A story submitted by Mike Ryan to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Peter Symms to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Rosie Belton to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Camille O'Donoghue to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Amanda Fuller to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Emma-Jane to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Adele Geradts to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Julie Miller to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Lindsay McKenzie to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Val Smith to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Hege to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Laura Campbell to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Elizabeth to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Robyna Smith to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Rebecca to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Katie to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Linda Grainger to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Kris to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Lynne Stewart to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Adam to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Allie to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Rachel to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Keryn to the QuakeStories website.
A pdf transcript of Belle's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 14 November 2011, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
The cartoon shows a monstrous machine with an enormous crushing ball attached to a giant crane. It moves past a signpost that points towards Christchurch. A man watches and tells his friend 'Gerry Brownlee borrowed it from Auckland! Context - Brownlee has caused a stir by suggesting that if he had his way some of Christchurch's older buildings would be "down tomorrow". He also said the price of saving some historic buildings badly damaged in the February 22 earthquake was too high. People had died in the quake because of attempts to save historic buildings badly damaged in the September 4 quake. Brownlee said he had no regrets despite the stir his comments caused - but he was annoyed by suggestions the Cathedral and Riccarton House were among buildings he thought should be bowled. He believed those buildings should be saved, and they would be. "I'm not a philistine; I was chairman of the trust that actually saved Riccarton House from the bulldozers in 1990. "I understand conservation architecture very well and I do have an appreciation of heritage buildings." Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
A digitally manipulated image of damaged Music Centre. The photographer comments, "The destruction caused by the demolition of the heritage buildings damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes looks similar to the scenes in London during the second world war. The building was the Catholic Cathedral College, Christchurch. It was an integrated Catholic co-educational secondary school. It was founded in 1987, but its origins go back more than a 100 years earlier. The college was an amalgamation of two schools: Sacred Heart College for girls, and Xavier College for boys".
As a result of the 4 September 2010 Darfield earthquake and the more damaging 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, considerable damage occurred to a significant number of buildings in Christchurch. The damage that occurred to the Christchurch Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (commonly known as the Christchurch Basilica) as a result of the Canterbury earthquakes is reported, and the observed failure modes are identified. A previous strengthening intervention is outlined and the estimated capacity of the building is discussed. This strengthening was completed in 2004, and addressed the worst aspects of the building's seismic vulnerability. Urgent work was undertaken post-earthquake to secure parts of the building in order to limit damage and prevent collapse of unstable parts of the building. The approach taken for this securing is outlined, and the performance of the building and the previously installed earthquake strengthening intervention is evaluated.A key consideration throughout the project was the interaction between the structural securing requirements that were driven by the requirement to limit damage and mitigate hazards, and the heritage considerations. Lessons learnt from the strengthening that was carried out, the securing work undertaken, and the approach taken in making the building "safe" are discussed. Some conclusions are drawn with respect to the effectiveness of strengthening similar building types, and the approach taken to secure the building under active seismic conditions. AM - Accepted Manuscript
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Octagon Live Restaurant, formerly Trinity Congregational Church, on the corner of Manchester and Worcester Street. This was further damaged in the 23 December 2011 earthquake when a big piece of the rose window fell out".