Fairfax Video, September 2012 (14)

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A video of students at Banks Avenue School participating in the nationwide ShakeOut earthquake drill. The ShakeOut earthquake drill was held on 29 September 2012 to help people prepare for an earthquake. More than 1.3 million New Zealanders participated in 2012.

Ruth Gardner's Blog 02/08/2013: Drilling Deep

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 2 August 2013 entitled, "Drilling Deep".

The Samples

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A box containing drilling cores from soil sampling. The photographer comments, "These are the samples from drilling near my home. As you can see they are not so much samples as sand piles. The drill in a nearby street went down 20m and it was sand all the way. This is the box of samples from the ground level to 4.6m deep".

You Know the Drill

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Workers operate a drilling rig, sampling soil as part of EQC's geotechnical investigation of TC3 land. The photographer comments, "The work of getting 'soil' samples from all the areas marked as green/blue zones in Christchurch. These areas may be susceptible to liquefaction if a major earthquake occurs. The soil samples were a failure as all they found was sand".

Ruth Gardner's Blog 20/02/2013: Drilling Deep

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 20 February 2013 entitled, "Drilling Deep".

Ruth Gardner's Blog 20/08/2011: Diverse Drilling

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 20 August 2011 entitled, "Diverse Drilling".

Ruth Gardner's Blog 05/10/2011: Drilling Down

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 5 October 2011 entitled, "Drilling Down".

Christchurch Press Infographic: 5 January 2011

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A graphic describing a drilling operation to investigate the Alpine Fault.

Photograph number UC 10-0526-04

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Exposed drill and cupboard inside a shed that has fallen down after the earthquake.

Terra Probe

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Workers operate a drilling rig inside a Terra Probe truck, which has been raised on jacks to make it stable. The photographer comments, "Another completely different company testing what is below the surface to determine what type of foundations new houses will need. This is in one the blue/green area of earthquake shaken Christchurch. Strangely this is 3 metres away from where the other testing was done".

Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett 2010:09:30 15:19:06

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch City Council pumping station on Hills Road has the wells checked by Grant Freeman from Clemence Drilling".

Southland Times Image: Che Baker 2010:09:08 11:26:47

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hold Tight: Lauren Kys, Isla Redgrave and Isla Nelson, all aged four, hide under the desk during an earthquake drill at the Terrace Kindergarten in Alexandra yesterday. The kindergarten had a dress up day to raise funds for Christchurch kindergartens affected by earthquakes".

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".