Ruth Gardner's Blog 12/06/2013: Public Poem

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 12 June 2013 entitled, "Public Poem".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 3295

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of a laminated poem. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "CTV site, Madras Street".

Photograph by Jennifer Middendorf 325

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A tribute left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site. The card has a poem entitled "Message from Christchurch".

Poetica

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Poetica is a series of large-scale paintings of 20 different poems in twenty different languages, paying tribute to the different nationalities lost in the Christchurch earthquake.

Fairfax Video, February 2013 (9)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of students from Merrin School laying 185 flowers at the foot of the school flag pole on the second anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Each flower represents one of the lives lost in the earthquake. The video also includes audio from the school's memorial service, including a poem by Alexis Blackie read by her sister Vanessa Blackie, and a speech by Principal Lisa Dillon-Robertson.