Guest Author • Feb 22, 2019 •
Today is the eighth anniversary of the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. Ken Gledhill was the Director of GeoNet at the time and shares some memories from the time and reflects on how GeoNet has been shaped by the quake. Eight years ago on 22nd February, Christchurch was struck by a M6.2 earthquake that caused widespread destruction and tragically claimed the lives … Read More
Lynley Hargreaves • Oct 22, 2014 •
Dr Brendon Bradley Since the Canterbury earthquakes, most of us are familiar with the effects of liquefaction – sand volcanoes, sunken buildings, and vast, vast quantities of mud. But scientists still don’t fully understand the interactions between the deep soft soils of the Canterbury basin and the shaking seen on the ground. Canterbury University’s Dr Brendon Bradley explains how … Read More
John Pickering • Nov 06, 2013 •
A Christchurch researcher is trying to understand why so many more women than men were injured in the Canterbury earthquakes. Professor Mike Ardagh is Chair of the RHISE (Researching the Health Implications of Seismic Events) group. Professor Ardagh leads a team investigating the health system response to the quakes. His team found the health system … Continue reading → … Read More
John Pickering • Aug 27, 2013 •
917 days; 131 weeks; 2.5 years. However you look at it, it’s a long time to be temporary. Today the Papanui Campus of the University of Otago Christchurch, a.k.a the Versatile workshop in my front yard, closed. The sole permanent occupant (moi) became the last of the academics to return to the “main building” of … Continue reading » … Read More
John Pickering • May 03, 2013 •
Day one was ground breaking – 23 Feb 2011, the day after the big Christchurch earthquake. Today is day 800 of what I lovingly refer to as the Papanui campus of University of Otago Christchurch. For my children it’s just the office out the front of the house where their father works. For me, it … Continue reading » … Read More
John Pickering • Apr 16, 2012 •
Having come down four flights of stairs I stood at the side of the road beside the hospital entrance as the first of the casualties went past on the back of utes and in private cars. The entrance to the Emergency Department of Christchurch Hospital was about 40 m to my right. I was but … Continue reading » … Read More
Jim McVeagh • Jan 02, 2012 •
Talking about the death toll from the February killer quake in Christchurch, Professor Mike Ardagh reckons that there will be a number of others who will have died from the quake who are not yet part of this toll. He is thinking mainly of those who succumbed to complications from their injuries or died as […] Related posts: … Read More
Jim McVeagh • Jan 01, 2012 •
Yesterday, John Roughan’s column in the Herald was about the people of Christchurch and their need to know “the worst they might face”. He draws his story from the reluctance of the GNS to make comments about the possibility of further strong earthquakes even though they knew there was good scientific evidence that there would […] No related posts. Read More
Anna Sandiford • Feb 24, 2011 •
Sadly, it looks as though the recovery in Christchurch involves not only remarkable stories of the living but also devastating stories of the deceased. In response to a phone call I had today, I just write briefly about what may happen in terms of identification of those who have been or are yet to be [...] … Read More