In 2011 a devastating series of earthquakes struck Christchurch, New Zealand. Schools and school leaders played a central role in rebuilding the city. Their personal stories, recorded in interviews, reveal the ways that a natural disaster reverberates through a community for months and years after the event.

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Thanks to everyone who shared their stories with me – Anna Crouch, Miriam Denney, Phil Holstien, Rose McIntyre, Siobhan Murphy, and many others. Credit to Strike NZ for the music, and to the New Zealand Herald, Nine News Perth, CNN, and Radio New Zealand for their reporting, accessed through Youtube.  Funded by the Royce Fellowship at Brown University.

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