COLLECTION

Learning From Christchurch

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In the aftermath of the devastating 2010 and 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch, this 2013 collection was collated by Community Research, Healthy Christchurch, He Oranga Pounamu, and the Christchurch Council of Social Services to document the extraordinary experiences and resilience of communities in Canterbury.
At every step along the way, people in communities and tangata whenua, community and voluntary organisations have been documenting and reflecting on their experiences. The resulting research includes everything from narratives capturing the personal aftermath, through to scholarly analysis.
This collection will be valuable to national organisations as they continue to deliver services and support staff, and also be of use as people consider their own natural disaster preparedness.

The collection focusses on research undertaken by, for and with communities, in ways that are consistent with Community Research’s Code of Practice.
Topics can include anything that touches on the response of communities and community organisations.
Outside scope are items that are unduly:

Technical or focus primarily physical aspects of the natural disaster
Partisan, party political.

The contents of the “Learning from Christchurch” special collection is anything that people believe relevant to communities and the organisations that support them.

Environment

A Community-led, Science-informed Conversation around the Future Use of the Avon River Residential Red Zone. Vallance, S. and Tait, P, 2013. DEM, Lincoln University, PO Box 85084 available on http://hdl.handle.net/10182/5653 (Uploaded to Community Research)

Grants, Funding, Contracts & Fundraising

Todd Foundation Earthquake Recovery Fund Review (PDF xxx), 2013 includes guidelines for future disaster responses

Health/ Wellbeing

Building community resilience: Learning from the Canterbury earthquakes study (PDF, 1.8MB) for Health Research Council and Canterbury Medical Research Foundation, by Louise Thornley, Jude Ball, Louise Signal, Keri Lawson-Te Aho, and Emma Rawson, Quigley and Watts, 2013 (Uploaded to Community Research)
The CERA Wellbeing Survey 2012 Report (PDF 4.3MB), (October 2012), see also http://cera.govt.nz/wellbeing-survey
A Summary of the Greater Christchurch Wellbeing Communication Campaign Research Findings (PDF 881KB), Healthy Christchurch, Canterbury DHB and Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, April 2013
The relationships of geographical variations in health outcomes and earthquake impact, by Simon Kingham, University of Canterbury, 2012 (Uploaded to Community Research)

Housing & Homelessness

Sense of placelessness on the Christchurch periphery post-earthquake
Post-Disaster Mobilities: Exploring Household Relocation after the Canterbury Earthquakes, Dickinson, S, 2013. Unpublished Masters dissertation, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Uploaded to Community Research)
TPA (CHCH) Rental Survey 2013: A Study of Increasing Rents and Housing Conditions in the Greater Christchurch Area, by Tennants Protection Association (Christchurch), 2013 (Uploaded to Community Research)

Immigrants, Refugees & Migrants

Best Practice Guidelines for Engaging with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities in Times of Disaster: Findings of Action Research for Circulation to CALD communities, by Sarah Wylie (independent researcher), for Christchurch City Council, March 2012
Lessons learned following the earthquakes of 22 February 2011, Christchurch Migrant Inter-Agency Group

Māori

The Case Study by Ngāi Tahu on their work in the wake of the earthquakes, published in the 2012 Families Commission Report, “Partnerships with Māori“, describing Ngāi Tahu’s leadership role.
Research on resilience and recovery of ‘Māori-focussed organisations’
What about Us? Reported Experiences of Disabled People Related to the Christchurch Earthquakes
Shakes, Rattles and Roll Outs: The Untold Story of Māori Engagement with Community Recovery, Social Resilience and Urban Sustainability in Christchurch, New Zealand
Impacts on Māori of the Ōtautahi/Christchurch earthquakes, by Dr Simon Lambert, Ngati Ruapani, Tuhoe, Lincoln University working paper, updated 2013
Indigenous resilience through urban disaster: The Māori response to the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch Otautahi earthquakes, by Lambert, S, Mark-Shadbolt, M, Ataria, J & Black, A, paper in Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga International Indigenous Research Development Conference Proceedings, 201
Indigenous Communities, Disasters, and Disaster Research: Surviving Disaster Research On, With and By Māori Lambert, S., (2014). Paper presented to ANZTSR 2014 Conference, Christchurch.

News and Media Coverage

Marae lead the way for Christchurch earthquake recovery, press release from Public Health Foundation, 17 September 2013
The tribes that bind Christchurch, article by Olivia Carville and Anna Turner, The Press, 7 September 2013
Research suggests better to deal with problems than avoid them, University Canterbury, 2 July 2013
Research supports limiting food outlets in Christchurch rebuild, University Canterbury, 2 July 2013
Research Finds Significant Problems Remain After Quakes, Edmund Rice Justice and Nga Maata Waka, 24 June 2013
‘Virtuous circle’ helps Christchurch communities recover from earthquakes, story by Health Research Council, 15 March 2013
Wellbeing research paints a complex picture, press release from Healthy Christchurch, 15 April 2013

Non-profit Sector

An Inventory of Community-led and Non-governmental Organisations and Initiatives in Post-earthquake Canterbury, Carlton, S. and Vallance, S. 2013. Lincoln University. (Uploaded to Community Research)
Glimpses of a better world: The role of tangata whenua, community & voluntary sector in the Canterbury earthquake recovery, by Garth Nowland-Foreman for Council of Social Services in Christchurch (Uploaded to Community Research)
Ministry of Social Development Summer Scholarship Report for Family and Community Services, Canterbury (PDF 3.29MB), nine papers prepared by senior University of Canterbury students on MSD summer scholarships, March 2013
Supporting Community Resilience In Post-Quake Christchurch (PDF 225KB), by Sharon Torstonson, Council of Social Services in Christchurch, and Michelle Whitaker Healthy Christchurch, July 2011 (Uploaded to Community Research)
ANZTSR 2014 Third Sector Organisations and Earthquake Recovery Planning in Christchurch, New Zealand Hutton, N.S., Tobin, G.A., & Whiteford, L.M., (2014). Paper presented to ANZTSR 2014 Conference.

Volunteering & Mahi Aroha

Disaster Recovery and Volunteers: Literature Review of Best Practice – October 2012 (PDF 152KB), by LeeChin Heng, University of Canterbury, October 2012
Volunteering Canterbury’s Survey of Member Organisations 2011, Volunteering Canterbury, 2011 (Uploaded to Community Research)

Women

Building back better: Utilising women’s labour in the Canterbury recovery (PDF 6.6MB), a research report by Research First for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, August 2013. See also Building back better media release
Women’s Voices: Recording women’s experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes, NCW Christchurch Branch
Movers and Shakers : Women’s stories from the Christchurch earthquakes (final version) Gordon, L; Sutherland, J; DuPlessis, R and Gibson, H.

Featured research

Thanks to our partners

Community Research collected these resources in conjunction with Healthy Christchurch, Council of Social Services