Posts Tagged ‘earthquake

ROOTS UNDERGROUND

There’s an underground movement in Lyttelton and it’s called Roots. It’s all about local, honest food. Immediately after the February [...]

HARBOUR GARDEN

I’d wanted to visit for months but it seemed to consistently rain on Wednesday mornings. Then finally, a bright morning [...]

AND THE BEAT GOES ON

It was a locals’ secret – the alternative, grassroots café. Then the February quake struck. Suddenly what had been a [...]

JUMP START THE HEART – A VILLAGE IN THE RED ZONE

  • Published: October 22nd, 2011
  • Author: Get Local
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From behind the chain link fence at the Bridge of Remembrance, I couldn’t tell  what was happening exactly on Cashel [...]

REDUCE, REUSE, RETHREADS

Through an unassuming door on an unassuming street in central Christchurch, a Guerrilla movement is underway. A zero waste movement [...]

WOODSMOKE, MUSIC & BREW

It was the pleasant smell of woodsmoke that hit me first. Then the steady hubbub of contented conversation. Dishes and silverware [...]

RETURNING CULTURE TO THE CHRISTCHURCH CBD

The photographs, artwork and video are hung and ready for the doors to open again to the public. The Canterbury [...]

WHO’S GETTING MARRIED? SYLVIA!

They aren’t sure if anyone will come at all. It’s a gamble. But one worth taking. There’s an obvious gap [...]

TO MARKET, TO MARKET

It’s fresh and footloose and fancy free! Fresh breads, organic and biodynamic fruits and veggies, flowers, cheese, jams, savories and [...]

FILLING SPACES WITH MUSIC, POETRY, ART & FILMS

“Let’s swing,” Gap Filler organizer, Coralie, said when we sat down to chat. So we swung on the garden swing [...]