2011 Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission of Inquiry<\/a>, experts said the risk of a repeat quake of that scale was slim.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s something we really shouldn\u2019t be living in fear of,\u201d the director of the Natural Hazards Division of GNS Science, Dr Terry Webb, said at the time.<\/p>\n
Head of the department of geological sciences at Canterbury University, Professor Jarg Pettinga, also said at the time the rupture of faults beneath the Christchurch area that caused the large quakes were uncommon.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes quite some time for those stress levels to build up again [in the faults] to critical levels. It could be thousands of years before those faults responsible for the Christchurch quakes ruptured again\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u2018The weather is just abysmal\u2019<\/p>\n
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Christchurch can get cold and rainy at times, but summers can be dry. Photo \/ John Stone <\/p>\n
While touched on in the original piece, it seems people still have major issues with the climate of Christchurch, particularly focusing on the cold, rain and frost during the winter months.<\/p>\n
One commenter claimed there was \u201cso much sickness\u201d because of the \u201cawful inconsistent weather\u201d, another added that \u201ceven at New Years, it felt like mid-winter\u201d. Someone else said it was \u201ceither very cold or very hot\u201d and another said summers felt shorter in Christchurch.<\/p>\n
Niwa\u2019s climate and weather map revealed that Christchurch\u2019s average winter daytime maximum air temperatures ranged from 7C to 14C. Auckland\u2019s winter temperatures generally ranged from 12C to 17C, and Wellington\u2019s sit around 10C to 14C. And yes, the polar blast did bring temperatures into the negatives.<\/p>\n
When it comes to rainfall, Niwa\u2019s climate report states \u201cmean annual rainfall is low, and long dry spells can occur, especially in summer\u201d. The organisations 2024 Climate Summary also revealed last year some areas in the region recorded below average rainfall.<\/p>\n
Other readers said they had experienced great summers in Christchurch.<\/p>\n
\u2018Narrow mindedness, conservatism, and racism\u2019<\/p>\n
Some people in the comments said they found the city to be less welcoming than other main centres, claiming it had problems with racism and discrimination. <\/p>\n
One said that \u201cfirst four ships thinking remains\u201d, referencing the first ships that brought European settlers to the region and the supposed attitudes of some locals who refuse to accept diversity.<\/p>\n
A 2022 Quality of Life survey revealed 71% of respondents believed racism or discrimination toward particular groups of people was a problem in Christchurch. This total percentage was significantly higher than the average across the eight surveyed cities of 54%.<\/p>\n
Other stats showed that 48% of Christchurch respondents reported feeling a sense of community with others in their neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
On the flip side, the city came 27th in the UK-based Quality of Life Institute\u2019s 2024 Happy City Index, earning its \u201cgold\u201d ranking after being assessed partly on its \u201cinclusive policies\u201d among other liveability measures. <\/p>\n
Mitchell Hageman joined the Herald\u2019s entertainment and lifestyle team in 2024. He previously worked as a multimedia journalist for Hawke\u2019s Bay Today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many commenters noted Christchurch still had its fair share of rush-hour traffic blockages. Riccarton Rd during peak traffic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1443,6326,9084,4487,2199,13849,27085,8215,8589,16773,10938,302,6036,4188,2686,111,43,139,69,13692,384,1562,6289,5659,2122,1361,165,6035,2742,3946,4998,6923],"class_list":["post-27233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-about","tag-biggest","tag-challenges","tag-christchurch","tag-city","tag-citys","tag-commenters","tag-earthquakes","tag-garden","tag-great","tag-herald","tag-its","tag-know","tag-living","tag-moving","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-offer","tag-people","tag-plenty","tag-readers","tag-say","tag-share","tag-that","tag-their","tag-things","tag-thousands","tag-traffic","tag-weather","tag-what"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}