Jul 25, 2011

It was promised yesterday and today it has arrived. We woke up in Christchurch this morning to a blanket of thick snow. It’s still falling quite heavily and is sticking to everything. We’ve just let our 18 month old German Shepherd out for his first taste of the snow and he’s rather confused. The Christchurch City Council have warned people to...

Jul 23, 2011

A friend of mine in Christchurch recently visited Wellington. When she got back, her first remark was how strange it felt to be in a city centre again. As time goes by and we continue as best we can with our daily lives, it’s amazing how you start to forget that we haven’t seen Christchurch city centre for months. Yesterday marked the 5 month...

Jul 18, 2011

One of the positives to come out of the earthquake is the amazing range of innovative fundraising campaigns that have popped up to raise money for Christchurch and Canterbury. Typically, money raised has gone towards either the Christchurch Mayoral fund or the New Zealand Red Cross, both of which have been instrumental in the upkeep of New Zealand residents...

Jul 9, 2011

Aha! So this is what EQC have been up to! Recently an EQC interactive map has been launched showing the affect of the earthquake on the city. It’s actually really, really well put together. It appears to have been made by Eagle Technology, a New Zealand company specialising in ‘GIS’ (Geographic Information Systems). The viewer is put together...

Jul 5, 2011

Here’s a quick post about the Hotel Grand Chancellor. Despite all odds, it’s still standing. Albeit on a bit of a lean. I posted some photos of the earthquake damaged hotel back in May (i.e. before the large June aftershocks) which shows some extensive damage to one side of the hotel. However, the photos don’t quite show how much the hotel is...

Jun 23, 2011

The question on every Christchurch resident’s lips right now: Will my house be demolished? Or, if you’ve already heard the bad news about your property: What the hell do I do now? Today EQC released information on which Christchurch property owners will have to move on and which will be able to safely rebuild. In fact, not surprisingly, things...