Ukuleles help Chirstchurch children deal with quake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A Christchurch school has bought ukuleles for all its children out of earthquake donations.
A Christchurch school has bought ukuleles for all its children out of earthquake donations.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Children from Discovery 1 School".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Children from Discovery 1 School".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Children from Discovery 1 School".
Schools will begin re-opening from today in Christchurch, helping children and their parents regain some sense of normality amidst the chaos caused by last month's earthquake.
Rural Maori children in the Gisborne region will be visited at school by Health Officials in an effort to reduce the incidence of rheumatic fever; A designers' group says the Canterbury earthquake has created an opportunity for the local iwi to put its architectural stamp on the new Christchurch; Workers who carved the pou on Northland's popular new cycle trail will meet the Prime Minister later this month; Kaitaia people will be among the first in the country to see a long-awaited film about the much-loved comedian - Billy T James.
At top left is text reading 'Christchurch pupils return to school...' The teacher has written the words 'Nosey', 'Bob', and 'Double' on the blackboard and says to the children 'Our first test today... Sort these into Parkers we love and Parkers we don't'... Context - the correct answers would be that we hate 'nosey parkers' and 'double parkers' but that we love 'Bob Parker'. Bob Parker is the Mayor of Christchurch and is generally considered to have done a remarkably good job of demonstrating calm and cheerfulness after the two earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011, as well as having been able to chose fitting words to express grief and despair at so much loss. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).