Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: Heroes of the Recovery

Hebe

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 22:41:03 +1300

So good. Another circle closes and connections made.

Gregor Ronald

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 21:15:17 +1300

We're red zone refugees, now in safe suburbia – but we wre lucky. Our 100 yr old house in River Road was nuked in the September 2010 quake – the "forgotten quake" in many ways. Once the red zone payouts were announced, we purchased a place before the prices went…

Russell Brown

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:30:52 +1300

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And quite by chance today, this happened …

Hebe

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:32:33 +1300

As a geo-geek touch, here’s rockstar geologist Dr Mark Quigley’s map of the faults – our house is about 750 metres from the two Opawa- StMartins February 22 faults that packed near 2G of force. Dr Quigley’s media work, along with that of a visiting US geologist, through the early…

EliotBlennerhassett

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:27:25 +1300

Thanks Greg. Even after 7 years it is still the stories and memories of people's generosity that brings tears to my eyes.
(And sadness for the lost, anger at the villains, but not with such emotion)

Joe Wylie

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:21:38 +1300

^^^Applause^^^

John McFadgen

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 10:02:59 +1300

Lovely work, Greg.

Andy Milne

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:05:52 +1300

Great post, Greg, thanks for sharing the highlights of what has been a tough few years.

BenWilson

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:47:46 +1300

We find altruism hard to deal with in this country. I believe there is a strong sense that it should not be necessary in a well run state, and yet of course it happens anyway. My own feeling is that in a well run state it certainly should not be…

benkepes

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:14:36 +1300

Nice post, and nice memories that came out of bad times. Kia kaha

Public Address

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:14:36 +1300

Discussion from blog post.