My mind was spinning I thought it was my brother then I thought it was Mum. I heard things sliding off my desk and wardrobe then I knew it was an earthquake. My Dad raced into the side table when he was getting me then he got Jake, my brother, and we got in Mum […]

Once when I was in bed I felt my bed moving so I said to my brother, “stop shaking my bed”. He said “I’m not” and then I saw him on the ground. I asked him what he was doing, he said nothing, there’s an earthquake. I jumped off the top bunk and then I […]

Rattle, rattle! I thought Devin was shaking the bed until…I fell out of bed like a skydiver. Thomp, thomp as footsteps approached. I was panicking. I did not know what to do. My Dad yelled “kids are you under your beds?!!” We replied softly “yes.” I heard my brother Troy saying “No I can’t die […]

When my home shook because of the earthquake of course I scrambled back off the side of the bed and hung on tightly. I was terrified. My mind was spinning. I peered with my eyes to try and find the torch that had been on my duchess that had fallen over, but I couldn’t see […]

In the earthquake I thought it was army planes and trucks going to practice down at the river. I was scared because of the earthquake.

When the earthquake happened, my Mum sprinted into my room and yelled ‘Lexie, Lexie wake up” but I would not wake up so she dragged me out of bed. Suddenly she made a protective shield around me but I was still half asleep! All I could see was pitch black. After the quake I was […]

When the earthquake happened I was not home I was at my bach in Kaikoura. When I got back home, oh my God! I was saying ‘Help!’ in my head. My drawers had fallen over, things were smashed and books went everywhere. At least our house was ok. I felt very sorry for the people […]

When the earthquake struck at 4:35am, I wondered if it was Dad trying to wake us up for a surprise but it was an earthquake!!! I quickly ran under the strong old wooden table for the rest of the earthquake. I was awake for the whole of the day.