20130621_7828_1D3-130 Temporary Snow! (Day 172/365)

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20130622_7842_1D3-24 Disabled in more ways than one (Day 173/365)

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One of many disabled carparks outside what used to be one of the great sporting complexes in New Zealand. The Queen Elizabeth II Park complex in north-east Christchurch was built initially for the 1974 Commonwealth Games and was used for track and field and the adjoining pool complex had swimming and diving. It was built on an area that was used...

20130325_1112_EOS M-25 Water water everywhere! (Day 84/365)

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While the whole of the North Island is under drought conditions and parts of the South Island likely to follow suit, I doubt it will happen in Christchurch. With hundreds of earthquake road, water and sewer repairs underway many are spilling hundreds of litres of water per minute, like this one outside my house. It has been running like this fo...