Town at the epicentre of the quake still stuggling
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One of the areas most affected by the February earthquake was the port town of Lyttelton, south of Christchurch.
One of the areas most affected by the February earthquake was the port town of Lyttelton, south of Christchurch.
Lyttelton Port near Christchurch is now almost three and a half hectares larger than it was before the earthquakes - as earthquake rubble is dumped in the harbour to reclaim land.
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