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Hilary Stace

Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:53:46 +1300

Vaguely. There were also large 'democracy is under attack' banners throughout the term of the last Labour-led government on a certain building in a prominent location.

Will be fascinating to see what the inquiry uncovers.

Joe Wylie

Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:06:23 +1300

A name I recognise was one who opposed the election of new mayor Justin Lester, with a monster attack banner on one of his buildings.

That seems to be something of a Wellington tradition. No doubt you'll recall Bob Jones's "Labour Credibility Barometer" that hung around for probably the entire…

Hilary Stace

Thu, 24 Nov 2016 09:18:37 +1300

The post earthquake situation is showing up the power of the large private building owners. A name I recognise was one who opposed the election of new mayor Justin Lester, with a monster attack banner on one of his buildings.

Hilary Stace

Wed, 23 Nov 2016 22:15:49 +1300

Interesting how the earthquake(s) has badly affected one particular area of Wellington – generally around Pipitea Point, while the more risky area of Cuba Street seems to have escaped unscathed. From Centreport, to Asteron House opposite the Railway Station and the Pipitea Campus of VUW, along Featherston Street, up Molesworth…

Rosemary McDonald

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:28:27 +1300

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/nz-earthquake/86667671/mayor-battles-civil-defence-over-waiau-road-closure

Oh dear! Big Daddy knows better than the locals.....

Farmer Green

Sun, 20 Nov 2016 07:24:54 +1300

More instances of overtopping of wells have been seen. There are literally thousands of these bores in the immediate area, and a representative sample has had pressure testing in recent times ; there will be good data.
In the meantime, more "paleo" water will be dispersed to groundwater than previously…

nzlemming

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 23:21:22 +1300

those tall buildings were moving in the wind.

They're built to do exactly that, as they are in most cities. Prevents them breaking.

Farmer Green

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 14:46:04 +1300

The 1855 one caused the huge uplift of land around Wellington,
It's clear that here in P.N. there has been a major shake-up well below us involving the 2 or 3 aquifers closest to the surface, so, from ground level down to about 80 metres.
Old artesian bores in the…

Rosemary McDonald

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 14:32:01 +1300

http://nzhistory.govt.nz/massive-earthquake-hits-wellington

The uplift caused by the quake led to improved transport links. Parts of the road between Wellington and Hutt Valley had been impassable at high tide, but this route was now safe for vehicles and (later) trains. Dangerous sections of the coastal route to Wairarapa were also raised. The…

Hilary Stace

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 13:48:22 +1300

Or more accurately on the Wellington or Wairarapa fault lines. The 1848 earthquake was a 7.5 based in the Awatere Valley, Marlborough, and the 1855 8.2 in the Wairarapa. Duration and aftershock reports seem similar to Sunday's. The 1855 one caused the huge uplift of land around Wellington, and the…

Sacha

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 12:21:07 +1300

the main earthquakes on Sunday night could be considered the big one we have been waiting for

the one to fear will be right under the city.

Hilary Stace

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 11:46:10 +1300

Last night I went to a fundraising movie at the Paramount. Courtenay Place was buzzing like a regular Friday night. There was a notice on the cinema door that it had been checked for safety, but everyone there probably had a plan about what to do if one of the…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 07:51:24 +1300

Wondering if other possibilities might be a sea/road link Wanganui to Nelson then inland route south
and maybe sea to Greymouth then rail through the alps (Though I haven't heard if the west coast rail is open or not to be honest).

Farmer Green

Sat, 19 Nov 2016 07:17:15 +1300

There seems to be an overdue recognition that coastal shipping has/could have a vital role in transport. We get two or three freight updates /day, and they are not about new surcharges in every case. Here's Toll's latest :-

Latest Update:

· Inter-Island services continue to operate with restrictions remaining…

Joe Wylie

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:36:43 +1300

This guy says it better than me.

Yeah well, though the red zone he refers to is the one that encompassed much of the CBD. While that's gone now, the much larger and totally separate residential red zone, which was never sealed off like the CBD, has now been largely…

B Jones

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 13:36:30 +1300

I can't see how red zoning central Wellington would do anything other than add to people's misery. I have to walk an extra 300m around a cordon to get to work, and half my stuff is in a building I can't access, but I can work and so can thousands…

Rosemary McDonald

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:12:09 +1300

is the owner of the dangerous building liable for your expenses as a result?

Methinks this is one of the reasons for the apparent reluctance of the Authorities to issue Grand Proclamations. They will be damned if they do and damned if they don't....

I don't live in Wellington, but…

Stephen R

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:09:38 +1300

I'm very supportive of Justin Lester – I thought he would be useless but now I'm inclined to vote for him again just because of his sensible approach to the 'quake.

I was very impressed with the interview he gave from the WREMO offices – he was pretty well informed,…

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:47:00 +1300

If you can't use a building because the place next door is threatening to collapse on it, is the owner of the dangerous building liable for your expenses as a result?

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:45:41 +1300

The fact is, there are but a handful of buildings that have structural issues that might cause injury outside the building, a few more with non-structural issues (glazing, awnings) that might cause problems on the pavement and a fair few (like my work) that are perfectly safe but with facilities…

Stephen R

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:42:06 +1300

The impression I got from the Mayor was a reluctance for the Authorities (central and local) to take responsibility for issuing 'safe or unsafe to enter' notices. "Ask your boss or your landlord."

It seems to me that the Council can't afford/organise engineer inspections for every building in Wellington, and…

Stephen R

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:35:02 +1300

I showed up to work this morning in the Wellington CBD to be prevented from entering due to possible nearby collapsing buildings.

No idea how long before I can go back to work, but betting it will be longer than the "48 hours" they promise, since the building isn't coming…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:13:13 +1300

allowing free access to the CBD
Wait till they have the army and armoured vehicles stopping their free access to their CBD, and Gerry Brownlee let loose on their 'old dungers'...

Rosemary McDonald

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:07:49 +1300

We are also getting a bit of earthquake action here in Wellington.

And Katherine Ryan spent the first part of her session this morning asking the Mayor if a more precautionary approach should have been taken over allowing free access to the CBD, and speaking with [[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201824220/is-a-star-rating-system-for-buildings-the-way-forward| David Hopkins and…

Hebe

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:23:39 +1300

It’s sure a relief to find PAS descending into silliness. I feel anything but silly. Going out and getting prepared – again. Amazing how much crap the 25-litre water container tap collects in three years, how the food expires and the chocolate is eaten, the batteries are borrowed, and where…

mark taslov

Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:47:34 +1300

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CFuCYNx-1g
The blind leading the blind

nzlemming

Thu, 17 Nov 2016 18:46:48 +1300

And other ‘extra sexual behaviour’.

FTA
He said it was important for people to remember this was God's view, not his.

Bwahahaha!

Sacha

Thu, 17 Nov 2016 18:39:44 +1300

Shagging is our patriotic duty to prevent further quakes.

Paul Campbell

Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:22:48 +1300

Surely 'extra sexual behavior' is everything but sex .... and in particular religion ...

Rosemary McDonald

Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:58:26 +1300

Whoever would have known that Kaikoura was such a hotbed of murderous, homosexual imperfection.

The Bishop digs even deeper....

And other ‘extra sexual behaviour’.

(Confused, and concerned at getting behind the times vernacularly, I foolishly asked Mr. Google for a definition of the term ’extra sexual. Oops!)

Alfie

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:24:26 +1300

In Destiny Church news, Brian Tamaki blames the earthquakes on gays, sinners, and murderers. I guess they must have all jumped up and down at the same time. Whoever would have known that Kaikoura was such a hotbed of murderous, homosexual imperfection.

Farmer Green

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 10:06:32 +1300

Important Post Earthquake Update from Big Chill Distribution

Dear Valued Customer,

As a result of the traumatic events in the Upper South Island and Wellington this week, you will be aware that the transport infrastructure within New Zealand has been severely damaged. Unfortunately it will continue to be impaired well…

Farmer Green

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:44:29 +1300

I always liked that doggerel on the back of the dunny in Herries Park in Te Aroha.

“If no paper
Do not linger
Robinson Crusoe
Used his finger."

It’s a bastard when there’s no water.

Farmer Green

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:41:19 +1300

And a Good morning from TOLL Freight Forwarding (backwarding , surely)

"Good morning

The flooding disrupted our plans for our truck, we were booked for the 8pm ferry sailing, but due to the flooding was unable to get to Wellington. He continued as the roads cleared & was rebooked on the…

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:36:02 +1300

Compass, who truck frozen meals, and meal components to Dunedin from Auckland, to supply the hospital meals, and meals on wheels
That was always a bad idea on so many levels.

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:35:06 +1300

wipe out?
I mean , who needs food anyway?
Not to mention toilet paper, now most folk get their news online, there'll be no stack of old newspapers. or old sewing patterns for that matter, to repurpose for loo paper... books it is then...
:- )

Farmer Green

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:33:03 +1300

with orders being diverted to our Auckland distribution centres

Yep , ship the yoghurt from P.N. to Auckland , so that it can be "distributed" to P.N.
Makes sense to me.
Luckily we here at Biofarm are prohibited from using the P.N. warehouse, because we are so norty . .…

John Farrell

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:32:53 +1300

Compass, who truck frozen meals, and meal components to Dunedin from Auckland, to supply the hospital meals, and meals on wheels, tell us it's all under control. Until last year, meals were prepared in the hospital kitchen. Does something sound out of whack?

Farmer Green

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:28:57 +1300

We are being taught not to rely on The Administration to provide support.

I found that it was quite empowering to be informed by the Genesis faultline operator that the reason that they didn't want to hear about our fault was that we were not a priority.
I thanked her…

Farmer Green

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:21:28 +1300

.community level post disaster actions

That was funny but absolutely true. Most will not have received this "news" :-

PEL (that is your Countdown supermarket)

"An update on our current closures is below. The biggest impact for you however is likely to be that our Palmerston North Distribution Centre will…

Rosemary McDonald

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:14:54 +1300

Throw in the administrative incompetence at every level . . . it’s quite a disturbing picture.

The cynic in me thinks that perhaps this is part of the Plan.

We are being taught not to rely on The Administration to provide support.

We are being 'encouraged' (read forced) to stand…

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:58:57 +1300

The take- home from this event is slowly sinking in now that we are up and running sort of . . . viz. that had this been the big one – the 8.5 + Richter on the Alpine Fault – the country is totally unprepared, and within a week or…

william blake

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:52:59 +1300

From generation zero to generation backup.

Farmer Green

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 07:23:23 +1300

izogi

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:56:48 +1300

Readers of BBC News, the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald will also be very relieved.

Rosemary McDonald

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:53:06 +1300

Whew! Thank god!!!!

The Cows are safe!!!

It was very near the end of all things...

"It's done." "Yes, Mr Frodo, it's over now."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOnhBKPSuWA

Rosemary McDonald

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:20:17 +1300

Again...we plan. (and don't we hate doing that...but needs must.)

We generally let someone know where we will be for the night....or the week or so...if we are parking up in a remote place, or a remote place where there is the possibility of having unwanted visitors. Message is often…

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:19:24 +1300

This substation was producing very unnatural noises.
Is that the substation near Paekakariki?

Carol Stewart

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:22:25 +1300

Amazing. All power to you and SO and your bus. Have you got any means of communication other than cellphones?

Rosemary McDonald

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:12:24 +1300

You beat me to posting Beck Eleven's piece....

Unfortunately, that sense of humour is a fair way down the aftershock timeline. It will emerge after a lot of forlorn swearing while you clean up the mess that Mother Nature made. One day you will learn that Blu Tack is a…

Carol Stewart

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:34:41 +1300

Rosemary, if Significant Other is in bed when earthquake starts, he'd be best just to stay there and cover his head.
If he's up and about and in wheelchair, he's probably best to put the brake on so he doesn't move around too much and just stay put and cover…

william blake

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:33:59 +1300

http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/126265-research-shows-fault-has-issue.html

After a short sharp geology lesson at night school last month with rock god Bruce Hayward we were made aware of the Firth of Thames fault. The class questioned why the complacency in Auckland about a big quake here. It simply comes down to the Civil Defence advice coming…

Rosemary McDonald

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:20:11 +1300

the doorway advice is outdated

Well, bugger.

Plan A was to park Significant Other in his wheelchair in a doorway in the event of the Big One…. this is his own ‘self evac’ plan if by himself.

Clearly we’ll have to go to Plan B…get wheelchair and person in it…

David Hood

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:08:03 +1300

Actually, Prudence, the doorway advice is outdated

When I was in central Christchurch in 2011 for the big one, my reflex action was to duck into the doorway I was standing beside, but with high glass in the corridor shattering and coming down, my thought was "No, I want to…

Carol Stewart

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:48:39 +1300

It’s the lintel (150 to 200mm deep) spanning the distance above the door that offers protection. Some houses have door openings that are full height, (the height of the wall) in which case it will be the truss above the opening that provides support. A doorway is a good place…

David Hood

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:33:45 +1300

That said, I've been involved in some interesting stuff recently involving using the gravitational response of sections of the crust to determine areas in a stressed state. So there is actual science around gravity and quakes, but the phase of the moon does not have much to offer for predictable…

David Hood

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:27:09 +1300

Another way of putting it, might be this.

Lets arbitrarily say that, in a particular region, we expect 14 earthquakes of Mag 5 or greater in 1000 years. But when the moon is closest to the earth the risk goes up 7%. The moon is only closest to the earth…

Carol Stewart

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:15:39 +1300

This is not to say every Super Moon or Full Moon (or close approach to the sun as well) will cause an earthquake, but they might always raise the odds and test a delicate system for confluences of geological events and other ‘chinks in the armour’…

[[http://sciblogs.co.nz/guestwork/2016/11/15/new-zealand-earthquake/|Mark Quigley and Brendan…

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:16:59 +1300

discerning between “the Moon influences earthquakes” and “the Moon is any use for predicting earthquakes”.
Agreed...

I was interested in this study of gravitational field anomalies prior to major earthquakes, detected by satellite.
Detection of gravity changes before powerful earthquakes in GRACE satellite observations

full pdf:
http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/6612/6394

I read somewhere…

izogi

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:01:23 +1300

I'll happily submit to a consensus of geophysicists, but I think there needs to be much caution when discerning between "the Moon influences earthquakes" and "the Moon is any use for predicting earthquakes".

Arguably me jumping up and down probably influences earthquakes (probably less than the Moon to be fair),…

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:42:04 +1300

The Battle of the Bulge...
I suspect there may well be some epiphenomenal connections with lunar and tidal cycles, especially around subduction zones – as the earth's magma is also affected by the tidal frequency, who's to say there aren't knock on effects when a bit of slack in the…

Russell Brown

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:27:51 +1300

I also note that The Herald and TV1 news tonight both have trouble spelling Hanmer Springs correctly in captions and headings.

Yeah, we noticed that too. Arrgh.

David Hood

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 21:46:36 +1300

which she decided must have largely misrepresented the GNS comments

Part of the reason geologists can no longer completely dismiss it is that there was an article in nature a few months back that found a very mild statistical relationship with a few faults in Japan with a particular orientation…

Hilary Stace

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 21:14:59 +1300

Lots of reports after the Japanese earthquake too. Why can't it just be the flash from the release of a vast amount of energy? Seems very plausible to me.

izogi

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 21:13:00 +1300

A possible link between earthquakes and the phase of the moon & its tidal effects was one of the very first explanations for quakes, but it wasn't long before they could see no pattern in the distribution of the two events.

My wife, who earned a geophysics PhD a few years…

Russell Brown

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:56:25 +1300

So many people I know reported seeing the “earthquake lights” during the quake, and then Bryan Crump followed up with a bunch of people who’d reported the same to RNZ. So I thought I’d dig around a bit.

Turns out everyone (including RNZ’s news team) forgot [[http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/232369/lights-before-quake-explained|there were lights reported…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:56:13 +1300

I also note that The Herald and TV1 news tonight both have trouble spelling Hanmer Springs correctly in captions and headings.
'No ham in Hanmer and no sun in Sumner' – easy to remember!

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:41:21 +1300

Walking at their side...
I see John Key on some news programme (Sky News maybe) saying words to the effect of 'at the end of the day houses can be rebuilt' – while failing to say that if the Government does it, they make take a coupla goes to get…

linger

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:30:52 +1300

Yep, that was exactly my point.

Prudence

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:38:40 +1300

It's the lintel (150 to 200mm deep) spanning the distance above the door that offers protection. Some houses have door openings that are full height, (the height of the wall) in which case it will be the truss above the opening that provides support. A doorway is a good place…

Russell Brown

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:12:43 +1300

Bloody hell! Turns out Fiona was half-awake, heard the deck creaking and vaguely wondered if someone was walking around out there.

So we went out and looked … and we appear to have a tiny bit of earthquake damage. In Auckland! Pretty sure that gap didn’t look like that yesterday.…

krothville

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:09:06 +1300

That's weird, my vice-principal had the staffroom tv turned on to the live coverage of the Feb 2011 Chch quake. I thought it got a lot of coverage in Japan because of the Japanese students who were killed. I guess your colleague somehow just totally missed it?

TracyMac

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:49:54 +1300

On the wry laugh front, today wasn't really the best day for Air NZ to be emailing their Aussie subscribers, "... It's time to admire NZ – 48 hour sale."

Email received 5:02 am Straya (east coast) time. :-)

linger

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:15:10 +1300

One month after the Tohoku quake (and two months after the second big Chch quake, which had had no small amount of media coverage because of the number of Japanese victims) one of my colleagues actually asked me, with some surprise,
“Oh, do you have earthquakes in New Zealand!?”

Hugh Wilson

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 15:30:18 +1300

Tangential, but as people are commenting on possible causal phenomena this Pulitzer winning piece on the expectations for the US northwest may be of interest:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one

From afar two positives seem to be the quick reactions of people to move to safety & technology aided family/friend check-ins working well

Paul Campbell

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 14:48:21 +1300

Lots of people have got in contact to make sure we're OK. ... But we're in Tokyo this week, they probably never have earthquakes here

Alfie

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 14:29:00 +1300

We live 300 metres from a beach north of Dunedin but 13 metres up.
The street across the lagoon and Waitati were both evacuated.

We’re over the hill from you in Long Beach… at sea level. We’d just driven home from ChCh and gone to bed, and felt the first…

Kiwiiano

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 14:26:48 +1300

Carol Stewart

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 14:05:12 +1300

Regarding huddling in door frames, if your house is fairly modern, there's no point – there are no extra wall studs around them these days.

Civil Defence recommend crouching and covering near an interior wall away from windows, appliances, etc, if you can't get under a desk or table.

Or…

Jarno van der Linden

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:25:54 +1300

Radio NZ was excellent

The calm reporting of the quake happening while bouncing around in a chair can be heard from the 4 minute mark.

Jarno van der Linden

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:20:48 +1300

No, it isn’t.

A couple of years ago I downloaded all the strong earthquakes of the last 50 years or so from GeoNet, and plotted them against the phase of the Moon. I got nothing of significance.

Shaun Lott

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:10:23 +1300

I used to notice little ones in Palmerston North all the time, but hadn't felt one in Auckland, since we moved here in 1999. Last night the lights were swaying and the whole house was creaking and shifting. My reaction was 'if that is far away, it's bad; if it's…

Rosemary McDonald

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:06:45 +1300

God's Particle reacts to the quake....

http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/png/201647/Earthquake-NZ_620x310.png

Steve Parks

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:03:14 +1300

I usually just ride out earthquakes without running for cover under the door frame or whatever. This one was different: it was really scary. It was like a movie; the slow build up was ominous and I just knew there was going to be climatic moment.

I can’t believe more…

David Hood

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 12:27:21 +1300

Is it that moon?

No, it isn't. I've actually spent the past couple of months involved in a lot of planetary geophysics calculations, and I am going to say that the amount of difference the visual fullness of the moon or the closeness of it in the monthly lunar cycle…

Mike O'Connell

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 12:27:19 +1300

reports of opportunist burglaries coming in from New Brighton, grrrrr...

Scumbags! See: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/86419856/evacuated-brighton-family-has-house-ransacked-truck-stolen
One report is from a family whose daughter Alisha (who has FSHD – a form of muscular dystrophy) who had her all important iPad stolen. Makes you sick.

simon g

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 12:25:37 +1300

Really felt it in Auckland. Like never before up here. (Not intended as a "let's make this about Auckland too" comment! – just reporting in).

Totally agree that Radio NZ is a treasure at these times. Broadcasting in pyjamas, I imagine. Professional and comprehensive.

Thoughts to all those coping with…

TracyMac

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 12:25:15 +1300

Regarding huddling in door frames, if your house is fairly modern, there's no point – there are no extra wall studs around them these days.

Civil Defence recommend crouching and covering near an interior wall away from windows, appliances, etc, if you can't get under a desk or table.

Robert Urquhart

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:11:11 +1300

Just after I had gone to bed – ~10 seconds of "that's a substantial aftershock" followed by ~ 1:30 of "that's not local – that /has/ to be a major event inland" followed by the usual string of Geonet checks and FB check ins. Then slept though the tsunami warnings…

Russell Brown

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 10:39:02 +1300

120 seconds of tension release and tension inducement – not much sleep after that big one, but not really feeling the aftershocks that much here now in chch (personally)

They look to be moving north: two in the past hour near Paraparaumu and Levin respectively, saw one centred near Taihape…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 10:18:24 +1300

120 seconds of tension release and tension inducement – not much sleep after that big one, but not really feeling the aftershocks that much here now in chch (personally) – no damage round our way, apart from morning Yoga class being cancelled... reports of opportunist burglaries coming in from New…

Sacha

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:13:36 +1300

Radio NZ was excellent – had great non stop coverage

A real treasure. Good prompt to sign the Coalition for Better Broadcasting's ActionStation petition.

JLM

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:10:33 +1300

We live 300 metres from a beach north of Dunedin but 13 metres up. Geomorphologist husband checked it out carefully before we moved. A neighbour rang and woke us about 3:30 when the sirens sounded but we thought it was safe to stay put. As it happened we were right.…

Hilary Stace

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:07:43 +1300

That main earthquake just after midnight was the longest earthquake I've felt in a long time. Three people here shaken awake and under separate doorframes where we stayed for a while. I could hear the odd thing shaking off shelves (nothing major fortunately). It just kept on rolling. Then the…

Russell Brown

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 07:58:40 +1300

Zachary Bell’s video of the lights in the sky that followed the quake.

https://youtu.be/1hIQaJg3lVM

And a Twitter video of same.

John Farrell

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 07:57:51 +1300

I slept through it, in Dunedin. My daughter phoned, and said they were evacuating to higher ground, because of the tsunami warning. I stayed at home, and saw the Dunedin civil defence facebook post at 3am, saying South Dunedin people didn't need to evacuate, so I went back to bed.

Russell Brown

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 07:56:17 +1300

A scroll through Facebook indicates that most friends who were awake here in Auckland felt the swaying. Quite a lot of "if we felt that here, how bad is it further south?"

Russell Brown

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 07:28:51 +1300

Camerman-journo Henry McMullan is surveying the impact around Kaikoura and posting the pics to his Twitter account. He posted this at 5.30am.

Public Address

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 07:28:51 +1300

Discussion from blog post.