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Page 15 – External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Art Deco Napier

    Information on the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake, and the architectural styles (especially art deco) used in rebuilding Napier.

  • Canterbury earthquakes 2010 2011

    This section of the Kete Christchurch website collects stories, photos and memories of the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch and their aftermath.

  • CEISMIC

    The website of a consortium project to build a digital archive of video, audio, documents and images related to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.

  • Christchurch quake map

    This animated map shows earthquakes centred near Christchurch.

  • New Zealand disasters: earthquakes

    On the Christchurch City Libraries site, summaries of five major earthquakes (Wellington 1855, Murchison 1929, Hawke’s Bay 1931, Īnangahua 1968, Edgecumbe 1987).

  • New Zealand's historic earthquakes

    On the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences site, this map shows the locations of large New Zealand earthquakes.

  • The North Canterbury earthquake of September 1, 1888

    A summary of historic records and geological information on the 1888 earthquake in north Canterbury by Hugh Cowan, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1991). This is a PDF version (0.8 MB).

  • Rupturing of the Awatere Fault

    Grapes, Rodney, and others. ‘Rupturing of the Awatere Fault during the October 16 1848 Marlborough earthquake, New Zealand: historical and present day evidence.’ This is a 1998 paper from the New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, published on the website of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

  • QuakeStories

    A website for people to share their experiences of the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes in Canterbury.

  • Wellington and Christchurch’s earthquake risk

    An explanation of Christchurch’s earthquake risk, and why the 2011 Canterbury earthquake caused so much damage.

More suggestions and sources

    • Ansell, Rebecca, and John Taber. Caught in the crunch. Auckland: Harper Collins, 1996.

    • Conly, Geoff. The shock of ’31 – the Hawke’s Bay earthquake. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1980.

    • Grapes, Rodney. Magnitude eight plus. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2000.

    • Grayland, Eugene. More New Zealand disasters. Wellington: A. H. & A.W. Reed, 1978.

    • Lowry, Murray. Edgecumbe earthquake. Alpha series 60. Wellington: Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1987.

    • McConnochie, Helen. Afterwords. Interviews and letters from survivors of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake. Napier: Friends of Hawke’s Bay Cultural Trust, 2004.

    • McGregor, Robert. The great quake – the story of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake. Napier: Regional Publications, 1989.

    • McLaren, Jan. A night of terror – Wairarapa’s 1942 earthquake. Masterton: Wairarapa Archive, 2002.

    • Rogers, Anna. New Zealand tragedies – earthquakes. Wellington: Grantham House, 1996.

    • Ruscoe, Quentin. Walking on jelly – the Bay of Plenty earthquake 1987. Wellington: Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1988.

    • Wright, Matthew. Quake – Hawke’s Bay 1931. Auckland: Reed, 2001.


How to cite this page:

Eileen McSaveney. 'External links and sources', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 9-Feb-12
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/historic-earthquakes