Better engineering now protects our most precious people in places such as Tūranga central library in Christchurch.
OPINION: Christchurch isn’t the city it was a decade ago today, when a 6.3 magnitude earthquake turned a sunny Tuesday afternoon into a nightmare. It’s actually now a safer city. That’s thanks to better design and earthquake engineering built into many of the buildings that replaced the ruins of the city centre. A decade of scientific research, much of it undertaken in the Garden City itself, has informed new methods of making buildings more resilient to earthquakes. We’ve also seen a shift in thinking around earthquake engineering. Before the Christchurch quake, the priority was to design buildings so that they would prevent loss of life and avoid collapsing.
Canterbury DHB has made changes to its visitor policy effective from tomorrow, Tuesday 16 February 2021. These changes can be viewed on our website, however, some general rules apply to all of our facilities: People should not visit if they are sick. All .
Kaiapoi mum loses battle with cancer after misdiagnosis for 11 months
9 Feb, 2021 07:10 PM
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Hayley Beaumont, here with daughter Abbey, 11, was told she had nothing to worry about after repeated visits to her GP in 2019, before being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Photo / Supplied
Hayley Beaumont, here with daughter Abbey, 11, was told she had nothing to worry about after repeated visits to her GP in 2019, before being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
The 31-year-old from Kaiapoi was diagnosed with stage four cervical cancer in December 2019.
She leaves her 11-year-old daughter Abbey.
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Advertisement I was getting tennis ball-sized blood clots, she told Newstalk ZB s Chris Lynch last year.
No parole for Dunedin woman who tried to carjack nun while high on LSD
15 Jan, 2021 06:55 PM
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Lisa McCormack has trained as a hairdresser while behind bars. Photo / Rob Kidd
Otago Daily Times
By: Rob Kidd
A Dunedin woman who attempted to carjack a nun while high on LSD has been refused parole again.
Lisa McCormack (24) was sentenced to two years, four months imprisonment at the Dunedin District Court in October 2019, and the Parole Board said psychological counselling was needed before she could be safely released.
Panel convener Mary More said the prisoner had been moved to the self-care unit at Christchurch Women s Prison in October but was shifted back to the minimum-security section after getting a new tattoo and becoming aggressive .
Waikeria riot: Climbing prisoner numbers collide with fires wiping out 250 beds
12 Jan, 2021 03:50 AM
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The top jail has been completely destroyed and can no longer be used, Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis said. Video / Brett Phibbs / Mark Coote
The top jail has been completely destroyed and can no longer be used, Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis said. Video / Brett Phibbs / Mark Coote
The prison population has surged by hundreds since Christmas, just as an entire high-security complex was destroyed in mayhem at Waikeria. If the muster continues to increase, we re going to have difficulty finding the right beds, Corrections Association president Alan Whitley said today.