We Lived Here: Bangor Street Photograph 09

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the playground in Walnut Tree Park on Bangor Street.

We Lived Here: Bangor Street Photograph 08

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of Walnut Tree Park on Bangor Street. On the right is the playground.

We Lived Here: Bangor Street Photograph 10

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the swings in a playground in Walnut Tree Park on Bangor Street.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 084

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the former site of a house at 456 Oxford Terrace. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. In the middle of the site is a walnut tree. Wire fencing has been placed across the front as a cordon.

Quin Tang - Half a Walnut Tree

Audio, Radio New Zealand

As a three-year-old in China, Quin Tang's mother was shot in front of her and her father taken away. After moving to Christchurch 25 years ago, she walked out of an abusive marriage with two young children, no money and speaking little English. Tang then attended Canterbury University, teaching herself to read English from the text books there. She attained four degrees with an A+ average, and began working as a psychiatrist and counsellor. Quin was working in the CTV building when it collapsed. She took two weeks off work to recover, then came back and began counselling other victims of the Christchurch earthquakes. She has written and self-published the story of her life, called Half a Walnut Tree.