Hi, we moved to Christchurch from the UK in June 2013-hubby moved out in April to organise accom etc-there are four of us including our two children Abi (7) and Joe (6)-we absolutely love it here-the traffic is a breeze compared to England, yes there is still quite a bit of demolition and rebuild work going on-but we see this as a positive-we get to be present as this beautiful city emerges from the earthquake damage-regarding earthquakes my hubby has been here since april and has only just felt his first one-I suppose there is a risk of it anywhere in New Zealand-it didn't put us off-the lifestyle is great, the people are incredibly friendly and we are very happy here and looking forward to seeing the rebuild happen and being a part of it - would love to meet up with anyone in the Christchurch area