At first I didn’t know what to do but at the start it was peaceful of course. I was at Glenelg playing games with friends Devon, James and Cody. Then our teacher came shopping for new things to put in our choosing box. Then it happened the Earthquake hit. She yelled” GO TO THE CHESS […]

22 February aftershock. I was at the playground when the earthquake came. I was scared and our teacher shouted sit down in front of school on the concrete. Everyone was crying. After the 6.3 aftershock we fell another big one. I thought it is not really big one but it was. I talked to my […]

Tuesday 22nd February. The earthquake hit at 12 51 pm I was at school. We heard helicopters at the time. We cared for each other when it hit. I didn’t like it. There was smoke in the air. It was bad. Everybody was crying at school. I was at the sandpit when it hit. I […]

When the Earthquake struck Christchurch, I was at my old school St Michael’s. I was in two rooms, they were the library and the other was Principal’s office. It was the scariest thing I have ever felt! I was so so so scared.

It was a Normal lunchtime. It was the 22nd of February 2011. Suddenly the ground shook violently… I was riding on Clarkville School’s flying fox. I heard the bells ringing and the power-lines shook like mad. Everybody was shouting out “Earthquake!” and the teachers ran out of the staffroom yelling “Get to the middle of […]

Hi I’m Matthew and I’ve got a story to tell you… I was outside on the playground when the earth started shaking. I saw a kid fall off the playground, and I couldn’t see my friends, so I started to panic. I jumped off the net and ran to the field and I found my […]

Yes! It was lunchtime! I got my hat and food and got on my mpg scoter and of I went to the ramps. I put the ramps into place, and I did my run up to the ramps. When got up to the front of the ramp, the earthquake hit! The first ramp all most […]

- Hello my name is Jack, I am going to tell you about my story of the quake on the 22 of Feb. At lunchtime my friends and I were playing on the tunnel, and it started shaking. Then all I could hear was screaming! Every one was running onto the field. walked to the […]

February 22nd 12.51pm lunchtime Ngawai Nihmot and I were in the round room having a meeting about our leadership training. Then all of a sudden the room started shaking like crazy then we stared at each other like owls and quickly as possible we ducked under the table .I yelled out ”Ngawai, Nihmot” they both […]

On Tuesday 22nd of February me and my friend Skylah went into the library to read some books. We were still looking for a book. When I heard a rumble. It started shaking a little bit but then it got bigger and bigger all I heard was screaming and yelling. Everyone was running for the […]

On February 22nd at 12 51 pm I was around the rose garden with Raihana. We were just going to go around it again then the trees started swaying. I thought it was a big aftershock but it wasn’t it was a EARTHQUAKE. Raihana and I ran to the court and got into a turtle […]

When the earthquake i thought I made the earthquake because I thought the seat I was sitting on made bad luck. One of my friends started crying when the earthquake just started. I walked over to the court area and curled up in a ball when the earthquake was still happening. Then we got up, […]

There was a earthquake on the 22nd February and my class and another class were at QEII when the earthquake struck. I was in the deep pool when everything went black and everyone was screaming. I was the last one out of the water. When we got outside we stayed together. We got taken back […]

On Friday 22 at QEII we had a massive earthquake, everything was shaking and everyone was screaming.

When I saw the news about the earthquake that happened on February 22nd I was terror-struck that people died and were badly injured and by the sites of buildings that had collapsed. I live in Ilam which was not badly affected. For a while we had no power and water. We couldn’t use the bathroom […]

I was at school on the day of the earthquake. We went to a Marae for a field trip and just got back to school on the bus. My mummy was a parent helper but she left. It was lunchtime. I finished eating and was just about to get up to put my lunch box […]

I was at QEII when the earthquake struck everyone was holding onto the sides of the pool. I climbed out, we evacuated, then we moved and then I got picked up.