Saturday 22 February 2014 is the third anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake that took 185 lives. Christchurch people are remembering the day in many different ways: The city’s official Civic Memorial Service earthquake will be held on the Archery Lawn at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens from 12pm, with an address by Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel […]
Children learn through play Most of my strongest childhood memories are of free, unstructured play in wild places near my home. Building huts out of fern fronds, playing explorers by wading down a stream in the Kaimais, collecting tadpoles and waving toi toi flags. These experiences were a huge influence on the adult I am today, […]
There’s a huge rock near my house in Christchurch. It’s a famous landmark, one that stands at the entrance to the beach community of Sumner, beside the channel that links the ocean to the estuary. It used to be known as Shag Rock. After the February 2011 earthquakes it got switched up to Shagged Rock. […]
The hip hop rapper sound of Scribe seems an incongruous choice of soundtrack for a museum exhibition. Let’s face it, museums do have a bit of a rep for stuffy, dusty places lamenting the past, rather than being up with the current state of play. But then, this latest exhibition–Canterbury Quakes–put together by Canterbury Museum […]