Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:33:48)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of street art on the side of the Couplands Bakery on Hawke Street in New Brighton. The artwork depicts a young man playing in the water.
A photograph of street art on the side of the Couplands Bakery on Hawke Street in New Brighton. The artwork depicts a young man playing in the water.
A photograph of street art on the side of the Couplands Bakery on Hawke Street in New Brighton. The artwork includes the tag "Aroha" and a painting of a man and a young child playing in the water.
A photograph of street art on the side of the Couplands Bakery on Hawke Street in New Brighton. The artwork depicts a man and a young child playing in the water, with the message, "We'll all meet up on Equality Street".
This article argues that teachers deserve more recognition for their roles as first responders in the immediate aftermath of a disaster and for the significant role they play in supporting students and their families through post-disaster recovery. The data are drawn from a larger study, 'Christchurch Schools Tell Their Earthquake Stories' funded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation and the University of Auckland, in which schools were invited to record their earthquake stories for themselves and for historical archives. Data were gathered from five primary schools between 2012 and 2014. Methods concerned mainly semi-structured individual or group interviews and which were analysed thematically. The approach was sensitive, flexible and participatory with each school being able to choose its focus, participants and outcome. Participants from each school generally included the principal and a selection of teachers, students and parents. In this study, the data relating to the roles of teachers were separated out for closer analysis. The findings are presented as four themes: immediate response; returning to (new) normal; care and support; and long term effects.