Text reads 'Pet of the day... ' Below is a notice tacked to a wall which has an image of a cat wearing spectacles on it. Text reads 'LOST. Large moggy, last seen roaming in Christchurch. Answers to the name of "Gerry" or "Dinners ready". Has a loud purr, looks cuddly but can turn...' Context: This is a reference to Gerry Brownlee, the Minister for Earthquake Recovery. When National announced its offer based on the 2007 rating valuation to red-zone property owners on 23 June, Gerry Brownlee specifically told people who had made improvements between the time of the valuation and the September quake to 'keep their receipts'. The offer from CERA dated August 19 now says quite clearly that people can only seek an adjustment to the purchase price if the rating valuation is based on an incorrect floor area, or if 'you have received a code compliance certificate for consented building work undertaken after the rating valuation and that work increased the floor area of your house'. (Voxy - 23 August 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together in Christchurch's Hagley Park as a post-earthquake party. John Key signs an autograph (one of thousands) for Tiana Hansen, aged 11".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Post-quake barbeque at Shirley Intermediate on proceeds from North Island school donations. Josh Lawrence (11) is on the left with Tyla Leonard (11)".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Post-earthquake family fun for Quality Bakers staff at the Horticultural Centre in Hagley Park. Mr Whippy drew the crowd in, young and old".
A video about the reopening of Alice in Videoland, in the back of the former Post Office on the corner of Tuam and High Streets. The redesigned space has allowed Alice in Videoland to expand from a DVD rental store to include an art-house cinema as well.
A blog post from Moya Sherriff with an update on activity at the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre. This blog post was downloaded on 18 November 2014.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Post-quake barbeque at Shirley Intermediate on proceeds from North Island school donations. From left: Oliver Zabala (13) Luchion Piatkoff (13) and Michael Spooner (12)".
One of our final blog posts of 2016 took a look at the history of Christmas in New Zealand. In the same festive spirit, this week it seems appropriate to explore the tradition of Easter – from the time when … Continue reading →
A blog post from Moya Sherriff about her ninth month as Intern for the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre (CCCRC). In this post Sherriff writes about treatment of textile collections following a visit from Te Papa conservator Rachel Collinge. This blog post was downloaded on 18 November 2014.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi businesses and retail outlets are struggling post-earthquake leading into Christmas. The Rooster cafe operating out of a prefab building after their building was demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together in Christchurch's Hagley Park as a post-earthquake party. From left Alex Quinn (13), Jamie Keenan (14), Murdoch Pratt (13) and Harlem Brownlee (15)".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi businesses and retail outlets are struggling post-earthquake leading into Christmas. The Rooster cafe operating out of a prefab building after their building was demolished".
A bus tours a city street with destroyed schools either side. The guide points out destruction on the right from earthquakes and on the left from Hekia Parata. Wider context is the ongoing impact of the Christchurch February 2011 earthquake. The implication is that the earthquake caused physical damage to some schools and that the Minister for Education is responsible for destroying others with her announcement of school closures in Christchurch on 18 February 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Today on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Julia Hartley-Moore and Phill O'Reilly discuss the idea of restoring passenger rail in New Zealand. Plus, they discuss the shortage of homestays in New Zealand, and the favourite finds by archeologists post Christchurch earthquakes.
A blog post from Moya Sherriff about her tenth month as Intern for the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre (CCCRC). This blog post was downloaded on 18 November 2014.
A blog post from Moya Sherriff about her fourth month as Intern for the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre (CCCRC). This blog post was downloaded on 18 November 2014.
A blog post from Moya Sherriff about her third month as Intern for the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre (CCCRC). This blog post was downloaded on 18 November 2014.
A blog post from Moya Sherriff about her eleventh month as Intern for the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre (CCCRC). This blog post was downloaded on 18 November 2014.
A blog post from Moya Sherriff about her second month as Intern for the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre (CCCRC). This blog post was downloaded on 18 November 2014.
A blog post from Moya Sherriff about her first month as Intern for the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre (CCCRC). This blog post was downloaded on 18 November 2014.
A blog post from Moya Sherriff about her twelfth month as Intern for the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre (CCCRC). This blog post was downloaded on 18 November 2014.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together in Christchurch's Hagley Park as a post-earthquake party. Andrew Comrie and his daughter A.K, aged 11 months, getting into the swing of things".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Post-earthquake family for Quality Bakers staff at the Horticultural Centre in Hagley Park. City councillor Aaron Keown gets some ice cream from his daughter Lucy, aged 6".
A video of an interview with Andreas Duenser, research scientist at the Human Interface Technology Laboratory, about an earthquake simulator at the University of Canterbury. The simulator was developed to help treat people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. It allows people to relive their earthquake experiences in a safe environment to help them overcome their ordeals.
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "American Search and Rescue Team Gifts Large Cache of High-Tech Equipment to Kiwi Counterparts".
A blog post from Moya Sherriff about her eighth month as Intern for the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre (CCCRC). In this post Sherriff interviews staff of the Kaiapoi Museum about losing their museum building following the Canterbury earthquakes, and moving their collections into the Canterbury Cultural Collections Recovery Centre. This blog post was downloaded on 18 November 2014.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi businesses and retail outlets are struggling post-earthquake leading into Christmas. The Rooster cafe operating out of a prefab building after their building was demolished. Janeen Johnson bringing out coffee".
Canterbury novelist Joanna Orwin has a new, futurist story of a New Zealand changed by cataclysmic volcanoes and tsunami, Sacrifice. And we hear about some of the stories in a post-earthquake Christchurch anthology, Tales for Canterbury.
A house rocks in the night but the occupants are reassured that it is not 'another quake', only an aftershock, which although it causes the walls to crumble is nothing to worry about. Refers to the Canterbury earthquake of 4th September and the dozens of aftershocks that cause continuing tension and anxiety. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Warwick Isaacs is director of planning and transition for Civil Defence and as such has issued demolition orders for 128 buildings, 37 in the city. Gerry Brownlee has chosen the Government's 'demolition man' Warwick Isaacs to head the rebuild of central Christchurch. The buildings were damaged in the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).