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"West to the Annie": Renata Kawepo's Hawkes Bay legacy
/ by
the RD9 Historical Committee ; edited by Tony Robinson.
2002
Has Appendix with an eyewitness account "The day of the
earthquake" by Nola McAulay.
Quake : Hawke's Bay 1931 / Matthew Wright. 2001
The Hawke's Bay earthquake : New Zealand's greatest natural
disaster / Robert McGregor. 1998
Earthquakes / Anna Rogers ; research by Geoff Conly.
1996.
Art deco city [videorecording] : the art deco architecture
of Napier, New Zealand / producers, Murray and Judi Sawyer.
1995. Includes details of the 1931 earthquake.
The Napier earthquake / Kevin Boon. c1990.
The great quake / Robert McGregor, text ;
Peter Hallett, contemporary photographs.
1989.
Darkest days / by Bruce Morris. 1987.
New Zealand's darkest days / by Bruce Morris.
1981.
Hawke's Bay "before" and "after" : the great earthquake of
1931 : an historical record
1981.
1931-1981 : out of the ruins : drawings and photographs of
earthquake damage and 50 years after / [drawings and text by
Colin B. Wilkinson. c1980
The shock of '31 : the Hawke's Bay earthquake / by Geoff
Conly. 1980.
Earthquake, Napier, 1931
The full story of the great earthquake disaster at Hawke's
Bay, New Zealand, on 3rd February, 1931 Published
as The Weekender special overseas edition, February 25, 1931.
(Reference only)
Hawke's Bay Earthquake, 1931 12 in Folder - Photos (Reference only)
Letter to Kit / Bill Ashcroft and Mr. Ashcroft Senior.
Two letters describing personal experiences of the
Napier earthquake (Reference only).
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General &
Statistical Information
Hawke's Bay Emergency
Management Group website
and their
Earthquake page
Te Ara: The encyclopedia of New Zealand
Titiromai - Looking at us! HB Cultural Trust's image
collection website.
Bay Quake highlights NZ's vulnerability fault Institute of
Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS),
History of Ahuriri
Napier City Council history page.
Art Deco Napier: Earthquake page
NZ Disasters: Earthquake: Napier
Christchurch City Library Factsheet.
Extract from a Special Edition of "The Weekender" dated 12 March
1931
Discover Hawke's bay feature articles:
1931 Napier earthquake, Hawke's
Bay NZ
Napier's 1931 destruction and stylish rebirth
Kiwi Herald report
Hastings
Casualty List
Casualty List - Christine Clement has compiled a list of casualties
including where many of the folk died.
The Navy's role
HMS Veronica was in port at the time, and radioed for help. HMS Dunedin
and HMS Diomede arrived the next day with much needed supplies. An
Army convoy also arrived at the same time from Trentham. The Red Cross and
Salvation Army also helped with emergency relief.
HB emergency flights
Emergency flights by various aircraft and pilots provided an essential
link with the rest of the country.
HB Presbytery records
Records damage to Presbyterian churches in HB and lost records.
Images
Earthquake postcards
Jane Resture's collection of postcards showing damage to Napier.
Hastings Street Napier - image 1
Hastings Street Napier - image 2
Hastings Street Napier - image 3
Christchurch City Library photograph collection.
Geology
NZ Plate Tectonics - why NZ landscapes look the way they do
Don't be put off by the title - this site is a treasure of
beautiful photos and easy to understand information and diagrams
showing how NZ is being formed.
Excellent background to cause and effect of the '31 earthquake.
A panoramic photograph graphically shows the uplift of the land
behind Ahuriri -
Plate Tectonics - part 4
Rebuilding
Hastings and Napier were rebuilt in two popular
architectural styles at the time, with Art Deco and Spanish
Mission buildings in both cities.
Hastings - Spanish Mission style
Earthquake Hazard Centre - a huge body of knowledge is now
available for earthquake resistant building.
Other earthquake links
Allshookup
Quake Trackers - why there are earthquakes in NZ
GeoNet -
NZ Earthquake Commission's monitoring system for earthquakes,
volcanic activity etc.
GeoNet's recent New Zealand earthquakes
Ministry of Civil
Defence & Emergency Management
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