2011 Christchurch Earthquake added to New Zealand Disasters

Question

Hi All

This summers little mini-project was to add the names of those killed during the 2011 Earthquake to the New Zealand Disaster records and then I forgot to ask (around the anniversary) for support in developing links outwards, by those Wikitreers from NZ & beyond, who may have a personal connection or addition info to add to those profiles.

If you just want a look over or fell you can add to what we already have please feel free

Category:2011_Christchurch_Earthquake

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Great work Graeme. I have added a few maiden names that I could find in newspaper articles.

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Thanks Paula that is exactly what I was after

Answer 1

We can't say this enough: You. Are. Awesome!

Answer 2

Hi Graeme,

I don't have a personal connection to the victims, but that is my home town and I left the year before the first one hit. I'm heading there in a few months, so unless you get something sooner, will snap a few photos of the memorial wall etc for the project.  I don't have a lot of time there, or I'd get the headstone images for you.

This is a momentous effort.

Kind regards,
Raewyn.

Answer 3

My cousin has 4 sons. One of those sons who was working in one of the buildings that collapsed - the Pyne Gould building that went down like a pancake. Fortunately the cousins son got out safely, but things could have been different....

Has it been 9 years already?

And Christchurch still has not been repaired, The cathedral spire will never be repaired...

Answer 4

That's an amazing job you have done considering how many of the victims were foreigners. As far as I know, no one that I knew died although plenty of them were affected.

Answer 5

Excellent work, Graeme. On that day, we had a bus load of Kaikoura students in Christchurch on a history trip, my son included. They were driving along Riccarton Road. One of the teachers, a territorial, pulled people out from collapsed verandas. It was a long day waiting for the kids to get home. My doctor, also in Christchurch that day, helped at the PGG building - then in the Kaikoura quake. So many New Zealanders are linked to this disaster. Thanks for honouring them.