A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 15 February 2013
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 2 May 2014
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 9 May 2014
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 18 April 2014
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 4 October 2013
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 6 August 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 15 July 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 6 July 2012
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 4 May 2012
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 16 December 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 2 November 2012
A photograph of the Canterbury Cultural Recovery Centre's main floor.
A photograph of the Canterbury Cultural Recovery Centre's main floor.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 16 October 2012 entitled, "This is why God created dads....".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 30 September 2011 entitled, "Hurray! Good news...".
A video of a presentation by Matthew Pratt during the Resilience and Response Stream of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "Investing in Connectedness: Building social capital to save lives and aid recovery".The abstract for this presentation reads as follows: Traditionally experts have developed plans to prepare communities for disasters. This presentation discusses the importance of relationship-building and social capital in building resilient communities that are both 'prepared' to respond to disaster events, and 'enabled' to lead their own recovery. As a member of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's Community Resilience Team, I will present the work I undertook to catalyse community recovery. I will draw from case studies of initiatives that have built community connectedness, community capacity, and provided new opportunities for social cohesion and neighbourhood planning. I will compare three case studies that highlight how social capital can aid recovery. Investment in relationships is crucial to aid preparedness and recovery.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 10 September 2010 entitled, "Another step towards normality".
A pdf copy of the One Voice Te Reo Kotahi organising group's submission on the Greater Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Plan: Transition to Regeneration.
Summary of oral history interview with Michelle Whitaker about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 20 December 2013
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 7 March 2014
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 31 January 2014
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 20 September 2012 entitled, "A few snapshots of the residential red-zone....".
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 14 September 2012
A photograph of the Canterbury Cultural Recovery Centre's main floor.
A photograph of furniture stored at the Canterbury Cultural Recovery Centre.
A photograph of furniture stored at the Canterbury Cultural Recovery Centre.
A panoramic photograph of the Canterbury Cultural Recovery Centre's main floor.
A video of a presentation by Jane Murray and Stephen Timms during the Social Recovery Stream of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "Land Use Recovery Plan: How an impact assessment process engaged communities in recovery planning".The abstract for this presentation reads as follows: In response to the Canterbury earthquakes, the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery directed Environment Canterbury (Canterbury's regional council) to prepare a Land Use Recovery Plan that would provide a spatial planning framework for Greater Christchurch and aid recovery from the Canterbury earthquakes. The Land Use Recovery Plan sets a policy and planning framework necessary to rebuild existing communities and develop new communities. As part of preparing the plan, an integrated assessment was undertaken to address wellbeing and sustainability concerns. This ensured that social impacts of the plan were likely to achieve better outcomes for communities. The process enabled a wide range of community and sector stakeholders to provide input at the very early stages of drafting the document. The integrated assessment considered the treatment of major land use issues in the plan, e.g. overall distribution of activities across the city, integrated transport routes, housing typography, social housing, employment and urban design, all of which have a key impact on health and wellbeing. Representatives from the Canterbury Health in All Policies Partnership were involved in designing a three-part assessment process that would provide a framework for the Land Use Recovery Plan writers to assess and improve the plan in terms of wellbeing and sustainability concerns. The detail of these assessment stages, and the influence that they had on the draft plan, will be outlined in the presentation. In summary, the three stages involved: developing key wellbeing and sustainability concerns that could form a set of criteria, analysing the preliminary draft of the Land Use Recovery Plan against the criteria in a broad sector workshop, and analysing the content and recommendations of the Draft Plan. This demonstrates the importance of integrated assessment influencing the Land Use Recovery Plan that in turn influences other key planning documents such as the District Plan. This process enabled a very complex document with wide-ranging implications to be broken down, enabling many groups, individuals and organisations to have their say in the recovery process. There is also a range of important lessons for recovery that can be applied to other projects and actions in a disaster recovery situation.
A photograph of the Canterbury Cultural Recovery Centre's main floor, taken in June 2014.