The "Lyttelton Harbour Review" newsletter for 17 February 2013, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
The "Lyttelton Harbour Review" newsletter for 8 April 2013, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 23 April 2012, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 03 July 2014 entitled, "Daily Disruption".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 7 August 2013 entitled, "Fractured Fame".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 6 March 2011 entitled, "Day 13, 8am - inside the Christchurch cordon.".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 April 2013 entitled, "April Ecclesiastical Update".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 December 2012 entitled, "Cardboard Christmas".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 2 September 2011 entitled, "Museum Milestone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 25 November 2011 entitled, "Brand new Brick dust".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 November 2011 entitled, "Regular Road Revision".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 16 March 2011 entitled, "Day 23, 6pm - still inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 10 April 2014 entitled, "Choked with Change".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 24 June 2014 entitled, "Toppling Trees".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 08 March 2014 entitled, "Low-key Liberation".
A letter written by Roz Johnson to family members overseas.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 20 September 2010 entitled, "25 hours and 58 minutes".
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 21 November 2011, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
The Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, says the recovery process from Canterbury's earthquake is moving quickly, despite strong aftershocks yesterday setting back repair work.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 21 December 2011 entitled, "Summer Solstice".
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 18 July 2011, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 10 December 2012, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 29 July 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 14 October 2011
Transcript of Flora (Flo) McGregor's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Jane's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 15 January 2013 entitled, "Golf in the Gap".
The world experiences a number of disasters each year. Following a disaster, the affected area moves to a phase of recovery which involves multiple stakeholders. An important element of recovery is planning the rebuild of the affected environment guided by the legislative framework to which planning is bound to (March & Kornakova, 2017). Yet, there appears to be little research that has investigated the role of planners in a recovery setting and the implications of recovery legislative planning frameworks. This study was conducted to explore the role of the planner in the Canterbury earthquake recovery process in New Zealand and the impact of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 (CER Act) on planners’ roles and how they operated. The methodology comprised a combination of document analysis of legislation and related recovery material and 21 semi-structured interviews with key planners, politicians and professionals involved in the recovery. The results suggest that the majority of planners interviewed were affected by the CER Act in their role and how they operated, although institutional context, especially political constraints, was a key factor in determining the degree of impact. It is argued that planners played a key role in recovery and were generally equipped in terms of skills needed in a recovery setting. In order to better utilise planners in post-disaster recovery or disaster risk management, two suggestions are proposed. Firstly, better promote planners and their capabilities to improve awareness of what planners can do. Secondly, educate and build an understanding between central government politicians and planners over each others role to produce better planning outcomes.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 14 August 2014 entitled, "All Right?".
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 1 November 2013