The February 2011 earthquake turned Canterbury upside down. We hear from the people who lived through that traumatic, life-changing day and what's happened in the decade since.
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The February 2011 earthquake turned Canterbury upside down. We hear from the people who lived through that traumatic, life-changing day and what's happened in the decade since.
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2/12/2021
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Recent Episodes
March 4, 2021
The East
<p>Strangers come together to save others in one of the worst hit areas in the city.</p><p><a href="https://bcove.video/4eW5AxX">Watch a video interview from the episode here</a></p><p>Staff and parents deal with wet, shocked children at QEII Park; a good neighbour suffers a life-changing accident; a maternity nurse saves a badly injured man; a wife waits for news of her missing husband; a St John ambulance officer deals with impossible conditions and a journalist on maternity leave finds herself inside her biggest story.</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/fragments-firsthand-accounts-of-the-february-2011-earthquake?share=elf_audio_2018785948">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>
March 2, 2021
The Journeys
<p>Through liquefaction, over rubble and around broken buildings, survivors escape the city while others journey in to search for loved ones.</p><p><a href="https://bcove.video/45YjU59">Watch a video interview from the episode here</a></p><p>People stranded in the Forsyth Barr building must abseil to safety; a parent journeys on foot into the CBD to locate her young daughter while another walks for kilometres to find her son; a bus driver struggles through liquefaction and aftershocks to deliver dozens of school children to safety; a visitor to the city attempts to rescue people in Cathedral Junction; a community worker guides her charges to safety and a crane owner is key to rescuing people trapped in ruined buildings.</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/fragments-firsthand-accounts-of-the-february-2011-earthquake?share=elf_audio_2018785606">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>
February 28, 2021
The CTV Building and Latimer Square
<p>Inside and outside the worst disaster site.</p><p><a href="https://bcove.video/46dIi2Z">Watch a video interview from the episode here</a></p><p>One woman's impulse to run saves her life; roofers, carpenters and office workers are first on the scene to help people trapped inside; a husband stands outside the collapsed building for more than a day waiting for news of his trapped wife; emergency services take charge; victims are recovered and returned to their families. </p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/fragments-firsthand-accounts-of-the-february-2011-earthquake?share=elf_audio_2018785122">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>
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