A rather vio­lent earth­quake hit Christchurch yes­ter­day, and it has dev­as­tat­ed a city that, quite frankly, has had enough of feel­ing the earth move.

Peo­ple are help­ing where and when they can.

We do know that this is one sit­u­a­tion where throw­ing mon­ey at a prob­lem can help. It might not fix every­thing, but right now they need mon­ey in Christchurch. Just remem­ber to donate your mon­ey through trust­ed organ­i­sa­tions like Red Cross , The Sal­va­tion Army, Christchurch Wom­en’s Refuge, the May­oral Relief Fund or your local bank. These and oth­er trust­ed groups know what is need­ed on the ground and what will be need­ed in the future.

Here’s what is hap­pen­ing in Welling­ton

Our geeky, arty and cof­fee-lov­ing city is giv­ing back in geeky, arty and cof­fee-lov­ing ways, plus more.

 

Welling­ton Pho­to­graph­ic Sup­plies has organ­ised an auc­tion of donat­ed pho­tographs to raise mon­ey for Christchurch earth­quake
recov­ery.
Date: Wednes­day 9 March 2011

Time:  6.00 pm

Place: Back­bencher, 34 Molesworth Street

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Geeky vol­un­teers have spent the day in offices like Cat­a­lyst feed­ing data into eq.co.nz, and more geeks are gath­er­ing at Vic­to­ria Uni­ver­si­ty to con­tin­ue the work. If you are keen to help vol­un­teer for the http://eq.org.nz Christchurch Recov­ery Map ser­vice, please email eqnzfeb@gmail.com as they need more peo­ple to help.

TradeMe are work­ing on a free list­ing ser­vice where peo­ple can list offers of hous­ing and trans­port for earth­quake vic­tims .

Many Fringe per­form­ers are giv­ing away the prof­its of their shows. Per­cent­ages vary, and it’s uncon­firmed if this is for a spe­cif­ic show or the whole sea­son. So fol­low the Fringe Friends of Can­ter­bury Face­book page to find out more.

From Christchurch & strand­ed in Welling­ton?

To help you get to and from tem­po­rary accom­mo­da­tion, Snap­per left a sup­ply of Snap­per cards with some cred­it at the Welling­ton i‑SITE Vis­i­tor Cen­tre (Civic Square, Cor­ner Vic­to­ria and Wake­field Streets).

Mon­soon Poon, Boul­cott St Bistro and Oste­ria del Toro are offer­ing  some hos­pi­tal­i­ty. Just call 04 8033555, or 04 3812299 or 04 4994199.

So what else are you doing Welling­ton? Drop it in the com­ments and I’ll add it to the list.