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One Year and a Day
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A law which prevents charges being laid over the collapse of Christchurch's CTV buildin gin the 2011 earthquake could be repealled soon.
20170918_6084_7D2-41 Demolition still happening (260/365)
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Six ½ years after the earthquakes there are still a few demolitions taking place. This one is a block of council owned flats. Whether the whole complex is being demolished or not I don't know., but here the centre block of three is being demolished. The green grass is what was sections and houses demolished in 2012-2015 as it is too close to t...
20160703_144759_GT-S7275T-04 New sea wall at Redcliffs (185/366)
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20160703_144759_GT-S7275T-04 New sea wall at Redcliffs (185/366) I went for a drive in my second car mainly to charge the battery up and forgot to take my camera gear so only had my phone. This is the new rock wall to replace the severely damaged previous one (in the February 2011 earthquake). Work is still underway on the car parking and p...
20170509_6305_7D2-62 Remembrance (129/365)
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Today was the first time I have been to the earthquake memorial since it was completed and opened on 22nd February 2017, six years after the devastating quake that killed the 185 that are named on this wall. I knew two of the people on the list.
20170704_9090_7D2-24 Only two left (185/365)
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Only two of 20 houses left in the Rawhiti Earthquake Village. This from the sign on perimeter fence: "Since 2011, Rawhiti Domain has been used to provide temporary accommodation for those affected by the Canterbury earthquakes. Over 200 households have used the 20 houses while their own homes have been repaired or rebuilt. The demand for acco...
20161018_9063_7D2-70 Restricted Area (292/366)
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
In the suburban red zone on Avonside Drive.
Deborah Fitchett's Dreamwidth Blog 27/5/2011: In which a one-hour seminar …
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 27 May 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which a one-hour seminar takes up the entire work-day".The entry was downloaded on 16 April 2015.
Deborah Fitchett's Livejournal Blog 27/5/2011: In which a one-hour seminar…
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 27 May 2011, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which a one-hour seminar takes up the entire work-day".The entry was downloaded on 13 April 2015.
20171103_5582_1D3-38 Trees in the Red Zone (307/365)
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
In what used to be sections with houses and yards. Between late 2011 and 2014 the houses (well 95% of them) were removed due to land dropping in the 2011 earthquakes and the proximity of the Avon River, tidal in this area.
20130622_7842_1D3-24 Disabled in more ways than one (Day 173/365)
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
One of many disabled carparks outside what used to be one of the great sporting complexes in New Zealand. The Queen Elizabeth II Park complex in north-east Christchurch was built initially for the 1974 Commonwealth Games and was used for track and field and the adjoining pool complex had swimming and diving. It was built on an area that was used...
20130911_8095_EOS M-33 Another one ready to leave
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Another salvaged house from the Bexley (Pacific Park) red zone is on the truck and may start it's journey to a new location overnight.
Another large aftershock rattles Canterbury
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Canterbury has been hit by a large aftershock, a month to the day since a seven point one magnitude earthquake rocked the region.
Large aftershock shakes Canterbury
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Canterbury was hit last night by a large aftershock, a month to the day since a seven point one magnitude earthquake struck the region.
Demolition Day - Photograph 15
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A house in Richmond being demolished. The interior of one of the rooms. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
20130610_7556_EOS M-22 HireQuip toilet (Day 161/365)
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Sitting on the concrete in front of what was my model railway room - a single car garage at the rear of our house in Pacific Park. Reason it is here - one of the houses behind my old house is going to be trucked out. See previous photo.
20130704_7677_EOS M-22 Another one on the way out (Day 185/365)
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A suburban "red zone" house from Velsheda Street (#11), Pacific Park, is finally cut in half and loaded ready for transport out and a future life somewhere else in the South Island, whether it be close by or way down south in Gore or Clinton (where a few have gone already). The house has been stripped of it's bricks and jacked up for over four m...
Coffee: nemesis of tea, friend to chicory, moral downfall of sheep and lif…
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
It must be said that, here at Underground Overground Archaeology, we have something of a coffee problem. With a (very) few exceptions we’re an office of hardened coffee drinkers, ranging from one-cup-a-day habits to the occasional and somewhat obscene four-or-five-cups-a-day … Continue read...
Article - Dealing with Disaster
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
An article from Army News, October 2010 titled, "Dealing with Disaster: A day in the life of one of the army's youngest medics".
Demolition Day - Photograph 50
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A house in Richmond being demolished. A digger moves over the rubble. All but one corner has been demolished. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
Demolition Day - Photograph 47
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A house in Richmond being demolished. A digger moves over the rubble. All but one corner has been demolished. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
Demolition Day - Photograph 49
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A house in Richmond being demolished. A digger moves over the rubble. All but one corner has been demolished. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
20130325_1112_EOS M-25 Water water everywhere! (Day 84/365)
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While the whole of the North Island is under drought conditions and parts of the South Island likely to follow suit, I doubt it will happen in Christchurch. With hundreds of earthquake road, water and sewer repairs underway many are spilling hundreds of litres of water per minute, like this one outside my house. It has been running like this fo...
20160612_8434_1D3-40 Ticket Sales (164/366)
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The ticket office at Lancaster Park (AMI Stadium), not used since the February 2011 earthquake. Windows broken and door boarded up. We are still waiting to see what the outcome is for this stadium. Government want a new one closer to the CBD, so there is talk of this being demolished, while others want it repaired.
20131212_6234_1D3-24 Another New Brighton building comes down (Day 346/365)
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The old Esplanade Tavern is being demolished due to damage suffered in the earthquakes of 2011. Another one of New Brighton's iconic buildings to go.
Demolition Day - Photograph 46
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A house in Richmond being demolished. A worker hoses down the rubble to prevent dust. All but one corner has been demolished. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
Christchurch earthquake bride
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Christchurch earthquake was obviously a huge story this year, and for one couple it will always be particularly memorable. Christchurch lawyer Katherine Ewer and her husband David got married that day.
QuakeStory Photo 445
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "My one year old son’s cot, five minutes after he woke up unusually early from his day sleep.".
20131110_8305_EOS M-27 Empty and overgrown (Day 314/365)
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
A house, one of the few still remaining in the Dallington Red Zone (Avonside Drive, Dallington). The area is "red zoned" due to land damage from earthquakes (mainly the February 22nd 2011 6.4 magnitude quake).
Mrs General Mite – ‘one of the most interesting personalities that has eve…
Articles, Lost Christchurch
It was a warm fair day on the 16th December 1919, a light nor’easterly breeze was blowing through the city. Much the same weather was being experienced throughout the whole of the Dominion. T…
20130826_2587_1D3-28 Here we go again! (Day 238/365)
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Only it is worse this time! As from Wednesday I won't have car access to the property, nor the street, nor one of the neighbouring streets - for a month at least! A second attempt to do a sewer repair after the earthquakes - yes I know they were 3 to 2½ years ago!