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Not Many Cities
This is a very cool remake of Scribe’s hit, Not Many. For those of you who don’t know Scribe, he’s a rapper from Christchurch and you can get his CDs from the library. It came from an idea from the Bank of New Zealand staff who wanted to do something to honour the people of Christchurch. You can buy the song on iTunes and all the proceeds are going to Plunket Christchurch.
Napier Earthquake – 3 February 1931
Today is the 80th anniversary of the Napier earthquake. On 3 February 1931, New Zealand’s deadliest earthquake devastated the cities of Napier and Hastings, Hawke’s Bay. At least 256 people died in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake 161 in Napier, 93 in Hastings, and two in Wairoa. Many thousands more required medical treatment.
If you thought the damage we had in the 7.1 magnitude quake on September 4 was bad you should take a look at some of the photos taken after the Napier earthquake (like the one on the right).
You can find out more about the Napier earthquake on Kids website. You can read about what happened and when, the lives and buildings lost, and the clean-up afterwards. You can also have a look at the photos, and even find out the names of those who died by visiting the memorial.
If you want to read some books about the Napier earthquake, here are some you could try:
- Just Jack by Adele Broadbent
- Earthquake: the diary of Katie Bourke, Napier 1930-31 by Janine McVeagh
- The Napier Earthquake by Kevin Boon
Scary wake up call for Christchurch
Everyone in Christchurch was woken up at 4:35am this morning with a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. It went on for ages and there were lots of aftershocks. Definitely not a nice way to wake up and I couldn’t go back to sleep afterwards.
There were power and water cuts across the city, lots of damage to buildings, and some people were injured.
Hopefully everyone out there is OK.
Christchurch Kids Blog 