A lawyer for the Earthquake Commission has told the High Court there are major holes in the case brought by a Christchurch couple to have their home rebuilt.
It's more than eight years since the earthquakes saw Christchurch crumble. Forty billion dollars has been poured into rebuilding - but what's missing now, is people.
Earthquake engineers working on the rebuild of Christchurch have been told they are in the most painful part, two years on.
- Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown’s School Days, 1857 It’s hard to picture what many of Christchurch’s buildings looked like before the earthquake. For many locals the torn down remains of a building or an empty lot remind them of a … Continue reading →
With the dawn of a new year (yes, we know it’s already April May June July, no we are not accepting constructive criticism at this time) the Under Over team has hit the ground running. The dream of a leisurely … Continue reading →
First Aid?
Cathedral Square hosted one of New Zealand’s most significant historic events after the armistice was signed by the Western Allies and the Central Powers on 11th November 1918 in Paris, Franc…
A PDF copy of the posters for the All Right? Campaign Launch. The posters feature research conducted by All Right? and an example of some of the proposed All Right? content and ideas.
The room shakes and shudders, ornaments fall off the mantelpeice, pictures fly off the walls and the family is jolted from chairs. It's granny upstairs doing her get-slim exercises'. 'It's not the force 6 that they are expecting'. Context: Reference to the Christchurch earthquakes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Chief executive of the Christchurch City Council, Tony Marryatt, has announced he has turned down a controversial $68,000 pay rise. The pay rise is particularly controversial in the face of widespread hardship in Christchurch because of the earthquakes that began in September 2010 and continue still. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Detail of street art, reading 'Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a dream, realise it. Life is a game, play it. Life is love, share it'.
Caption reads: "Yeah yeah, I know, but you’ve got to look. It’s incredible what’s happened to these places. It’s not something you see everyday and once it’s gone, it’s gone forever."
A PDF copy of the designs for three windblade flags. The images read, "It's all right to talk about it," "When did you last discover something new?" and "When did you last get your sweat on?".
A photograph of an All Right? stencil being cleaned, next to a bus stop on Ferry Road. There is an All Right? advertisement in the Adshel bus stop, which reads, "Tried something a little different lately?".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 26 November 2011 entitled, "It's been a long twelve months.... or keeping it real parenting teenagers".
A few weeks ago, there was an interesting interview on Radio New Zealand with historian Jock Phillips, on the history of tobacco use in New Zealand. In the interview, Jock talked about the ways in which people consumed tobacco in … Continue reading →
Our last guest is one half of the duo known in Christchurch as the Brilliant Bagshaws Dr Sue Bagshaw has worked in the youth health sector for 30 years. She's set up and been involved in so many organisations benefitting young people it would make your head spin. She chairs the Korowai Youth Well-Being Trust running the Youth One Stop Shop 298 Youth Health, where she runs teaching clinics and is in the process of setting up the Christchurch Youth Hub - Te Hurihanga o Rangatahi, a collaboration of health and social services and transitional housing for youth. Dr Bagshaw established the 198 youth one stop shop in 1995 and helped run it for 15 years. She's advised a network of similar organisations around the country, now known as the Network of Youth One Stop Shops. Following the Christchurch earthquakes, she brought together 16 youth organisations to form the first youth hub in Barbadoes Street in 2012. Colin: Dr Bagshaw is now Dame Susan Bagshaw. I asked her if she thinks she'll ever get used to being called Dame Susan
The EQC says it has enough staff and money in the kitty to respond to the latest earthquakes, despite still having work to do in Christchurch - five years after on.
Shop front of Nuttalls second hand store and pawn brokers, photograph taken in 2003.
The insurance company, Tower, is confident that putting its costly and complex outstanding Canterbury earthquake claims into a separate company will allow the rest of the group to flourish.
The first passenger train from Piction to Christchurch since the devastating Kaikōura earthquake has arrived in the Garden City - Kathy Templeman was on board and says it was an emotional experience.
A weather map of New Zealand is shown beset with dreadful weather conditions that include cyclones and lightning strikes; there is also earthquake activity around the Canterbury region. Text reads 'Was it something we said?...' Refers to the Canterbury earthquake of 4th September 2010 and the spring storms with wind, rain and snow in recent weeks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 11 August 2012 entitled, "It lives!".
A digitally manipulated image of a damaged building. The photographer comments, "Part of Christchurch City is out of bounds for the public and is called the red zone".
A PDF copy of a newsletter sent by All Right? to their mailing list in August 2016.
A PDF copy of a print image from phase 1 of the All Right? campaign. The image reads, "It's all right to feel proud of how we've coped". The image appeared in North Canterbury News and Selwyn Times in 19 March 2013.
A PDF copy of a print image from phase 1 of the All Right? campaign. The image reads, "It's all right if you're feeling pretty stoked". The image appeared in North Canterbury News and Selwyn Times on 5 March 2013.
A PDF copy of a print image from phase 1 of the All Right? campaign. The image reads, "It's all right to feel a little blue now and then". The image appeared in North Canterbury News and Selwyn Times on 26 February 2013.
A PDF copy of a print image from phase 1 of the All Right? campaign. The image reads, "It's all right if you're a tad on edge this morning". The image appeared in North Canterbury News and Selwyn Times on 12 March 2013.
Refers to the government's earthquake response legislation and the Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill. 26 experts in constitutional law from all six of the country's law faculties have penned a letter condemning the Government's earthquake response legislation. No sooner was their work in the public eye than the similarly flawed Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill was reported back from a select committee, with a recommendation that it pass. It also goes far beyond what is required to get things done. In bypassing the normal consent process, the bill says the authority does not have to hold hearings on applications and that its decisions can be challenged in the High Court only on points of law. Effectively, the legislation asks New Zealanders to accept that the Rugby World Cup Minister knows best. It is he who knows how the event must be run. Precisely the same attitude pervades the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act. This hands individual Government ministers the power to change almost every law, thereby handing Parliament's normal law-making role to the Executive. Their decisions cannot be challenged in any court'. (NZ Herald editorial - 1 October 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).