An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 20 March 2014 entitled, "Progressive Pinup".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 03 April 2014 entitled, "Flag Facade".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 16 July 2014 entitled, "Mysterious Markings".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 16 March 2014 entitled, "Nouveau Art".
And when the devastating 6.3 magnitude quake hit Christchurch, people turned to Radio New Zealand for news.
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 19 January 2014 entitled, "Life is full of surprises".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 8 July 2014 entitled, "The land that claims us".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 10 February 2014 entitled, "Garnished Gambling".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 13 February 2014 entitled, "Looming in Latimer".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 14 January 2014 entitled, "Women on Wall".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 05 March 2014 entitled, "Relentless Rain".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 09 January 2014 entitled, "Blue on Blue".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 21 January 2014 entitled, "Silly Sign".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 24 July 2014 entitled, "Tall Trees".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 13 June 2014 entitled, "Stencilling Students".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 11 January 2014 entitled, "YhelloW Christchurch".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 19 January 2014 entitled, "New Brighton".
Mr Wayne Tobeck, Director of Southrim Group (SRG), sponsored this 2013 MEM Project titled; A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study for the Integration of GSHP Technology in the Christchurch Rebuild. Following the recent Christchurch earthquakes, a significant amount of land has become too unstable to support traditional building foundations. This creates an opportunity to implement new and unique foundation designs previously unconsidered due to high costs compared to traditional methods. One such design proposes that an Injection Micro-Piling technique could be used. This can also be coupled with HVAC technology to create a Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) arrangement in both new buildings and as retrofits for building requiring foundation repair. The purpose of this study was to complete a feasibility study on the merits of SRG pursuing this proposed product. A significant market for such a product was found to exist, while the product was also found to be technically and legally feasible. However, the proposed product was found to not be economically feasible with respect to Air Source Heat Pumps due to the significantly higher capital and installation costs required. Further analysis suggests GSHPs may become more economically attractive in operating temperatures lower than -9oC, though the existence of markets with this climate in NZ has not been studied. It is therefore suggested that SRG do not proceed with plans to develop a GSHP coupled foundation solution for the Christchurch rebuild.
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 25 February 2014 entitled, "It's all turned to custard..... remix".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 8 February 2014 entitled, "Joy and Woe are woven fine".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 21 April 2014 entitled, "Seeing the New and the Old".
Three years on from the February 22nd Christchurch earthquake hundreds of businesses are still waiting for their insurance claims to be settled.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 11 January 2014 entitled, "Sumner Sirens".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 01 March 2014 entitled, "Mansion Moving".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 22 February 2014 entitled, "Sacred Space".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 17 January 2014 entitled, "Brighton Beach".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 01 January 2014 entitled, "The Mighty Morris".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 19 February 2014 entitled, "Spires Sculpture".
A Christchurch resthome under stress after the earthquakes is being blamed for systemic failures that ended in a frail elderly woman dying.
Christchurch builders are worried asbestos repairs in the earthquake rebuild will continue to cause problems for years to come.