Today marks the 2 year anniversary of the Canterbury Earthquake that hit at 4.35am on the morning of September 4th. It was a huge 7.1 magnitude earthquake which caused a lot of damage around Christchurch. Luckily no one was…
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Probably the most famous icon of where I currently live is the cathedral that stands in the square in the city centre of Christchurch. It’s image is used just about everywhere, from the city council logo, to snow globes and…
Today is the one year anniversary of the 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch that took the lives of 185 people and changed the city and the lives of those living there forever. If I’m honest, I woke up apprehensive and…
Christchurch Cathedral It’s 500 days since Sept 4th 2010 (the night of the first big 7.4 earthquake) and Cantabrians (i.e. us) have endured 9500 quakes (and counting), which equates to about one quake (of magnitude 3+) felt every four…
I recently entered a local photography/video contest. The theme was Cheer Up Christchurch – a post Earthquake theme with no photographs or videos of earthquake damage allowed. I won best photograph for the below image and my prize was a free digital…
A year ago few of us had ever heard of the word “liquefaction”, let alone knew what it was. Today, it’s part of our everyday language – particularly if you live in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch. At 12.51pm…