The Foundation facilitates community engagement and communication through their website, providing service delivery, volunteer co-ordination and service to assist with the rebuild of Christchurch and Canterbury following the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.
A large scale interactive art installation that seeks to provide a mechanism for emotional healing alongside the physical rebuilding of the city.
In the Know aims to make it faster and easier for Canterbury residents to get information about the residential rebuild and repair process.
an advocacy network that aims to highlight injustices and issues affecting residents following the Canterbury earthquakes, and challenge decisions, policies and practices that disadvantage recovery.
Knox Church rebuild on a walk around my neighbourhood September 9, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.
A video of Emily Marriot, from Corbel Construction, and Agata Bulksa, from Kirk Roberts Engineers, taking part in a boxing match as part of the Battle of the Rebuild fight night. The Battle of the Rebuild bought together major construction and engineering companies involved in the rebuild of Christchurch. The event raised more than $169,000 for the Aranui and Linwood College Breakfast Club, the Champion Centre, and the Canterbury Youth Development Programme Trust.
Christchurch-based social enterprise transforms wood waste from residential demolition in Christchurch into useful objects.
Site of government-owned company responsible for settling AMI policy-holders' claims for Canterbury earthquake damage.
Images of Christchurch following the earthquake, showing the demolition of buildings, street art, art, community and cultural life.
A charitable trust which began after the earthquakes to create and maintain temporary public parks on cleared sites in Christchurch.
Blog in which Sarah Miles comments on the post-earthquake reconstruction of Christchurch, critiquing the profit-driven model of private insurance and how it fails to protect citizens in times of disaster. Includes comment on the political situation and some guest posts.
About the Network (AvON) and its plans to create a park and reserve in the Christchurch red zone around the Avon River. Includes resources and information about its projects.
Site of a residents' group formed to advocate and protect the rights of red-zoned home owners in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority will be travelling the length of New Zealand this week to drum up investment in the rebuild of Christchurch's city centre.
A project manager for a company doing home repairs in the Christchurch earthquake rebuild says it is highly likely as many as 60-thousand people have been exposed to potentially lethal asbestos fibres.
On a walk over to Hagley Park to great some shots of the wonderful Cherry Blossom I past by the Knox Church rebuild and found that the scaffolding has come down at last. It sure was shinning in the midday light. Victoria Street September 12, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand
Residents in the Marlborough town of Seddon say they are relieved their post-quake rebuild hasn't been hit by the same delays as Canterbury. Eight months on from the Cook Strait earthquakes, repairs and remedial works are continuing apace in Marlborough.
A video of an address by Andre Lovatt, CEO of the Arts Centre, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Innovation section.
A video of an address by Mike Underhill, Chief Executive of Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority (EECA), at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Innovation section.
A video of an address by Dr. Rod Carr, Vice Chancellor of the University of Canterbury, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Innovation section.
A video of an address by David Freeman-Greene, General Manager for Commercial at Orion, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Innovation section.
A video of an address by Dr. Andrew West, Vice Chancellor of Lincoln University, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Innovation section.
The coordination of actors has been a major focus for much of the research in the disaster relief humanitarian logistics discipline. While much of this literature focuses on the initial response phase, little has been written on the longer term recover phase. As the response phase transitions into the longer term recover phase the number and types of actors change from predominantly disaster relief NGOs to more commercial entities we argue that humanitarian values should still be part of the rebuild phase. It has been noted that humanitarian actors both cooperate and compete at the same time (Balcik, Beamon, Krejci, Muramatsu and Ramirez, 2010), in a form of behavior that can be described as ‘co-opetition’ (Nalebuff and Brandenburger, 1996). We use a case study approach to examine an organizational model used to coordinate civil and commercial actors for the rebuild of the civil infrastructure for Christchurch, New Zealand following a series of devastating earthquakes in 2010/11. For the rebuild phase we argue that ‘co-opetition’ is a key behaviour that allows the blending of humanitarian and commercial values to help communities rebuild to a new normal. While at this early stage our contribution is limited, we eventually hope to fully elaborate on an organisational model that has been created specifically for the tight coordination of commercial actors and its relevance to the rebuild phase of a disaster. Examining the behaviour of co-opetition and the structures that incentivise this behaviour offers insights for the humanitarian logistic field.
A video of an address by Scott Noyes, Energy Management Specialist for Schneider Electric NZ, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Connectivity section, and focused on collaborative and innovative initiatives relevant to the rebuild of Greater Christchurch.
Christchurch builders are worried asbestos repairs in the earthquake rebuild will continue to cause problems for years to come.
A video of a panel discussion at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. The theme of this section was Building Momentum, and it addressed panellists' views on the progress of the rebuild, the main obstacles, and how they can be resolved. The panellists are as follows: Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel; Waimakariri Mayor David Ayers; Roger Sutton, CEO of CERA; Ian Simpson, CEO of the NZ Earthquake Commission; Peter Townsend, CEO of Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce; and Joanna Norris, Editor of The Press.
Christchurch people who have had to battle insurance companies over the repair or rebuild of earthquake damaged homes are welcoming the Labour party's idea of an earthquake court to settle disputes.
Documents obtained by Radio New Zealand show WorkSafe New Zealand was still grappling to get on top of asbestos dangers in the Christchurch rebuild nearly two years after the February 2011 earthquake.
Christchurch and its surrounding towns are slowly starting to be rebuilt after the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Our political editor Brent Edwards has been in Christchurch to find out whether the rebuild debate will dominate the election campaign in the city.
As a cemetary near her home is cordoned off, fears for Blessie Gotingco intensify. In Christchurch, there's questions over asbestos and potential danger in the earthquake rebuild and a sub zero wake up for the south, as temperatures plummet.