A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
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About two hundred of those who lost loved ones in collapsed buildings in Christchurch's 2011 earthquake, heard an apology from the city's mayor, Lianne Dalziel yesterday. A royal commission in to faulty buildings found serious errors by engineers and the Christchurch City Council 185 people died during the earthquake on the 22nd of February, 2011. David Selway who lost his sister Susan Selway in the CTV Building, said it was good to hear a heartfelt apology from the mayor for the role her council played in signing off the building as safe.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 22 February 2011 entitled, "Another big earthquake".
The coroner has ruled the search and rescue effort at Christchurch's CTV building did not contribute to the deaths of eight people who survived the initial collapse. However Gordon Matenga criticised nearly every aspect of the fire service's response to the tragedy that claimed 115 of the 185 lives lost in the February 2011 earthquake.
The front page graphic for the Mainlander section of The Press. The main headline reads, "Death zone".
The front page graphic for the Mainlander section of The Press. The main headline reads, "Death in the classroom".
Police have released the names of two more Christchurch earthquake victims as the confirmed death toll rises to 161.
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The Prime Minister says he expects the death toll from this week's Christchurch earthquake will rise to more than two hundred.
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Does religion make you less scared of death, what can liquefaction in Christchurch tell us about earthquakes, and can autism be treated with zinc?
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Transcript of Graham Harris's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Martin's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
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The first details surrounding the deaths of 18 people in the PGC building collapse in February's earthquake have been revealed at an inquest in Christchurch.
Two taxi drivers have spoken out for the first time about their brush with death when they narrowly escaped falling rubble during the Canterbury Earthquake.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St Lukes Church site, Manchester Street, with the 185 crosses signifying the 185 deaths on 22 February 2011".
A lawyer is claiming five victims of February's Christchurch earthquake died because of inept search and rescue efforts.
Today marks one week since the devastating earthquake struck Christchurch and overnight, the death toll from the rubble has risen. 154 bodies have now been recovered.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St Lukes Church site, Manchester Street, with the 185 crosses signifying the 185 earthquake deaths on 22 February 2011".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch recovers after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake at the start of the week causing mass death and destruction across the city".
A structural engineer has broken down at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission after admitting he contributed to a woman's death in the February the twenty second earthquake.
A scanned copy of page 15 of an issue of Canta published in March 1997. The page includes an article on the death of UCSA cat Bentley.
A lawyer is claiming five victims of February's Christchurch earthquake died because of inept search and rescue efforts.
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