Old kiln fires restoration effort

The Canterbury earthquakes have revealed a historical building that will be restored to its former glory.

Chen adds weight to cathedral demolition debate

Out of ruins comes a gem of an idea

Budget limits for anchor projects

As preparations for the rebuild of Christchurch's civic facilities step up, Mayor Bob Parker is assuring ratepayers the city council will keep a tight rein on costs.

CERA’s Wellbeing Survey

D6 FINAL REVIEWS

[D6 2012] Please join us for the Design 6 final reviews: 17 October 2012

Sustainable funding workshops

SARA supports campaign to fix EQC

Shoddy service, obstructive access to information and bumbling delivery are spurs to the creation of a citizens’ campaign to fix problems caused by EQC.

SCIRT construction to sponsor 2013 World Buskers Festival

Be more like Australia, report says

Riccarton House repairs begin

Day 600 - Addington Action trials on-line accounting

Addington Action has grown out of thin air with the emphasis on a lot of practical doing and so some catch up is needed on the paperwork in order with out slowing down the urgent repairs of uninsured homes.

The existing Excel spreadsheet used to keep financial records is becoming very complex and difficult to print off for people to look at. Any reports have to be created manually. All income and expenditure needs to be entered by account code (eg Building Materials), project (eg Repairs) ...

Call for affordable housing in new city village

Call for affordable housing in new city village

Community advocates fear low-income people will be priced out of central Christchurch unless affordable housing is included in the planned urban village.

UC and museum making Christchurch’s heritage available to the world

Volunteers of Christchurch Spring Clean Wet and Cold, but not Discouraged

Expert 'horrified' by Chch developers

Cutting-edge earthquake engineering technology emanating out of post-disaster Christchurch is being ignored by some owners in their haste to erect new buildings in the city, an industry expert fears.

Less chance of big aftershocks - forecasts

There is only a one in a hundred chance of a magnitude 7.0 or higher earthquake hitting Canterbury in the next 12 months, latest forecasts show.

Burwood meeting fails to satisfy residents

Residents were left dissatisfied after a community meeting last night discussing the Burwood Resource Recovery Park.

Christchurch village contest goes global

An international competition to design and build an urban village will give people a glimpse of the future of central Christchurch living.

Trust works to fund restoration of region's gems

Canterbury heritage buildings are being saved by a trust that has raised and spent millions to help restore them.

Groups voice support for auditorium repair

Music groups are adding their voice to calls for the Christchurch City Council to save the Town Hall auditorium.

Rockfall deaths avoided - geologist

The risk of death from rockfall in some Port Hills areas was up to 100 times higher than the risk of dying in a car crash, a geologist says.

Trust aims to restore region's gems

Canterbury heritage buildings are being saved by a trust that has raised and spent millions to help restore them.

Risk of death high in parts of Port Hills

The risk of death from rockfall in some Port Hills areas was up to 100 times higher than the risk of dying in a car crash, a geologist says.

Festival of Transitional Architecture to light up city

Cera invoices possibly exposed

Invoices detailing payments from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) to its suppliers could have been accessed due to a security flaw with Work and Income public kiosks.

Balancing style with harsher Christchurch quake building standards

The people of Christchurch want a city centre to be proud of and they want it quick. How can this balancing act be achieved?

Chch housing design competition launched

A competition to find "innovative and exciting" housing designs for Christchurch's new inner city has been launched by the Government.

Book launch tonight - Selling the Dream

Competition to design, build city village

An international competition has been launched to design and build an urban village on the northeast side of Latimer Square.

Eastgate Mall 'worth $40m'

The owners of Eastgate Mall, badly damaged last year by the February 2011 earthquake, say the centre has risen in value to $40.8 million with more retailers interested in leasing space.

Wellbeing survey goes online

Peter Beck

Constitution Alert NZ - Agenda 21

you might be interested to see this video about the NZ Constitution and Agenda 21

Lester Bryant

Cera says demolition to resume

Demolition is scheduled to continue on Christchurch's historic Cranmer Courts today after a bid by city councillors to get a one-month halt to the work failed.

We're in a fix, say repairers

Awesome 2013 Christchurch Calendar! Fundraiser!

Fears for 'green frame' losses

Central Christchurch landlords with sites earmarked for Government rebuild projects fear they will miss out on millions of dollars in insurance and be left unable to replace lost buildings.

Fears for 'green frame' losses

Central Christchurch landlords with sites earmarked for Government rebuild projects fear they will miss out on millions of dollars in insurance and be left unable to replace lost buildings.

Inaugural Spring River Festival: Festival-goers invited to share an idea for the east

‘Eastern visions’ stalls will be set up at all the major event hubs of the Spring River Festival taking place over Labour Weekend.

Recovery Stalls in Christchurch?

Why were the small CBD Businesses abandoned to their fate?

I had an interesting phone call  from the company that services Fire Extinguishers.  You are right it sounds boring   …. but… as is usual in Christchurch the conversation turned from work to the earthquakes.  

Garry Moore

Christchurch Voices

This blog and the Vimeo site of the same name is one of the forums designed to give the people of Christchurch a voice. It developed out of a sense of frustration for many in Christchurch, particularly those most affected by the earthquakes. Not only have we been up against the natual aftermath of a 'groundbreaking' earthquake series but we have been confronted by a recovery that has been characterised by a strikingly top-down managementthat has left many of those affected by the earthqu ...

R.I.P. Min

NEW Spider Booms

Southern Response - temporary repairs to houses

Block of flats a mix of repairs, demolition

Cycling with a message

A Christchurch barista is escaping the daily grind to raise awareness of Canterbury school closures.

Concern over lack of insurance for council heritage buildings

Heritage campaigners are alarmed the Christchurch City Council has no insurance cover on more than 50 heritage buildings that it owns and only minimal cover on others.

Te Kanawa backs Town Hall

Opera diva Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has backed a campaign to save the Christchurch Town Hall.

Understanding the stresses of recovery in 2nd and 3rd years

ROB GORDON - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND EXERT ON MASS TRAUMA:

Day 596 - fruit & veggie orders

There are 303 orders from 11 of the 12 CSFVC distribution centres open over the school holidays for fruit and veggie packs next week. These will be packed and distributed on Wednesday 17 October.

9 Comcare Addington
25 Eureka St
12 Hoon Hay Presbyterian
50 Manuka Cottage
50 Opawa Baptist
20 Rowley Resource Centre
25 Salvation Army Sydenham
13 Spreydon Baptist Cobham Hall
37 St Bernadette's Hall
15 St Mary's Heathcote
47 Sydenham Community Centre

The ...

TC3 Technical Category Three update

Good news this week regarding progress on TC3 land in Christchurch.

Developer admits fake quake claims

A property developer who owns 10 Christchurch houses has admitted 17 charges relating to false insurance claims for earthquake damage.

The Summer Pallet Pavilion is Open! (#22)

Corner Durham Streets and Kilmore Streets, City Bar open Thursday – Saturday only, 6 – 10:30pm. For what’s on and when visit: www.palletpavilion.com Gap Filler has completed its first temporary architecture BUILD project. Oh my!  The Pallet Pavilion is a transitional architecture project that functions as a community space and venue for events. It was [...]

The Summer Pallet Pavilion (#22)

Corner Durham Streets and Kilmore Streets, City The Pallet Pavilion’s Summer of events has come to an end and we say thank you and good-bye to Amy and Glen Jansen who have taken on the management of the space over the Summer. Through the month of May the cafe is open during the day but [...]

Red Cross makes disaster planning investment

The first of five brand new, specially designed New Zealand Red Cross disaster welfare support trucks will be unveiled in Auckland today.