Christchurch Earthquake 22/02/11

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Manchester Street looking south towards the Port Hills, near the corner of Gloucester Street.

Christchurch Earthquake 22/02/11

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Colombo Street looking north through Cathedral Square, towards the Port Hills. Taken from Victoria Square.

Christchurch Earthquake 22/02/11

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Colombo Street looking south towards the Port Hills, taken from near the corner of Saint Asaph Street.

Castle Rock scarred

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The magnitude 7.1 Christchurch earthquake broke off an enormous chunk of Castle Rock in the Port Hills which has tumbled down towards the Lyttelton tunnel. View from Morgan's Valley (-43.578037° 172.714828°).

20130125_1749_1D3-400 Road Closed 1

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20130125_1749_1D3-400 Road Closed 1 The Lyttelton side of Evans Pass is closed (since the earthquake 23 months ago - 22/02/11). Prior to the road tunnel (through the Port Hills) opening in the early 1960s this was the main access road to the port of Lyttelton. #3072

20130304_2842_G12-10 Christchurch Gondola test running (Day 63/365)

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Hopefully will be open again later this month - 25 months afer the February earthquake.

20131014_4128_1D3-40 Polluted Water (Day 287/365)

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There are occasional sewerage spills into the Avon River while all the sewer and road repairs are carried out. This rock wall was level and well above high tide level prior to the eathquakes. All the houses that can been seen here (except for those on the distant Port Hills) are in the suburban "red zone" and are still to be demolished.