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Author : Henry F. Wigram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Story of Christchurch, New Zealand written by Henry F. Wigram and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Abdullah Drury
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040086462
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book A History of Christchurch Muslims written by Abdullah Drury and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines a significant part of New Zealand history through a critical analysis of the Muslim community in Christchurch, a neglected but important aspect of wider New Zealand social and religious history. Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in New Zealand and one of the least understood by the wider public. However, the historic reality demonstrates that the first Muslim settlers arrived within 15 years of the proclamation of the colony in 1841, and many have been living quietly in this country and contributing to society ever since. Drury elucidates how New Zealand Muslims have proved it possible to integrate into a European society in the South Pacific whilst retaining an idiosyncratic sense of Islamic communal identity. This book is a useful reference for scholars and educators curious to learn more about Muslims in New Zealand and about the Christchurch Mosque communities before the 2019 shootings.
Author : Phil Wilkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780473380175
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Christchurch written by Phil Wilkins and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lift the flap book for children and young people describing the underground infrastructure of Christchurch, and the repair and recovery journey after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. Factual information presented in picture book format.
Author : Farid Ahmed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780369333766
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (337 download)
Download or read book Husna's Story written by Farid Ahmed and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Husna's Story is written by Husna's husband Farid Ahmed. They were praying at El Noor Mosque in Christchurch when a gunman burst in and shot and killed 51 people and injured many others in a terrorist attack. This book tells Husna's story, describing the day of the attack - in all of its normal, mundane detail up until the tragedy, and then the horrendous tragedy of what followed. Interwoven with this is the story of Husna's life, telling of the selflessness and bravery with which she lived her life. As well as looking after her paraplegic husband, Husna was an important member of the community, helping women when they were giving birth, running classes for children and helping many others. Her last selfless act was going back into the mosque to look for her husband on that fateful day. She had already led the other women and children to safety. Tragically she was shot. Husna's husband, Farid Ahmed, quite incredibly, forgives the alleged killer. His remarkable philosophy of forgiveness, peace and love is an example of how religion and faith, through personal application, can be a tool for navigating the most horrific of tragedies.
Author : Edward Frank Lincoln
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Story of Canterbury written by Edward Frank Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chessie Henry
Publisher : Victoria University Press
ISBN 13 : 1776562453
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (765 download)
Download or read book We Can Make A Life written by Chessie Henry and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hours after the 2011 Christchuch Earthquake, Kaikoura-based doctor Chris Henry crawled through the burning CTV building to rescue those who were trapped. Six years later, his daughter Chessie interviews him in an attempt to understand the trauma that led her father to burnout, in the process unravelling stories and memories from her own remarkable family history. Chessie rebuilds her family's lives on the page, from her parents' honeymoon across Africa, to living in Tokelau as one of five children under ten before returning to New Zealand, where her mother would set her heart and home in the Clarence Valley only to see it devastated in the 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake, and the family displaced. Written with the same love and compassion that defines her family's courage and strength, We Can Make a Life is an extraordinary memoir about the psychological cost of heroism, home and belonging, and how a family made a life together.I'd always felt that I was emotional because I had been raised by emotional people: talking right from the beginning, unafraid of tears or love or closeness. Was it entrenched in us, to feel things too much? Would we have to fight it—the black shape at the edges, bounding after us, a smudge of darkness in an otherwise colourful scene.
Author : Kenneth Milne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846822704
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (227 download)
Download or read book Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin written by Kenneth Milne and published by . This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Dublin - commonly called Christ Church - is, by Irish standards, rich in archival and architectural remains, and so it comes as something of a surprise to learn that this book - now in paperback - is the first full-scale history of the cathedral to be written. That the time has now come for the situation to be redressed owes much to the attention that has been paid in recent years to the records and the architecture of Christ Church. The painstaking work of scholars - from the different academic disciplines of history, music, literature, and art - have distilled from the evidence much that had previously been hidden. Christ Church has reflected the changing face of Ireland, in its architecture, administration, worship, and in the people who made those things possible. It has experienced the trauma of the Reformation, and, centuries later, of disestablishment and of political independence. Whether pre-Reformation as an Augustinian priory, or post-Reformation as the monarch's Chapel Royal in Ireland, 'where the government came to church, ' or indeed from the late 19th Century as metropolitan cathedral for the Church of Ireland dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough, Christ Church has played a prominent part in national and civic life. Furthermore, the cathedral archives throw intriguing light on many aspects of everyday life in Dublin
Author : Gordon Ogilvie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780958331562
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (315 download)
Download or read book The Port Hills of Christchurch written by Gordon Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published thirty years ago (1978) The Port Hills of Christchurch had become a collectors item. Now after a great deal of new and meticulous research award winning historian Gordon Ogilvie has updated and greatly expanded the book and added any new fascinating photographs.
Author : Desna Wallace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781775431824
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Canterbury Quake written by Desna Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Maddy is a typical 11-year-old girl living in Christchurch - her diary starts in early August with her desperate for a mobile phone, and talking about her best friend Laura, Glee and singing in the school choir, homework, teachers, her siblings ... And then the first earthquake hits on 4 September and her world changes"--Publisher information.
Author : Lloyd Jones
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1742539467
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)
Download or read book A History of Silence: A Memoir (NZ Ed) written by Lloyd Jones and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stone by stone the basilica was being dismantled in order to be put back together again. Each stone was painted with a number and laid with care onto pallets spread over the ground . . . I kept thinking about those numbered stones. Some purpose began to take shape. I began to wonder if I might re-trace and recover something of my own past, to reassemble it in the manner of the basilica. It was a matter of looking to see if any of the original building blocks remained, and where might I find them. The 2011 earthquake that shook Christchurch to its core led Lloyd Jones to investigate his own foundations and family past. And so begins a quest to revisit what has been buried by a legacy of silence. Piecing together his own memories with clues of what has been deliberately forgotten by his parents, Jones embarks on a journey of discovery – uncovering hardships endured and sorrows kept hidden. Grandparents never spoken of or met emerge from dusty archives as he unearths lives torn apart by tragedy and unspoken mysteries. Like the city that is exposed, Jones must come to terms with a history that is not one he may have imagined. Also available as an eBook
Author : Annie Potts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781927145500
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (455 download)
Download or read book Animals in Emergencies written by Annie Potts and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that shook Canterbury on 4 September 2010, the news media were quick to report, with understandable relief, that no lives had been lost. In fact, this first quake killed at least 3000 chickens, eight cows, one dog, a lemur and 150 aquarium fish, and that was only the first of a series of even more catastrophic quakes that were to follow, in which many humans and animals perished. Animals in Emergencies: Learning from the Christchurch Earthquakes provides a record of what happened to the animals during and after these quakes, and asks what we can learn from these events and our response to them. The accounts of professionals and volunteers involved in the rescue, shelter and advocacy of the city's animals post-quakes are presented in the first part of the book, and are followed by the tales of individual animals. These accounts provide an honest and compelling historical record of how Christchurch's seismic activity affected human-animal relationships in both positive and negative ways. We share our lives with a variety of companion animals, including dogs, cats, horses, fish, birds, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs and turtles, and the stories of how the Canterbury earthquakes affected these animals are absorbing, sometimes heart-breaking and often heart-warming. The book also reports on the fate of urban wildlife such as hedgehogs, eels and seabirds, in the aftermath of liquefaction and other damage caused by the more than 20,000 aftershocks since the first major earthquake, and considers the particular risks to animals most vulnerable when disasters strike - those confined on farms and in laboratories.
Author : Pete Seager
Publisher : Keswin Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9780958278034
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Responders written by Pete Seager and published by Keswin Pub.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind the scenes of the February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake and the Civil Defence & Emergency Management registered volunteer teams deployment.
Author : Mary Gaudin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780473496135
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (961 download)
Download or read book I Never Met a Straight Line I Didn't Like written by Mary Gaudin and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the 1960s a small, conservative city at the bottom of the world exploded with a creative force that developed into a recognisable style of architecture...the homes illustrated here are just a small representation of the style and architects of the period"--Introduction.
Author : Michael Ardagh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781988503066
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Rising from the Rubble written by Michael Ardagh and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do health care workers manage disaster on an unprecedented scale? The 2011 Canterbury earthquakes were more challenging to the region's health system than anyone could have expected. The injured needed immediate treatment, buildings and equipment were badly damaged, aftershocks continued to rock the area, and communities were disrupted by flooding, liquefaction and fear. Despite this, many ordinary people - hospital and laboratory staff, general practitioners (GPs), pharmacists and others - accomplished extraordinary things in the aftermath of such devastation. `Rising from the Rubble' gives a compelling account of those who rallied to maintain and rebuild essential health services, maintaining continuity of care for the most vulnerable - from older people to those with kidney failure - as well as dealing with the significant ongoing impact on mental health. From the immediate emergency response after the earthquakes to sustaining health services over the following years in highly demanding circumstances, the stories of medical staff joining forces, collaborating and volunteering are infused with sadness, pride and even joy. Based on interviews with those who lived and worked through the Canterbury earthquakes, and the authors' own experiences, `Rising from the Rubble' is an inspiring testament to commitment and recovery
Author : Lynley Hood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781988531854
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (318 download)
Download or read book A City Possessed written by Lynley Hood and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of child abuse allegations, gender politics and the law. This work details the events and debates leading up to the Christchurch Civic Creche case. It shows how such a case could happen, and why, and analyzes the social and legal processes by which the conviction was obtained.
Author : Desna Wallace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781775436324
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (363 download)
Download or read book Canterbury Quake written by Desna Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2020-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eleven year olds heartfelt account of life through the Canterbury quakes and shakes of 201011. In the dark of night, with a terrifying rumble and a deafening roar, Maddys world turns upside down! Instead of celebrating her birthday, suddenly words like liquefaction, aftershocks and state of emergency bubble into her vocabulary. As Maddy navigates the bumps and crashes of life after the big quakes, she discovers how strong family can be, and finds friendship in the most unlikely places.
Author : Geoffrey Rice
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781927145586
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (455 download)
Download or read book Victoria Square written by Geoffrey Rice and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victoria Square, that green and peaceful oasis in the center of Christchurch, has a special claim to fame: it is the only city square in the world with a river running through it. It has a rich and varied history, starting in 1850 when, as Christchurch's Market Place, it was the center of commerce in the fledgling settlement. Before long it was home to little wooden shops, busy hotels and flourishing businesses, and to the city's law courts. Much later it was the site of a splendid town hall. There have been many changes over the years, by far the most drastic those that followed the major earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. All the buildings on the square's eastern side, and most of those to the south, were demolished, along with the eye-catching tourist hotel that had occupied its north-west corner from 1988. Until the earthquakes Victoria Square was regarded as the most successful urban space in New Zealand, and even in Australasia, and that admired layout, dating from the 1980s, survives, though it may yet be modified as the city rebuilds. This lively and entertaining book, illustrated with 250 photographs, many never before published, is a fascinating architectural survey of a unique civic space; Geoffrey Rice brings to life many of the stories and events connected with Victoria Square and the colorful personalities who have lived and worked there for over a century and a half.
