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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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…
The West Coast’s annual Hokitika Wild Food Festival is not necessarily for the faint-hearted. And huhu grubs were just for starters! In an attempt to celebrate my other half’s birthday away from the shake, rattle and roll of…
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…