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Christchurch<br />
6.3 earthquake<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>10</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Years</str<strong>on</strong>g> On<br />
<strong>February</strong> 22, 2011 - <strong>2021</strong>
Christchurch 6.3 Earthquake <str<strong>on</strong>g>10</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Years</str<strong>on</strong>g> On<br />
Christchurch earthquake <str<strong>on</strong>g>10</str<strong>on</strong>g> years <strong>on</strong><br />
a pictorial snapshot of how Christchurch is moving forward<br />
Steve McCaughan<br />
General Manager<br />
This week marked <str<strong>on</strong>g>10</str<strong>on</strong>g> years since the devastating<br />
<strong>February</strong> 6.3 earthquake, which struck Christchurch<br />
killing 185 people, injuring thousands, and leaving a trail<br />
of destructi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
It is a time n<strong>on</strong>e of us will ever forget. But I am filled<br />
with pride when I recall the efforts and acti<strong>on</strong>s of<br />
everyday Cantabrians in the weeks following. To all the<br />
professi<strong>on</strong>als, volunteers and the countless unsung<br />
heroes who helped our recovery, I want to thank you for<br />
your tireless work. The kindness and acti<strong>on</strong>s of people in<br />
many ways all accumulated to help us all get through. It<br />
did make a difference and made me proud to be part of<br />
the Canterbury tribe.<br />
I also want to acknowledge and thank my team at<br />
The Star. With our building and press destroyed in the<br />
<strong>February</strong> quake, we were in a perilous positi<strong>on</strong>. I recall<br />
meeting with my senior team, first thing the next morning<br />
at McD<strong>on</strong>alds Riccart<strong>on</strong> (they still had power <strong>on</strong>), and<br />
we planned to publish a daily newspaper from a double<br />
garage at our IT manager’s home. We did this for several<br />
weeks, until we moved into the St Albans Cricket Club in<br />
Hagley Park. The tenacity and resilience shown by our<br />
people at the time was tremendous. It ensured we kept<br />
Christchurch c<strong>on</strong>nected and informed, with vital updates<br />
and informati<strong>on</strong> for those weeks following.<br />
Our story was just <strong>on</strong>e of thousands, where Cantabrians<br />
rallied, picked themselves back up and just got <strong>on</strong> with it.<br />
We all battled the odds and the 11,000-odd aftershocks<br />
that followed. We all had our<br />
own pers<strong>on</strong>al journey and<br />
challenges to deal with. We<br />
should stand proud of the<br />
recovery we have all made.<br />
Today we are publishing a<br />
pictorial look at our city <str<strong>on</strong>g>10</str<strong>on</strong>g> years <strong>on</strong> and the progress<br />
made. We still have more work to do yet, but I am excited<br />
about the fact that everyday our city just gets better and<br />
is c<strong>on</strong>stantly improving.<br />
In the words of CHCHNZ – “We are a city where you can<br />
choose how to live your life – surrounded by stunning<br />
natural landscapes”.<br />
John Bridgman<br />
Chief Executive Otakaro Ltd<br />
We’re planning to hold the first events towards the end of<br />
this year.<br />
I start with that because the questi<strong>on</strong> about when Te Pae<br />
Christchurch C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> Centre will be open is the <strong>on</strong>e I’m<br />
most often greeted with.<br />
It’s great that there is such anticipati<strong>on</strong> around this Crown-led anchor project and it’s<br />
not the <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong>e to get excited about, as we push to get all our spaces and places<br />
completed by the end of next year.<br />
In April we’ll be opening the North Frame pedestrian bridge, the final element to be<br />
added to the largest ever public realm transformati<strong>on</strong> undertaken in New Zealand –<br />
Te Papa Ōtākaro/Av<strong>on</strong> River Precinct.<br />
We’re working <strong>on</strong> the final few hundred metres of the South Frame. This new, gardenlined<br />
cycle and pedestrian laneway across the city should be near complete come<br />
the end of the year.<br />
And the Metro Sports Facility has become hard to miss <strong>on</strong> Moorhouse Ave, as we<br />
look to complete c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of the nine indoor courts and eleven pools and spas by<br />
the end of next year.<br />
This leads to another comm<strong>on</strong> questi<strong>on</strong> – Why has it taken this l<strong>on</strong>g?<br />
I can <strong>on</strong>ly speak for the time since Ōtākaro Ltd was established early in 2016. By then<br />
a lot of significant planning and demoliti<strong>on</strong> work had been d<strong>on</strong>e, but many sites were<br />
still bare. So off we went, asked by the Government to deliver some of the largest<br />
horiz<strong>on</strong>tal and vertical infrastructure projects in the country, in a relatively c<strong>on</strong>fined<br />
space, <strong>on</strong> tricky ground, with a stretched c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> sector and a global pandemic<br />
at the tail end. It was a big ask and I am proud of what we have achieved so far.<br />
The reality is the regenerati<strong>on</strong> of Christchurch will never be finished, and you wouldn’t<br />
want it to be.<br />
In the near future this city is going to be home to some of the best business, sports<br />
and recreati<strong>on</strong> facilities in New Zealand. The Crown and Council have tackled the big<br />
stuff, the hard stuff, the infrastructure that will draw the masses in and set Christchurch<br />
up for success for generati<strong>on</strong>s to come. The next stage in the city’s evoluti<strong>on</strong> is what<br />
happens in the spaces in between.<br />
Lianne Dalziel<br />
Christchurch Mayor<br />
An anniversary is a time when we come together to<br />
remember the events of the day and to reflect <strong>on</strong> all that<br />
means to us.<br />
The <str<strong>on</strong>g>10</str<strong>on</strong>g>th anniversary of the <strong>February</strong> 22, 2011 earthquake<br />
recalls the loss of 185 lives, and the impact this had had <strong>on</strong><br />
their families and friends. Our hearts go out to all of them<br />
both here in New Zealand and in the 20 other countries where they came from.<br />
We also remember those who were injured or experienced trauma <strong>on</strong> that day. For<br />
many there is no erasing of the memory of what occurred, nor the scars – seen and<br />
unseen – that remain.<br />
We acknowledge the changes to our laws, requiring buildings to be built to str<strong>on</strong>ger<br />
seismic standards, as well as decisi<strong>on</strong>s to retrofit buildings, that have made our city<br />
safer than it was. Less<strong>on</strong>s we have learned here have been shared across New<br />
Zealand and the world, leaving a legacy that will help protect lives in the future.<br />
And we again express our gratitude for all those who tried to help save lives regardless<br />
of their own safety <strong>on</strong> that day, and all those who helped over the days and weeks<br />
that followed.<br />
I often think about the thousands of people who flooded the damaged suburbs<br />
with support. I think of the existing community leaders who stepped up in their own<br />
communities and the emergent leaders who, like Sam Johns<strong>on</strong> and the team who<br />
set up the Student Volunteer Army. The SVA is an enduring example of the legacy<br />
they have left.<br />
We also remember that this was the earthquake that changed our landscape forever,<br />
seeing thousands of residents forced from their homes and communities.<br />
The promise that now sits in the Ōtakaro Av<strong>on</strong> River Corridor Regenerati<strong>on</strong> Plan is<br />
another legacy for the future.<br />
When we experience loss <strong>on</strong> this scale, it can be hard at the time to gauge the sheer<br />
enormity of the recovery that lies ahead.<br />
When I look al<strong>on</strong>g Oxford Tce by the Bridge of Remembrance, that <strong>on</strong>e snapshot<br />
helps me see the essence of what we imagined we could be when we c<strong>on</strong>tributed to<br />
‘Share an Idea’. And that always gives me optimism for the future of our city.<br />
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Turning spaces into<br />
places for people<br />
Ōtākaro Limited is about three-quarters of the way through its work<br />
delivering the Crown-led Anchor Projects for the people of Christchurch<br />
Te Pae Christchurch<br />
C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> Centre<br />
Set to be New Zealand’s <strong>on</strong>ly purpose-built c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> and<br />
exhibiti<strong>on</strong> centre when it opens towards the end of the year. Te<br />
Pae is expected to generate around $600m worth of ec<strong>on</strong>omic<br />
activity in our regi<strong>on</strong> over the next decade.<br />
Metro Sports Facility<br />
With eleven pools and spas, five hydroslides and space for nine<br />
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next year.<br />
East Frame<br />
Made up of the central city’s third<br />
largest public space, Rauora Park, and<br />
Fletcher Living’s One Central residential<br />
development. Around 200 homes have<br />
now been sold and demand c<strong>on</strong>tinues to<br />
grow from people wanting to be a part of<br />
this burge<strong>on</strong>ing neighbourhood.<br />
South Frame<br />
A new garden-lined pedestrian and cycle<br />
route across the city away from traffic<br />
<strong>on</strong> St Asaph St and Tuam St. Filled with<br />
sculptures, murals and st<strong>on</strong>es and plants<br />
of cultural significance, the South Frame<br />
is expected to be complete around the<br />
end of this year.<br />
Te Papa Ōtākaro/Av<strong>on</strong><br />
River Precinct<br />
Stretching al<strong>on</strong>g the river from the hospital to<br />
Fitzgerald Ave, the largest ever public realm<br />
transformati<strong>on</strong> undertaken in New Zealand<br />
will be complete in April with the opening of<br />
the North Frame pedestrian bridge.<br />
Most projects will be completed by the end of next year. There is plenty to keep an eye <strong>on</strong>.