Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:12:09 11:49:19

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The author Diana Noonan and illustrator Gavin Bishop of the children's book Quaky Cat read to a year 3 class at Avondale Primary School. The two collaborated on the book which is about the Canterbury earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:12:09 12:03:33

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The author Diana Noonan and illustrator Gavin Bishop of the children's book Quaky Cat read to a year 3 class at Avondale Primary School. The two collaborated on the book which is about the Canterbury earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:12:09 12:03:37

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The author Diana Noonan and illustrator Gavin Bishop of the children's book Quaky Cat read to a year 3 class at Avondale Primary School. The two collaborated on the book which is about the Canterbury earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:12:09 11:52:06

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The author Diana Noonan and illustrator Gavin Bishop of the children's book Quaky Cat read to a year 3 class at Avondale Primary School. The two collaborated on the book which is about the Canterbury earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:12:09 11:52:58

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The author Diana Noonan and illustrator Gavin Bishop of the children's book Quaky Cat read to a year 3 class at Avondale Primary School. The two collaborated on the book which is about the Canterbury earthquake".

Manawatu Standard Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:10:12 (01)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A steady stream of customers queue for Christchurch Press' earthquake book".

Kapiti Observer Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:10:12 (01)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A steady stream of customers queue for Christchurch Press' earthquake book".

Photograph number UC 10-0661

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Library staff Catherine Werner and Nazira Yusoff working to reshelve books and help with new electronic book tags.

The Timaru Herald Image: John Bisset 2010:09:17 14:04:06

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Pupils at St Josephs school dressed up as a book character to help raise money for Christchurch earthquake victims".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:09:16 14:41:40

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jennifer Savage and Andrew Dutton were booked to be married in the St Johns Church in Latimer Square that was damaged in the earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:09:16 14:51:02

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jennifer Savage and Andrew Dutton, who were booked to be married in the St Johns Church in Latimer Square that was damaged in the earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:09:16 14:41:40

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jennifer Savage and Andrew Dutton were booked to be married in the St Johns Church in Latimer Square that was damaged in the earthquake. Rebecca Todd story".

The Timaru Herald Image: John Bisset 2010:09:17 14:08:32

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Pupils at St Josephs school dressed up as a book character to help raise money for Christchurch earthquake victims. Pictured from left are Luca Davis and Ben Cockcroft".

The Timaru Herald Image: John Bisset 2010:09:17 14:06:48

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Pupils at St Josephs school dressed up as a book character to help raise money for Christchurch earthquake victims. Pictured from left are Amelia Noone, Sam Regenvanu and Bridget Johnson".

The Timaru Herald Image: John Bisset 2010:09:17 14:04:08

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Pupils at St Josephs school dressed up as a book character to help raise money for Christchurch earthquake victims. Pictured from the front-left: Ben Cockcroft, Sophie Hogg, Jack Wallace and Luca Davis".

The Timaru Herald Image: John Bisset 2010:09:17 14:08:07

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Pupils at St Josephs school dressed up as a book character to help raise money for Christchurch earthquake victims. Pictured from left are Alex Noone, Rosa Heenon, Mia Harding-Richard and Connor Dellabarca".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:09:21 13:40:43

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "George Ridgen (8) and his second cousin Amelia Ridgen (6), pupils at Greendale School, with a book 'The Octopus Tree', copies of which were donated by Boulcott School in Wellington after the earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:09:21 13:44:15

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "George Ridgen (8) and his second cousin Amelia Ridgen (6), pupils at Greendale School, with a book 'The Octopus Tree', copies of which were donated by Boulcott School in Wellington after the earthquake".

Christchurch Mail Image: Anna Price 2010:10:12 02:41:48

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "New Brighton Community Preschool manager Paula Robinson checks out a box of toys and a special hand-made book for 'the children who know what it's like to be in a big earthquake'. It was sent from youngsters at Wintec early education centre in Waikato".

Best of the Week - 17 September 2010

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 17 September. This week........criticism of some media over coverage of the Canterbury earthquake, the French five hour working week exposed, Sir Keith Park's legacy 70 years after the Battle of Britain, Cold - a new book explores this temperature good and bad and fond memories shared of the Monde Marie coffee shop in Wellington.

Probabilistic seismic performance and loss assessment of a bridge–foundati…

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

This paper presents the probabilistic seismic performance and loss assessment of an actual bridge– foundation–soil system, the Fitzgerald Avenue twin bridges in Christchurch, New Zealand. A two-dimensional finite element model of the longitudinal direction of the system is modelled using advanced soil and structural constitutive models. Ground motions at multiple levels of intensity are selected based on the seismic hazard deaggregation at the site. Based on rigorous examination of several deterministic analyses, engineering demand parameters (EDP’s), which capture the global and local demand, and consequent damage to the bridge and foundation are determined. A probabilistic seismic loss assessment of the structure considering both direct repair and loss of functionality consequences was performed to holistically assess the seismi risk of the system. It was found that the non-horizontal stratification of the soils, liquefaction, and soil–structure interaction had pronounced effects on the seismic demand distribution of the bridge components, of which the north abutment piles and central pier were critical in the systems seismic performance. The consequences due to loss of functionality of the bridge during repair were significantly larger than the direct repair costs, with over a 2% in 50 year probability of the total loss exceeding twice the book-value of the structure.