Dec 23, 2011

This afternoon, 23rd December 2011, Christchurch was hit by yet another significant aftershock. And to be frank, we’re pretty bloody over it by now. Like much of the city, I was at work when it happened and it was definitely another one that required getting under the desks. It was a 5.8 that hit us, 8km deep and approximately 20km NE of Lyttelton. Driving...

Nov 6, 2011

The new temporary city mall has been open in Christchurch now for a week. Buildings damaged in the earthquake have been demolished and replaced with cargo containers to create a new, temporary, Cashel Mall. I visited the mall yesterday and was quite impressed with what they have done. The cargo containers have been nicely converted, brightly painted and...

Oct 28, 2011

The official trailer for the Christchurch earthquake movie has been released on YouTube. The film is called ‘When a City Falls’ and has had over 30,000 views in just a few days. Created by Christchurch-based Frank Film, directed by award winning film maker, Gerard Smyth, and produced by Alice Shannon, the documentary movie is likely to be well...

Sep 22, 2011

IHC New Zealand have put together a video of Christchurch earthquake stories as told by local community wprkers. They’re familiar stories for many of us but it’s nice to hear other’s point of view. The video has been well put together and you may even see a few photos from this website. Great work IHC. The video also includes photos from a...

Aug 28, 2011

Following the almighty east coast earthquake in the US (sorry, I swear that’s all the piss-taking I’ll do in this post), Twitter have released a great video that shows just how fast Twitter is. Entitled “Twitter, faster than earthquakes”, it’s a video that’s been put together to show that Twitter was faster than the earthquake...

Aug 11, 2011

As we approach a full year since the 4th September 2010 earthquake, Christchurch Mayor, Bob Parker, and the Christchurch City Council have released a draft plan for the Christchurch City Centre. The plan has taken on board a huge amount of suggestions and ideas that have been put forward by the local community. You can find out more about the announcement of the...