Wishaw facility to be repackaged as new £500,000 family learning centre
Wishawhill Community Centre has been identified as part of the councilâs 1140 hours expansion programme for childcare after previous plans for a new facility at Heathery Park were deemed unviable due to risk of flood.
Councillor Kenny Duffy at Wishawhill Community Centre
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Cantabrians who lived through the devastating Christchurch earthquakes 10 years ago have been given a message of hope and optimism, amid a day of tears and remembrance.
Politicians including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (centre) were among those to attend the ceremony.
Photo: RNZ / Hugo Cameron
Hundreds gathered to remember the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch at 12.51pm in 2011, claiming the lives of 185 people and forever changing the lives of many others.
People filled the memorial park, that looks towards the memorial wall, with some watching from nearby balconies or building windows.
On the banks of the Avon, at the National Earthquake Memorial, the names of the dead were read, after a minute s silence.
Ten years after New Zealand earthquake, no justice for victims of building collapse
Monday marks ten years since the February 22, 2011, Christchurch earthquake, which killed 185 people. Thousands of buildings were destroyed or severely damaged, and entire suburbs in the city’s working class east, an area once home to 10,000 people, were left uninhabitable and eventually abandoned, with the houses all demolished.
Thousands of homeowners spent years fighting with private insurers and government agencies for their properties to be repaired or rebuilt. Some have still not received any payouts, one decade after the disaster.
The death toll was not simply the product of an unavoidable natural disaster. Nearly two thirds of the lives lost, 115 people, were in the CTV (Canterbury Television) Building, which collapsed in seconds due to its extremely unsafe design. New Zealand is well-known for its frequent earthquakes, yet thousands of buildings are not constructed to withstand a severe
Trauma and transformation: Christchurch earthquake survivors ten years on theguardian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theguardian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.