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.