Search

All Right? Newsletter: It's all right to talk about it

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A PDF copy of a newsletter sent by All Right? to their mailing list in November 2016.

2016: It’s the end of the year as we know it

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

The end of year is upon us again, and Underground Overground Archaeology is closing the boxes on our finds for the year. The year we finished up our Christmas party with a scavenger hunt around the central city using cryptic … Continue reading →

Making sense of it all

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

It is interesting to consider how we are influenced by an intangible map of our senses and emotions tied to our place in the world. We pay little attention to how we feel walking around a familiar neighbourhood, looking at … Continue reading →

It’s better when we stick together.

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

What would we do without glue? Well, it’s estimated that each person in U.S.A and the U.K. uses 18.2kgs of glue annually. I’m probably more of a Sellotape/Blu-Tack person myself, but those statistics sound impressive! The development of commercial synthetic … Continue reading →

EQC says it has enough money to respond

Audio, Radio New Zealand

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.

Tower confident in new company to protect it

Audio, Radio New Zealand

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.

Cantabrians pay it forward to Kaikoura quake zone

Articles, TV3

Following the February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, the support from around the country was overwhelming.

Opinion: Was it Hurricane Naz Arriving in Christchurch?

Articles, TV3

Naz and earthquakes -- they have so much in common.

All Right? Newsletter: Live Brighter Canterbury - it's August!

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A PDF copy of a newsletter sent by All Right? to their mailing list in August 2016.

Cathedral a 'monument to procrastination'

Articles, TV3

Bob Parker can't believe it's been nearly six years since the ChristChurch Cathedral was almost destroyed by an earthquake, and still it sits there.

Founders of Chch's post-quake market take it to Kaikoura

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The founders of a post-quake farmers market in Christchurch have taken the idea to Kaikoura, and has set up shop in the earthquake hit town.

Christchurch City Council labelled naive for rates inquiries

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch council has asked its residents to tell it if earthquake repairs haven't been done so it can accurately assess their property's value.

Government wage subsidy will help earthquake hit businesses

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A government package to help small businesses affected by Monday's earthquake will help according to one of the groups administering it , Enterprise North Canterbury, which has been through it before.

Tower Insurance slips to bigger H1 loss on quake, IT, cost

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Listed general insurance company Tower has reported a bigger first half loss on lingering Canterbury earthquake claims and a write down in its computer systrems.

Whisky, that philosophic wine, that liquid sunshine

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

It is a well-known truth, in this office at least, that archaeology and whisky go well together. Or, perhaps more accurately, that archaeologists and whisky go well together. With a few exceptions (you know who you are, gin drinkers), it is … Continue reading →

The fascist punishment: a foul taste used for foul purposes

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

It’s made from plant seeds named for their resemblance to a tick and has been known through history as the ‘golden nectar of nausea’ and the ‘fascist punishment’, among other things. When combined with chlorine, it forms a “a substance … Continue reading →

All Right? Newsletter: Live Brighter Canterbury - it's time to put down yo…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A PDF copy of a newsletter sent by All Right? to their mailing list in September 2016.

20160613_0044_7D2-100 Jetty Closed

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

The South New Brighton jetty has been closed for 3 or 4 years (fenced off) then the fence was removed and it was "open", but nothing has happened to it since the earthquakes, but it is closed again now, although it looks like a home made sign!

Spirits, skittles and a stolen goose: the life and times of the Caversham …

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

John Bent leaned over and grabbed the goose. There was a whole flock of them in the street—surely one wouldn’t be missed? It was 11pm, and he had been drinking heavily all night. In his muddled state it seemed like … Continue reading →

A century of good old country living (or the archaeology of an old farm ho…

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

In 1874 this modest two-storey farm house was built on the outskirts of Christchurch. It’s not the sort of house we normally see in Christchurch, in part because of its age, but also because it was built as a farm house, … Continue reading →

OVTRK Blog Post 2016:03:16 - Getting it Together - The Third Sector in Pos…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A pdf copy of a post from the One Voice Te Reo Kotahi blog. The post is titled, "Getting it Together - The Third Sector in Post-Recovery Christchurch".

OVTRK Blog Post 2016:04:15 - Report now available "Getting it together - T…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A pdf copy of a post from the One Voice Te Reo Kotahi blog. The post is titled, "Report now available 'Getting it together - Third Sector in Post Recovery Christchurch'".