to the people of Christchurch five years on from the devastating earthquake that shattered their city in her recently released 'Remembering Christchurch: Voices from Decades Past'.

Broken Glass

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

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The Big Picture Recovery - Panel Summary with Nicky Wagner, John Ombler, I…

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of a panel summary at the 2015 Seismics and the City forum, featuring Hon. Nicky Wagner, Associate Minister for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery; John Ombler, Acting CEO of CERA; Ian Townsend, CEO of CERA; Raf Manji, Finance Spokesperson at the Christchurch City Council; Peter Townsend, CEO of Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce; and Joanna Norris, Editor of The Press.

Changes ahead for Earthquake Recovery Authority

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The jury's still out on whether changes at the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority represent a winding back of the government's involvement in the rebuild of Christchurch or simply a shift in its focus.

Tie: Pink and Purple

Images, Canterbury Museum

One polyester, pink and purple patterned tie left as an earthquake tribute at the Canterbury Television site and collected on 21 October 2013.

Visualisation of the 2010 Christchurch Boxing Day aftershock

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

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Māori occupation at Raekura

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

People have lived in the Christchurch area for at least 700 years, and one of the earliest large settlements was at Redcliffs – Raekura – where a wide variety of naturally occurring foods could be obtained.  There were shellfish on … Continue reading →

Chch school says it's been blindsided by proposal to shut it down.

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A Christchurch school says it's been blindsided by a proposal to shut it down. Redcliffs School has been running out of a deaf education centre in Sumner since the earthquakes.

Delays rebuilding quake damaged homes four years on

Audio, Radio New Zealand

About 700 people packed Christchurch's Cardboard Cathedral last night to hear from a panel of experts on why, four years after the big earthquake, they're still waiting for their homes to be rebuilt.

Of all the gin joints.

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Picture this. A summer’s day: clear blue skies and the heat of the afternoon sunshine, just the hint of a breeze. You might be in a garden, sheltering from the sun in the shade of the tree or under a … Continue reading →

Christchurch public consider quake memorial options

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The husband of a woman who died in the CTV building during the February 2011 earthquake is encouraging the public to have their say on a memorial to honour the 185 people who lost their lives four years ago.

A matter of perspective

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Early photographs are the best. They encompass everything from the utterly absurd to the momentous to the mundane. They provide us with a window into the past that is rare and wonderful (especially from an archaeological perspective), putting faces to … Continue reading →

Businesses still operating in Christchurch's redzone

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Two and a half years after some of the most badly earthquake damaged parts of Christchurch started getting cleared of residential homes, half a dozen businesses are still trying to make a go in the areas.

Hundreds of Canterbury homeowners only now deemed overcap by EQC

Audio, Radio New Zealand

More than four years after earthquakes first damaged home in Christchurch, hundreds of Canterbury homeowners are finding out that they may have to wait another two years before their damaged homes are repaired.

A local Lyttelton landmark lives on

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

This week on the blog, we look at what we found beneath a local landmark in the community of Lyttelton: the newly refurbished Albion Square. The Albion Square, on the corner of London and Canterbury streets, is home of the … Continue reading →

The dilapidatedly grand villa

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

This week we are treating you to a photographic tale of the life of a Cantabrian abode. Come with us now on a journey through time and space, to the wonderful world of dilapidated Victorian villas… Despite its grandiose design, Mr. … Continue reading →

Bright lights, small city

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Beware the darkness, children, for there be monsters We love to characterise the dark as something to be feared, the territory of nightmares, of ghouls and ghosts and things that go bump. In our collective psyche it belongs to the … Continue reading →

Contested meanings of recovery: a critical exploration of the Canterbury e…

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

The Canterbury earthquakes of 2010-2012 have been generation shaping. People living and working in and around the city during this time have had their lives and social landscapes changed forever. The earthquake response, recovery and rebuild efforts have highlighted unheralded social strengths and vulnerabilities within individuals, organisations, communities and country writ large. It is imperative that the social sciences stand up to be counted amongst the myriad of academic research, commentary and analysis.

An architectural interlude

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

We’re taking a short break between perfume posts this week and veering off in another direction entirely to present you with a photographic essay on one of the historic buildings we’ve recorded recently (but never fear, we’ll be back on … Continue reading →

On the right track: tramways archaeology in Christchurch

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

How did people get around Christchurch in the 19th century? People certainly walked, or rode, perhaps on a horse, or in a wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse, such as a dray, gig, hackney, or hansom. And let’s not forget … Continue reading →

A crumbling mystery…

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Regarded as Christchurch’s oldest home, this two storey farm cottage was built in 1851-2 for Mr. Parkerson, a surgeon. It was built with 600 mm thick scoria stone blocks quarried from Lyttelton and roofed with Welsh slate. The layout of this cottage … Continue reading →

Let’s paint the town, shall we?

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

So much of the archaeology that we deal with on a daily basis, particularly from an artefacts perspective, is associated with the everyday domestic lives of Christchurch’s 19th century residents that it becomes quite easy to forget about the other … Continue reading →