Looting Continues In Christchurch

Ten days since the Christchurch earthquake and looting is still going on in the city. News reports are studiously avoiding the use of the L word (“police staff in the city centre have clamped down on any reports of looting…”) preferring instead to refer to the preying on earthquake victims as ‘burglary.’ A recent report…

Earthquakes In Hawke’s Bay

Two earthquakes rocked the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand today, the first at 4.18pm measured 5.3 on the Richter scale and the second was at 8.25pm and measured 4.3. Data from Geonet : Reference Number 3369346/G Universal Time September 9 2010 at 4:18 NZ Standard Time Thursday, September 9 2010 at 4:18 pm Latitude,…

Liquefaction In Christchurch

We’ve found a very useful Environment Canterbury document “Solid Facts on Liquefaction in Christchurch” It details areas of Christchurch that have high, moderate and low liquefaction potential, explains what liquefaction is, how it is caused and the effects it has. We think it may have been written before the 4 September Quake because it seems…

Kaiapoi “Changed Forever” By Quake

      Kaiapoi, one of the small towns that suffered the worst damage in Saturday’s 7.1 Christchurch earthquake, is said to have been changed forever and “will never be the same” according to the mayor of Waimakariri District, Ron Keating . Away from the hype of the media circus of the Christchurch CBD the…