Building Back Better: 15 Years of Earthquake Engineering Lessons from Christchurch
Fri 17 Apr · 6:00pm · University of Canterbury
Explore 15 years of earthquake engineering lessons from Christchurch.
#Christchurch #FreeEvent
For #Christchurch #NZ people, the library has a couple of copies on order.
I’ve been mean, and put a hold on one, so there’s at least one copy you can’t get before me 😀
#Christchurch #NZ
I can’t read this – sharing for those who can!
Ironically, I’m no longer on broadband as the landlord didn’t get the new WiFi in before the copper-wired one was cut off, so I’m hot-spotting… 😐
🔴 Post-Event Show LIVE | WRC Croatia Rally 2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PbR...
#Seoul #Korea #Christchurch #NewZealand #Shanghai #Bangkok
#Vietnam #Hanoi #Saigon #indonesia #philippines #india #Turkey
Sunset tonight, pinks high in the sky, yellows and reds nearer the horizon.
#Christchurch #NZ Sunset over the Heathcote, tonight.
TEAM SHACHI 最終SHOW ～晴れ晴れ～
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBgR...
#Seoul #Korea #Christchurch #NewZealand #Shanghai #Bangkok
#Vietnam #Hanoi #Saigon #indonesia #philippines #india #Turkey
A photo of a passionvine hopper that landed on the glasses of a man on our walk. We photographed it for the City Nature Challenge.
A photo of some of the people on the walk in 2024 checking out a Cook Strait kowhai growing on the roadside.
A photo of some of the overwintering monarch butterflies we found in Bradford Park.
A photo of a kererū (NZ wood pigeon) that we found perched in a tree in Hollis Park. Kererū are big green birds with a white breast and red beak and eye.
On Sunday 26 April, I'll be leading another nature walk in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, this time from the Sign of the Takahe to the Botanic Gardens. That's part of the four-day City Nature Challenge.
It's a terrific walk designed to take us through many of the city's […]
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If you're in Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ, next Sunday, and are keen for a nature walk, well, you're in luck!
As part of the city's annual Walking Festival, me and Noah Fenwick, two local iNaturalist fanatics and ecologists, will be leading a walk/explore around Waikākāriki Horseshoe Lake. It […]
A photo of a stylish fly sitting on a leaf. It's a mostly black fly with orange legs, a black and yellow striped thorax, and a black abdomen with two large bright yellow blotches on it.
Of the flies I saw today, this one is my favourite. It's the ngaro tara or three-lined Hover Fly (*Helophilus seelandicus*), a New Zealand endemic species.
I like the sleek colour pattern. It would not look out of place on a coverable sports car.
While the […]
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Right now, Final of the National Concerto Competition from #Christchurch www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch
In 20 minutes, Final of the National Concerto Competition from #Christchurch www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch
Today, Final of the National Concerto Competition from #Christchurch www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch
Come for a virtual walk around Christchurch New Zealand as the latest Fenton & White travel blog visits the Christchurch Botanical Gardens.
To read the post, click the link below.
fentonandwhite.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/f...
#fentonandwhite, #christchurch, #botanicalgardens,
A photo of a car driving up a road with a blood red sunset sky behind it.
A photo of red sunset clouds. It was this red. Maybe even redder. It was nuts.
A zoomed in photo of some of the norwest arch clouds, thin and layered, all lit up orange and red at sunset.
A panorama photo of a bright red sunset with a tree and houses silhouetted in the foreground.
So. Much. Colour!!
Here's my pick of the sunset photos from this evening. When Ōtautahi-Christchurch turns on a sunset, it goes all in.
(My full-resolution photos, plus a few more, are at Flickr, eg https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/55194998475/ […]
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Moon & space oriented reading in a display of some of Tauranga’s collection near the Cathedral Square entrance.
📚 If #Christchurch #NZ people want more space-y reading, there’s a display of some of @christchurchlib.bsky.social Tauranga’s collection near the Cathedral Square entrance -
#Christchurch #NZ ⬇️
Subscribers-only unfortunately
Postbox in Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. PostboxMap.co.uk
Just added: Queen Victoria Pillar Box in Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. View it here: postboxmap.co.uk/postbox/69d544ebfb92bb63... #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #QueenVictoria #PillarBox #StandardRed #Christchurch
A man from #Christchurch has been banned from all pubs, bars and nightclubs in England and Wales www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2599580...
A photo of four young ducklings on the Avon river. (The fifth duckling is out of view.)
Also, I saw these ducklings on the Avon River, which is unusually late in the season. Then again, it's been an odd summer.
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/347992843
#ducklings #AvonRiver #nz #Christchurch #birds
Someone's put this small sculpture high up on the side of this otherwise bland concrete wall of a building along Madras Street.
It looks like a kea mural might be on its way. My photo shows the partially completed black outlines of two kea (NZ alpine parrots) painted on the side of a building. This is on Durham Street South.
A photo of a circular drain under a road in bricks. The water level in the creek that flows through it is at just the right level for the reflection of the hole to look like a circle. This is Jacksons Creek as it flows under Huxley Street.
A photo of part of an old mural at Waltham Park, showing a stylised painting of a piwakawaka, NZ fantail bird, perched on a branch.
Here are four things I saw in Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ, yesterday.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/55192564303/
#Ōtautahi #Christchurch #nz #photography
A photo of a small dark black fly with an orange head and black eyes.
There's a new fly in town.
While out for a run yesterday, in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, I noticed this unusual orange-headed black fly. I uploaded my photos to #iNaturalist when I got home and learned that it's the Australian Soldier Fly, *Inopus rubriceps* […]
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#BookSale
www.amazon.co.uk/Snugs-Snow-B... #southhampton #poole #christchurch #dorchester #boscombe #bournemouth #localinterest #kidlit #kidlitartpostcard #illustrator #artsky #kidssky #booktomovie #animallovers #travel #holidayreads #green #ocean #happykidlitartpostcardday #singleparents #bargain
A weekend Fenton & White blog about the Christchurch Gondola.
To read the post, click below.
fentonandwhite.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/f...
#fentonandwhite, #christchurch, #cablecar,
A caterpillar-like animal drawn in blue chalk on a footpath on Leistrella Street in Christchurch city. It is long and segmented with two pairs of legs and a big head with a smily face.
Some kind of game drawn in chalk on the footpath of Aylmer Street in Christchurch City. It starts with a blue START line, then there's JUMP, a smily face, a smily face with googly eyes, and upside-down face, FOLLOW with a squiggly line, then SPIN. (I walked past it but was not brave enough to try the game.)
A photo of a chalk drawing on the footpath. At the bottom it says "RUN FAST!!" then there's a line along the footpath ending at STOP then High Five written inside a big hand.
A photo of a chalk drawing on the footpath. The word "STOP" is written and "High Five" is written inside a big hand.
Here's some temporary street art on exhibition on the streets of Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, this weekend.
Artists unknown. AI-free.
😄
(My full-resolution photos are on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/55188437928/
#StreetArt #Christchurch #NZ #Chalk #ChildrensArt
Give the #giftofreading with this hardback magical snow bear story - only 3 pounds 76 - illustrated by Peter Hall!
www.amazon.co.uk/Snugs-Snow-B... #Christchurch #Poole #Dorchester #Bournemouth #IsleofWight #localinterest #childrensbooks #naturelovers #sealovers #seaside #storybook #supernatural
Spot at Scorpio Books
Dog at Scorpio Books in Riccarton
Scorpio Books is turning 50 this year. They are looking for pics and stories, please share yours!
Remember all its homes - cnr Oxford Tce, 79 Hereford St, Riccarton Rd, ReStart and 120 Hereford St
mailchi.mp/scorpiobooks...
#Christchurch #Ōtautahi
Birdlings Flat near Christchurch New Zealand. Grey pebble beac with sea crashing against the stones, gently.
Birdlings Flat near Christchurch New Zealand.
©️ Ian Henderson 2026
#photo #photography #digitalphoto #art #Christchurch #AoNZ #Canterbury
The Court Theatre bar before a performance, with progress pride flags displayed.
I'm recently back in London after a trip to #Ōtautahi #Christchurch and shout out to the outstanding Court Theatre. I went to see five shows and a director's talk over six weeks and everything I saw was absolutely excellent 👌🏼
