A photograph of the house at 396 Oxford Terrace.
Gap Filler Headquarters, the 10 square metre office building in Sydenham.
The almost-completed "Knit Happens" mural on the exposed brick wall of a building.
A photograph of a detail of damage to the Music Centre of Christchurch.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Pallet Pavillion, corner Kilmore and Durham Streets".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Mobil station reconstruction, corner Bealey Avenue and Barbadoes Street".
A photograph of the house at 7 Rees Street.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Gloucester Street and New Regent Street".
A photograph of a sign giving information about the repair of the Bridge Street Bridge.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Gloucester Street and New Regent Street".
A photograph of a sign giving information about the repair of the Bridge Street Bridge.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Gloucester Street and New Regent Street".
A photograph of the side of the McKenzie & Willis building, seen from Tuam Street.
A photograph of a military armoured vehicle parked on the site of a demolished building.
A child with a can of spray paint at the Words of Hope project.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Octagon Live Restaurant on the corner of Manchester and Worcester Streets.
Summary of oral history interview with Emma Butler about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Dom's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Janet Symons's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 4 July 2011, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 23 February 2012 entitled, "Helping Hands".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 15 June 2011 entitled, "Groundhog Day".
This research examines a surprising partner in emergency management - a local community time bank. Specifically, we explain the role of the Lyttelton Time Bank in promoting community resiliency following the Canterbury earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. A time bank is a grassroots exchange system in which members trade services non-reciprocally. This exchange model assumes that everyone has tradable skills and all labour is equal in value. One hour of any labour earns a member one time bank hour, which can be used to purchase another member’s services. Before the earthquakes struck, the Lyttelton Time Bank (TB) had organised over 10% of the town’s residents and 18 local organisations. It was documenting, developing, and mobilising skills to solve individual and collective problems. This report examines the Lyttelton Time Bank and its’ role before, during, and after the earthquakes based on the analysis of over three and a half years of fieldwork, observations, interviews, focus groups, trading activity, and secondary data.
Christchurch's community law centre is braced for an avalanche of cases as people confront legal issues associated with the Canterbury earthquake.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Community of the Sacred Name, cnr St Asaph and Barbadoes Streets
This paper presents a qualitative study with multiple refugee background communities living in Christchurch, New Zealand about their perspectives and responses to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010-2011 (32 semi-structured interviews and 11 focus group discussions comprising 112 participants). Whilst the Canterbury earthquakes created significant challenges for the entire region, several refugee background communities found multiple ways to effectively respond to such adversity. Central to this response were their experiences of belonging which were comprised of both ‘civic’ and ‘ethno’ conceptualisations. This discussion includes an analysis on the intersectionality of identity to highlight the gendered, contextual and chronological influences that impact people’s perspectives of and responses to a disaster. As the study was conducted over 18 months, the paper discusses how social capital resources and experiences of belonging can help inform urban disaster risk reduction (DRR) with refugee groups. http://3icudr.org/program
A photograph of a Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopter taking off from Hagley Park.
A photograph of Satchmo's Cafe, Milly May, and Snoclothes New Zealand, on London Street in Lyttelton.
A photograph of fallen ceiling tiles and pink batts in a teaching room at the University of Canterbury.
A photograph of the Anderson, Sanford and Allen Building on Durham Street, with a cordon fence in front.