Silkannthreades 29/09/2013: From Rhubarb to Roses

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 29 September 2013 entitled, "From Rhubarb to Roses".

MtPleasantApril2013EDgold

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Christchurch CBD earthquake rebuild lit in the last fading golden glow of the day - taken with 70-200 F4 IS from Mt Pleasant. I count at least three big cranes!

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2013 photograph 056

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A bouquet of roses and a Japanese gift bag are attached to a fence on the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Photograph of Whole House Reuse Item 301

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of Whole House Reuse item 301. This item was salvaged from 19 Admiral Way in New Brighton as part of the Whole House Reuse project.

Ideas for 1 September 2013

Audio, Radio New Zealand

UAVs or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or drones as they’re commonly known, are suddenly everywhere. Conservationists and academics are using them to map our rivers; engineers surveyed the interior of the earthquake damaged Christchurch Cathedral with one; and then, of course, there's the military drones used to such lethal affect in Pakistan and Yemen. Ideas visits Palmerston North's Skycam UAV – New Zealand's leading manufacture of UAVs; talks to the interim president of the Association of Unmanned Operations – a union of US drone pilots; and Professor James Cavallaro tells us about the findings of a report he co-authored: 'Living Under Drones: Death, Injury, and Trauma to Civilians from US Drone Practices in Pakistan'.