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Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (159)

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A photograph of a section of a brick wall from the demolished St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (194)

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A photograph of a detail on the top of a column from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (195)

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A photograph of a detail on the top of a column from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (196)

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A photograph of a detail on the top of a column from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (198)

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A photograph of a detail of a column which was removed from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (199)

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A photograph of a detail of a column which was removed from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (205)

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A photograph of a pile of rubble from the partially-demolished St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (18)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage above the front doors of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (2)

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A photograph of a pile of bricks from the earthquake-damaged St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (143)

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A photograph of a nut and bolt in a beam from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (144)

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A photograph of a nut and bolt in a beam from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

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Damage to the St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Leeston suffered during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.

Timaru Herald Image: Oisin Duke 2010:09:04 17:51:05

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield. The church tower is seen with the damaged spire tops removed".

Timaru Herald Image: Oisin Duke 2010:09:04 14:52:14

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield. Vicar Indrea Alexander looks up at the damaged church tower spires".

An inventory of unreinforced masonry churches in New Zealand

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

Churches are an important part of New Zealand's historical and architectural heritage. Various earthquakes around the world have highlighted the significant seismic vulnerability of religious buildings, with the extensive damage that occurred to stone and clay-brick unreinforced masonry churches after the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes emphasising the necessity to better understand this structural type. Consequently, a country-wide inventory of unreinforced masonry churches is here identified. After a bibliographic and archival investigation, and a 10 000 km field trip, it is estimated that currently 297 unreinforced masonry churches are present throughout New Zealand, excluding 12 churches demolished in Christchurch because of heavy damage sustained during the Canterbury earthquake sequence. The compiled database includes general information about the buildings, their architectural features and structural characteristics, and any architectural and structural transformations that have occurred in the past. Statistics about the occurrence of each feature are provided and preliminary interpretations of their role on seismic vulnerability are discussed. The list of identified churches is reported in annexes, supporting their identification and providing their address.