Christchurch Press Infographic: 15 October 2011 (1)

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A map showing Green and White Zones on Banks Peninsula.

Christchurch Press Infographic: 2 March 2011 (5)

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A map showing the vertical displacement of land in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula.

Towards Understanding Mechanisms of Failure in the Port Hills and Banks Pe…

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Slides from the presentation by Dr Marlene Villeneuve (Department of Geological Sciences) on "Towards Understanding Mechanisms of Failure in the Port Hills and Banks Peninsula".

Vulnerability to Seismic Hazards in Coastal and Riverside Communities, map…

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A map of the tectonic plate boundary of the alpine fault in New Zealand.

Christchurch Press Infographic: 27 December 2012 (1)

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The front page layout for the Summer Press section of the Press, featuring an essay about a love affair with the Canterbury landscape.

I've Lit the Fuse, What Next?

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Two workers inspect fuses placed in an embankment during reinforcement work. The photographer comments, "This is the reinforcing of an embankment in the port of Lyttelton, which partly collapsed in the Christchurch earthquakes. They are using the same equipment as used for blowing up rock faces to mend them".

Kissed By an Earthquake

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A digitally manipulated photograph of broken windows on Shadbolt House. The photographer comments, "This was close to the start of the demolition of the earthquake damaged Shadbolt House building in the Port of Lyttelton, New Zealand. In the bright sun the glass reflected the blue sky, but the broken windows only reflected the blackness of the interior of the empty broken building".

LYTTELTON

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A digitally manipulated image of the word 'Lyttelton' made out of damaged bricks. The photographer comments, "This shows the courage and humour of the earthquake wrecked port of Lyttelton. There is lots of little things that make you smile that the locals and volunteers from around the area have created".