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Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of an interview with Kaiapoi resident Rick Moore, about the concerns of Kaiapoi residents one year after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. This video is part of The Press's 'One Year On: September 4, 2010' series.

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Dried liquefaction silt in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "I found this face amongst the liquefaction. It is like one of them diagrams where they segment different parts of the brain depending on their functions".

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A sign at ground level on a coal bunker in the University of Canterbury's Facilities Management yard reads "Squawk. Quack quack squawk. Quack quack quack quack quack. Danger. Health and safety risk. No ducklings past this point." The photographer comments, "Sign on the coal bunker at the boiler house, FM".

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A brick fence has been spray painted after it was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked. Restricted access tape has been placed across the gates. A pile of bricks have fallen onto the footpath.

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A collapsed two-storey house. The photographer comments, "After we finally made it to our home in the Aranui and Bexley areas, we saw a different level of destruction. Some houses were badly damaged such as this one where the top floor had collapsed onto the ground floor".

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A patient information sheet outlining practical issues affecting members of the diabetes community in Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. This information sheet was given to diabetes patients after the earthquake to help them manage their condition.

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Emergency personnel helping an injured man who was trapped in the collapsed Pyne Gould Corporation building. He can be seen descending down the shaft of a crane. This photograph shows how the building's different floors have "pancaked", collapsing on to each other.

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A stone gable wall of one of the buildings of the Beulah Christian Fellowship has partly collapsed, damaging the roof below. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. I think this must be part of the Beulah Christian Fellowship. Taken from Edgeware Rd".

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A building on the corner of Madras Street and Hereford Street, with the Canterbury Television Building visible in the background. Masonry from this building has crumbled onto the footpath below. Fire engines can be seen along Madras Street, combating the fire.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The church of St Michaels and All Angels is undamaged after the two earthquakes. The pipe organ suffered significant but reparable damage. This church is now the only operational church within the city centre".