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Images, UC QuakeStudies

An image from a Navy Today April 2011 article titled, "Earthquake Hits Close to Home". The image depicts two Pukaki Offices, SLT Blair Sneddon and LT Dave Luhrs. Both offices had families in Christchurch during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Two images of a house, taken before and after the earthquakes. In the after photograph the chimneys are gone, a column supporting the car port has partly collapsed, windows are broken, and the previously neat lawn and driveway are overgrown. The photographer comments, "This was a house that I was selling up to the September 2010 earthquake in Christchurch. It was on Avonside Drive, which was an area that has been badly hit in every earthquake that has hit the area. In the September quake parts of the house moved in different directions and one of the upstairs doors had to be smashed open to release one of the sons from his bedroom. This occurred in the dark with numerous aftershocks shaking the house. Liquefaction poured up through the floor and flowed down the drive. Everyone got out OK, but soon after the house was red stickered meaning it was dangerous to enter. The house was looted many times even though there was constant police patrols. When the most violent earthquake occurred on 22 February 2012 both the tall heavy chimneys came crashing through into the living areas. Subsequent earthquakes and aftershocks have caused one of the brick fence pillars to fall and the front garage pillar to break up and twist. The family's troubles did not end there. They moved into the home of one of their parents and this mansion of a home was so badly affected by the February earthquake that no one could enter to collect any of their or their parents' belongings. They now own a new home, which they are fond of except when the ground shakes yet again. There has been to date 10,712 earthquakes and aftershocks since 4 September 2010".

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hague family in the family room area of their home at 7 Ching Gardens in Horseshoe Lake. They lived here after clearing away the liquefaction from September 2010, but the extent of liquefaction from the February 2011 earthquake was too great and they left their home on 22 February".

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video about the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints giving free lunches to Linwood College students after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The lunches ensure that students in disadvantaged areas are fed despite the challenges families are facing in the aftermath of the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of an interview with Doreen Tomlin, mother of Shane Tomlin, about the Coroner's Inquest into the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Shane Tomlin became the face of the earthquake when a photographer captured an image of his dust-covered face as he was pulled from the Trocadero Bakery in Cashel Mall. Tomlin's family did not discover that he had died until four days later.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of street art on the wall of a building on Colombo Street. The artwork is by Otis Frizzell and depicts police officer Constable Nao Yoshimizu comforting the grieving relative of an earthquake victim. Constable Yoshimizu acted as liaison officer for the families of Japanese victims of the earthquake. The mural was commissioned by the New Zealand Police as a recruitment advertisement.