Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki
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Art Deco Napier
Information on the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake, and the architectural styles (especially art deco) used in rebuilding Napier.
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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.
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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.
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Christchurch quake map
This animated map shows earthquakes centred near Christchurch.
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Īnangahua earthquake 50 years on
Video produced by Simon Nathan in 2018.
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New Zealand disasters: earthquakes
This section of the Christchurch City Libraries site includes summaries of seven major earthquakes (Wellington 1855, Murchison 1929, Hawke’s Bay 1931, Īnangahua 1968, Edgecumbe 1987, Greendale 2010, Christchurch 2011).
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New Zealand's historic earthquakes
On the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences site, this map shows the locations of large New Zealand earthquakes.
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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.
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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).
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The shaky isles: Canterbury & other quakes
An infographic that provides information about the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010–11, explains why earthquakes occur and how they are measured.
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Wellington and Christchurch’s earthquake risk
An explanation of Christchurch’s earthquake risk, and why the 2011 Canterbury earthquake caused so much damage.
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Women's voices: recording women's experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes
This section of the Quakestudies site includes more than 70 interviews with women about the earthquakes, which were collected by the National Council of Women.
Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga
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Ansell, Rebecca, and John Taber. Caught in the crunch. Auckland: Harper Collins, 1996.
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Conly, Geoff. The shock of ’31: the Hawke’s Bay earthquake. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1980.
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Grapes, Rodney. Magnitude eight plus. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2000.
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Grayland, Eugene. More New Zealand disasters. Wellington: A. H. & A.W. Reed, 1978.
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Lowry, Murray. Edgecumbe earthquake. Alpha series 60. Wellington: Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1987.
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McConnochie, Helen. Afterwords. Interviews and letters from survivors of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake. Napier: Friends of Hawke’s Bay Cultural Trust, 2004.
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McGregor, Robert. The great quake: the story of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake. Napier: Regional Publications, 1989.
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McLaren, Jan. A night of terror: Wairarapa’s 1942 earthquake. Masterton: Wairarapa Archive, 2002.
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Rogers, Anna. New Zealand tragedies: earthquakes. Wellington: Grantham House, 1996.
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Ruscoe, Quentin. Walking on jelly: the Bay of Plenty earthquake 1987. Wellington: Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1988.
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Wright, Matthew. Quake: Hawke’s Bay 1931. Auckland: Reed, 2001.