20120131_8153_1D3-400 Conatiner wall

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Part of the container wall to stop rock falls on Main Road, Sumner.

20120805_7436_1D3-600 Newstalk ZB building starting to go down 01

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Shot from up Hunstbury Hill with a 600mm f/4 on a very grey morning. 8am demolition. The guy behind me only looked up when the sounds of the explosion reahed us and the building was half way down!

20120805_7461_1D3-600 Newstalk ZB building starting to go down 26

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Emergency Response

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A few older Christchurch Earthquake Pics from after the 6.3 last Feb (2011). And yes the aftershocks are still happening.. Twitter | Facebook |

20121117_0342_1D3-85 Fuze Cafe

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Went into this cafe a few times in years gone by (all on camera club field trips or photowalks). It was a nice two-storey building then. Not now after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.

Bringing the house down

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPXqb7k4azU Details inside a half demolished theatre in central Christchurch. November, 2012. Christchurch, NZ. (c)Mike Brebner. All rights reserved.

Christchurch Earthquake - Godley House, Diamond Harbour

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Due to the 7.1 earthquake on 4th September 2010 and then the following earthquakes Godley House has suffered severe damage. Godley house was built in 1880 by Harvey Hawkins - see www.godleyhouse.co.nz/

2,City Hotel Demolition

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At South Brighton

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20121018_9144_1D3-60 Tunnel building

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Built in the early 1960s for the Lyttelton Road Tunnel, it was severley damaged in the February 2011 earthquake and is not currently used.

20120529_5558_1D3-400 Waters Edge Demolition [Explored]

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Demolition of the relatively new seven-storey Waters Edge Apartments in Ferrymead continues. CERES Environmental NZ are doing the job for CERA (Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority). Some will be pleased to see this block go as there was lot of resentment to it being built on the site of the old Ferrymead Tavern, Selected for Explore, #347...

20120128_8071_1D3-400 Redcliffs wall

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The sea wall at Beachville Road, Redcliffs, after the earthquake. It used to be straight and level - not now! As a teenager I went fishing off this wall.

20120118_7814_1D3-17F East on Cashel.

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17mm M42 Takumar Fisheye on a Canon 1D MkIII (1.3x crop factor) via an adaptor ring.