A story submitted by Hamish to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Russell to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 14 August 2011 entitled, "Sometimes you just need to sew a bunch of squares together....".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 15 June 2011 entitled, "Groundhog Day".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 7 June 2011 entitled, "Finally this top is done....".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 19 May 2011 entitled, "My creative space... A WIP moves one step closer to finishing...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 1 May 2011 entitled, "Plans and Prettys...".
A story submitted by Lynette Evans to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 March 2011 entitled, "Two minute silence - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 19 March 2011 entitled, "Day 26, 8am - Termination of Trees & Proliferation of Permits".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 17 August 2011 entitled, "Local Lyrics".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 4 April 2011 entitled, "Day 42- inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 10 May 2011 entitled, "Stolen Sleep and Secret Stars".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 March 2011 entitled, "Day 18, 9am - inside the red zone".
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Pedro Evlampieff to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Sue Stopford to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 25 June 2011 entitled, "A tiny quilt for our wee girl...".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 24 July 2011 entitled, "Being brave, and books in a fridge".
A story submitted by Rosie Belton to the QuakeStories website.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Boulder impact, Lyttelton Port".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Boulder impact, Lyttelton Port".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Boulder impact, Lyttelton Port".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Boulder impact, Lyttelton Port".
The Government has created an agency to try to lure foreign students back to New Zealand after the Christchurch earthquake.
Disaster recovery is significantly affected by funding availability. The timeliness and quality of recovery activities are not only impacted by the extent of the funding but also the mechanisms with which funding is prioritised, allocated and delivered. This research addresses the impact of funding mechanisms on the effectiveness and efficiency of post-disaster demolition and debris management programmes. A qualitative assessment of the impacts on recovery of different funding sources and mechanisms was carried out, using the 2010 Canterbury Earthquake as well as other recent international events as case studies. The impacts assessed include: timeliness, completeness, environmental, economic and social impacts. Of the case studies investigated, the Canterbury Earthquake was the only disaster response to rely solely on a privatised approach to insurance for debris management. Due to the low level of resident displacement and low level of hazard in the waste, this was a satisfactory approach, though not ideal. This approach has led to greater organisational complexity and delays. For many other events, the potential community wide impacts caused by the prolonged presence of disaster debris means that publicly funded and centrally facilitated programmes appear to be the most common and effective method of managing disaster waste.
The impact of the Canterbury Earthquake on insurance and the EQC's finances.
A story submitted by Pat to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Olivia to the QuakeStories website.