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6.3 and 5.9 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Power Power as been restored across the city.

The Strategy Building in Victoria Street is now leaning. Roads in the vicinity, including Montreal have been closed.

There are reports of roading damage, especially in the eastern suburbs. Civil Defence is asking residents to please stay off the roads where possible.

http://canterburyearthquake.org.nz/
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

More big aftershocks likely, scientists warn
By Isaac Davison

Larger aftershocks were also possible - the probability of an earthquake of magnitude 6 or greater within the next year was roughly 6 per cent.

Seismologist Steve Sherburn said the aftershock sequence, or "cloud", has virtually joined up with the pattern of aftershocks from the Darfield quake in September.

"We are locating events under Darfield, under Lyttelton, and all the way out to the coast. It is still a very active area."

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10720008&ref=rss
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Orion/electricity update

The Bromley to Dallington overhead line is now live, two weeks ahead of schedule.

Diesel generators are being removed from the network in the eastern suburbs as cable faults are repaired and mains power restored.

Diesel generation remains on standby as backup. Eastern suburbs householders are asked to conserve electricity.

For the latest update: http://www.oriongroup.co.nz/news-and-media/news-and-media-archives/Earthquake-response-news.aspx

Treatment Plant update

We are seeing improvements to the operation of the Christchurch Treatment Plant. As of Friday 15 April we had six oxidation tanks in operation, compared to the previous Friday when we had 2 ? tanks in operation.

The quality of the final effluent has improved. All flow arriving at the plant is now going through the treatment process before going to the ponds.

http://canterburyearthquake.org.nz/...ation-update-1700hrs-wednesday-20-april-2011/
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Health warning lifted in Lyttelton Harbour and Taylors Mistake
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Community and Public Health division of Canterbury District Health Board has lifted the health warning at Taylors Mistake and in Lyttelton Harbour.

Environment Canterbury has been monitoring a range of sites over the last six weeks following the February 22 earthquake to track levels of bacteria contamination.

Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey says water in both these areas is now suitable for recreational use.

“This is great news for those of us who have been avoiding the water following the high levels of contamination.” Dr Humphrey says. “Though it is now colder, at least those who want to can now get back on or in the water at these locations without the risk of gastro illness.”

Water testing results show faecal bacteria levels at Taylors Mistake are low and the water is therefore safe to enter. In Lyttelton Harbour results have indicated that the water is safe during dry weather with occasional high levels of contamination only following heavy rainfall, Dr Humphrey says.

“People should avoid contact with all waterways for 48 hours after heavy rainfall.”

http://canterburyearthquake.org.nz/
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Meanwhile, health warnings remain in place for the waterways of Avon/Otakaro and the Heathcote/Opawaho rivers, the Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai, and Pegasus Bay beaches adjacent to Christchurch because of ongoing sewage discharges.

Pegasus Bay beaches north of the Waimakariri River and including Spencerville remain unaffected and safe for recreational use.

Water quality at affected sites is not considered suitable for recreational uses including swimming because of the risk to health from the bacteria and other pathogens.

The only exception to this is Punting on the Avon which follows rigorous guidelines to protect staff and customers from any risk.

Water contaminated by human or animal faecal bacteria may contain a range of disease causing micro-organisms such as viruses, bacteria and protozoa.

?In most cases the ill-health effects from exposure to contaminated water are minor and short-lived. However, there is the potential for more serious diseases, such as hepatitis A, giardia, cryptosporosis, campylobacter and salmonella,? Dr Humphrey says.

http://canterburyearthquake.org.nz/
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Cycle Initiatives

To improve conditions for cyclists and encourage cycle movement across the city, the following cycle initiatives have been approved.

click map to enlarge

Bealey Avenue clearway

A clearway is being installed along both sides of Bealey Avenue, from Papanui Road to Fitzgerald Avenue. The clearway will remove kerbside parking during the morning and evening peak traffic flow times of 7 am to 9 am and 4 pm to 6 pm, Monday to Friday.
Bealey Avenue connects cyclists travelling from the north east of the city to Hagley Park and the existing cycle network.
Target start date: 6 May.
St Asaph Street shared cycle/pedestrian path

The footpath on the north side of St Asaph Street, between Durham and Madras Streets, will be designated as a shared cycleway and pedestrian path. This will provide an east-bound cycle route to the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT).
Target start date: 27 April.
Blenheim Road cycle extension

A cycle lane is being installed on both sides of Blenheim Road, between Curletts Road and Main South Road. Kerbside parking will be removed.
The cycle lane will link the existing Blenheim Road cycle lane to Main South Road, extending the cycle network to the west.
Completion date: Friday 22 April.
Hagley Park

Earthquake-damaged shared cycle and pedestrian paths through Hagley Park are being repaired. Hagley Park is a strategic cycle and pedestrian route, and forms a hub of the cycle network.
Target completion date: 27 April.



http://canterburyearthquake.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/cycle-initiatives-map-21april.jpg
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Two New Zealanders who organised a "student volunteer army" to help relief efforts after the Christchurch earthquakes says they plan to set up a similar body in Japan....

"We?ll be teaching students how we ran the army and train them to act as administrators and directors so they can run it themselves," the 22-year-old said in a statement.

"I expect a new and very different SVA will be created, however, the work will be similar... it?s especially satisfying to know that we will be assisting people from a country that sent rescue crews to aid Christchurch."

He said the volunteers' first task would be helping to remove mud from houses in Ishinomaki on Japan's northeast coast, one of the worst-hit towns in the disaster. .....

http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/ar...Zealand-quake-volunteer-leaders-head-to-Japan
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Christchurch ? two months on

Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2011 by canterburyearthquake| Comments Off
<!-- .entry-meta --> Two months after 22 February?s devastating earthquake, Christchurch?s transition to recovery is well underway, as the city takes a well-earned Easter break.
A month ago, basic services such as power and water had been stabilised. Since then, Civil Defence has lifted the ?boil water? notice, made major progress in the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant?s ability to deal with the city?s sewerage, and opened many cordoned areas and roads to general access.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) has also begun its work to guide the city from response to recovery.
National Controller John Hamilton says the Civil Defence?s top priorities, in partnership with CERA, are community wellbeing, encouraging the restoration of business and planning for the transition to recovery. They are working to ready residents and the city?s infrastructure for the approach of winter.
Civil Defence and CERA are monitoring residents? stress levels, health and hygiene, accommodation and financial concerns. Recovery Assistance Centres are acting as hubs to deliver support and community workers are linking people in need with those who can help.
Issues relating to welfare, health, education, and accommodation are being monitored using a multi-agency approach.
During the last two months, Civil Defence has held three rounds of well-attended community briefings. Police have kept a high profile in communities, managing law and order and supporting social issues through Operation Reassurance.
Major infrastructure breakthroughs:

  • A temporary sewerage system is in place. It is made up of 2800 portaloos and 31,000 chemical toilets with 525 disposal tanks and support for the 20 per cent of users experiencing sewerage issues. Civil Defence still needs everyone else in the city not directly affected to conserve water and flush sparingly to minimise their impact on the fragile infrastructure.
  • 97% of sewer mains are flowing to some degree.
  • Major progress has been made on the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is processing 85% of the city?s wastewater. Treatment capacity is now 40%, up one third from a month ago. Six of the plant?s seven primary tanks are operating; although there is less silt entering the plant, it remains fragile.
  • Port of Lyttelton?s container terminal, coal operations and oil berth are operating.
  • All roads are passable. Major roads have been patched, and contractors have turned their attention to secondary roads. Permanent repairs will not occur until the major rebuild of the city?s pipe systems that run under the roads.
  • Rockfall risk is being managed but is still a significant issue. Geotech engineers are securing or removing dangerous boulders. Work continues on Evans Pass.
  • The face of the city has changed, with more than 350 dangerous buildings cleared for demolition, partial demolition or to make safe. This has enabled businesses within cordoned areas to begin operating again or to retrieve items to help them continue elsewhere. More demolitions are likely.
  • Today [April 22] marks the lifting of the Zone 7 cordoned area (streets between Madras and Barbadoes Streets). From an original cordon of the four avenues and Sydenham a month ago, the cordoned area is now made of the Red Zone plus restricted access orange zones 4 and 6.
  • A waste management plan is in place to handle the 20 years? of waste created by the earthquake. Burwood Recovery Park has been established, where rubble is transported for sorting for recycling or onward deposit to Kate Valley landfill. The policy is to recycle as much material as possible.
  • Agencies including the Earthquake Commission, Department of Housing, Ministry of Social Development, Christchurch City Council, Canterbury District Health Board and infrastructure companies are working together to monitor and respond to issues.
Aftershocks continue. While they are a normal part of the process, people should keep being careful and prepared for jolts, says Mr Hamilton.
?Occasional setbacks and new issues frustrate our efforts from time to time, but I am constantly impressed with the response of hard-working contractors and staff. Christchurch people have mucked in to support local communities and to limit their own impact on fragile systems. And thanks go to all those less affected residents who continue to be mindful of the needs of the city as a whole, especially those who are conserving water and flushing sparingly. Every individual choice makes a difference to the community?s recovery.?
The Emergency Operations Centre has been operating at Christchurch Art Gallery since the 22 February quake.
?We have had teams working on keeping the city operating virtually around the clock, and this is the first chance people have had for a real break since that time. It will also give residents a rest from heavy vehicles around their neighbourhoods.
?While there will be staff on standby in case of emergency, we are all fervently hoping for a quiet weekend so we can move into the next phase of the recovery process with renewed energy,? Mr Hamilton says.


http://canterburyearthquake.org.nz/2011/04/21/christchurch-–-two-months-on/
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Behind the scenes @GeoNet
By Philip Duncan
12:58 PM Friday Apr 22, 2011

On a gloomy, wet, day inside a quiet office in Lower Hutt, a handful of people go through data on their computers to produce something tens of thousands of us have grown to rely on almost every day - the size and depth of the latest earthquakes from around Christchurch and NZ.
.... more http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10720919
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Transition from Civil Defence to CERA

As the Civil Defence emergency comes to a close, earthquake response and recovery functions will be transitioned out of the EOC and moving forward, many of the key roles and responsibilities will be shared between the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), the Christchurch City Council (the Council) and other local authorities and agencies.
CERA will lead the Recovery strategy, policy and planning, and the Council will continue to be responsible for regular Council related matters in the most part and the coordination of the Central City Plan.

Infrastructure

The Council will be responsible for water and waste issues, including maintenance of street laterals; portaloos and chemical toilets; roading and traffic management; kerbside collections; water conservation and restrictions, including the state of the city’s waterways which will be shared in conjunction with Environment Canterbury; and a rodent management plan.
CERA will be responsible for the coordination and planning of infrastructure.
Orion will be responsible for power and the telcos will remain responsible for telecommunications.
Planning

CERA will be responsible for all individual building inquiries; cordon management including access schemes for business, temporary and residents; demolitions, including debris management; the Cashel Mall Re:Start project; and business communications which will be shared with Councils.
The Council will be responsible for earthquake prone building policy; heritage; resource consents; LIMs and PIMs; CBD business putrescence cleaning; and flood protection.

Economic Recovery

CERA will be responsible for economic recovery coordination and skills/workforce planning.
The Department of Labour will be responsible for the Labour market.

Welfare

Responsibilities for welfare will remain with the following government agencies:
Welfare rebuild coordination – CERA
Welfare / employment assistance – Ministry of Social Development
Temporary Housing – Department of Building and Housing
Health messaging coordination – Canterbury District Health Board
Education – Ministry of Education
Emergency repairs – Earthquake Commission (EQC)
Heating installation – EQC

Insurance

Insurance claims and issues will be the responsibility of EQC, Insurance Council New Zealand and insurance companies.

Individual projects

CERA will be responsible for land remediation and will share the responsibility of the hillside suburbs with the Council.
The Council will be responsible for the Central City Plan.

Public Information and website links

The general public can continue to call 941 8999 for all enquiries and check the following website for updates: www.cera.govt.nz, www.ccc.govt.nz, www.canterburyearthquake.org.nz and other agency websites.


http://canterburyearthquake.org.nz/
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Re: 6.3 and 5.6 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

The national state of emergency introduced after the February 22 earthquake ended at midnight.

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) will take over the recovery and rebuild of Christchurch from Civil Defence.

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/state-emergency-officially-over-4148083
 
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Workers lose jobs at CCC facilities
SAM SACHDEVA
Last updated 05:00 30/04/2011

More than 170 Christchurch City Council employees have lost their jobs, with hopes some may be re-employed.

The council said yesterday that 172 employees would be made redundant because of earthquake damage to council facilities.

It said its Queen Elizabeth II Sport and Recreation Centre was likely to remain closed for "years".

The job losses were announced in a surprise statement just before 5pm yesterday.

Of the redundancies, 156 are at two council sport and recreation centres, QE II and the Centennial complex, which are closed indefinitely after they were severely damaged in the February quake.

Twelve QE II Park Preschool staff have also lost their jobs, while four employees at Our City O-Tautahi and the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings were made redundant.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4944823/Workers-lose-jobs-at-CCC-facilities
 
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New Zealand Earthquake Spurs Biggest Exodus in 10 Years

<CITE class=byline>By Tracy Withers -<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>document.write(dateFormat(new Date(1304475215000),"mmm d, yyyy h:MM TT Z"));</SCRIPT> May 3, 2011 9:13 PM CT <NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT></CITE>

New Zealand had the biggest net outflow of residents in more than 10 years in March, an exodus spurred by the South Island earthquake that killed more than 170 people the previous month.

Permanent migrant departures exceeded arrivals by 530 in March, the most since a net 2,400 net emigrants in February 2001, Statistics New Zealand said today in Wellington. In the year ended March, arrivals outpaced departures by 6,554, a two- year low.

The flight of residents adds evidence to the government?s outlook for little to no growth after the magnitude 6.3 quake wrecked houses and closed businesses in Christchurch Feb. 22. The Treasury Department this week said gross domestic product was ?flat to slightly negative? in the first quarter and forecast 2011 growth will be about 1 percent.

More...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...uake-spurs-biggest-exodus-in-10-years-1-.html
 
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Christchurch prisoners to learn trades

5/05/2011 7:20:00
By Amanda South

Between 130 and 160 new training placements in specific trades will be provided at Christchurch Men's Prison, over the next 12 months.

Workshops will be established in a low security area to deliver courses in painting, plastering, plumbing, drain laying and gas welding.

http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyid=195994
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.9 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

SBS Marathon to support USAR Dogs
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 2:47 pm

The invaluable skills of the search dogs used during the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake will be celebrated during this year?s SBS Marathon. The Urban Search and Rescue Dogs Association has been confirmed as the official charity of choice for the June 5 event.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1105/S00095/sbs-marathon-to-support-usar-dogs.htm
 
Re: 6.3 and 5.9 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

Christchurch City Councillors will visit San Francisco to see how the American city recovered from a powerful earthquake in 1989.

The five councillors, including deputy mayor Ngaire Button, will meet experts in everything from urban design to recovery of business confidence later in May.

The councillors' airfares have been donated by Air New Zealand and they will pay for their own expenses.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/cante...ristchurch-councillors-to-visit-us-quake-city
 
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