Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson, 2011:02:23 09:38:13

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lyttelton residents collect drinking water from a tanker".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson, 2011:02:23 09:44:01

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents collecting drinking water from a tank in Lyttelton".

Koen Broekema's Photograph 043

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A soft drink cup and napkins lie on the floor of an abandoned McDonalds.

The Christchurch Angel

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Graffiti of an angel clutching a bottle, accompanied by the text "Chritchurch (sic) living make a good man drink." The photographer comments, "Living in Christchurch during the earthquakes was hard on all of us. Some people got drunk to forget or blot out the aftershocks, whilst others dare not drink so that they would be in full control just in case another big earthquake/aftershock occurred. As of today 24 September 2011 there has been 8660 earthquakes/aftershocks in the Christchurch area".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:04:25

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Dallington. 'The Wizard's 'magic' spring water. Boil before drinking.'

Mike Gibbs's photograph of the 2002 Tequila challenge

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A photograph described by University of Canterbury alumnus Mike Gibbs as follows: "Pete Martin serving Tequila to students on the grassed area outside the amphitheatre (on UCSA grounds) at the tequila challenge 2002 for the Guinness Book of Records. After a long day (even if it is at lunch time) students will drink anything that's free".

Christchurch Press Image: John Bisset 2010:09:10 12:48:32

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Taking a souvenir from the Lincoln Hotel that was being demolished is Peter Wilder from Lincoln. He has been drinking at the hotel for 15 years".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 17:23:05

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Local farmers carry on a 50-60 year tradition at the now demolished Famous Grouse Pub in Lincoln township. L-R: Raquel Wilson and Sally Newton were among those drinking and sharing the local gossip".

A Quake Shake

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Two aluminium drink cans which have split open. The photographer comments, "We had around 24 cans of diet coke in the top of the fridge when the devastating 6.1 earthquake hit Christchurch in New Zealand. The shaking caused one of the front feet of the fridge to fold, which made the fridge tip forward and causing the door to open. After all the shaking the cans had already when they flew out and hit the ground a lot of them exploded. These two cans show the explosive pressure that occurred best".