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The historic Kaiapoi Railway Station building, which can be seen leaning towards the river. Its foundations were damaged in the 4 September 2010 earthquake.

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A photograph of a bicycle decorated with artificial flowers leaning against a post box. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street".

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Damaged buildings in the alleyway leading from Tuam Street to Sol Square. Bricks have fallen from parapets, and one building is leaning out into the alleyway.

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Damage to a house in Redcliffs. The chimney is still intact, but is leaning away from the house at an extreme angle, and concrete blocks have fallen from the walls.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "90 Armagh Street - this building and the Victoria Square Apartments next door (on the left) are leaning in opposite directions because of liquefaction".

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A member of the Student Volunteer Army leaning on her spade as she waits for a bus. This student has spend the day of clearing liquefaction from Christchurch properties.

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Damage to a house in Redcliffs. There are large cracks in the concrete block walls and several blocks have fallen. The chimney is still intact, but is leaning away from the house at an extreme angle.

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Damage to a house in Redcliffs. There are large cracks in the concrete block walls and several blocks have fallen. The chimney is still intact, but is leaning away from the house at an extreme angle.

22 February Earthquake - Photograph 11

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Trees alongside the Avon River in Richmond. The river level is high, and the water is grey with silt. One of the trees is leaning towards the river. The photographer comments, "High river levels because of liquefaction in the Avon. Near 373 River Rd, Richmond".

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Closeup of the Grand Chancellor showing the south eastern corner, which is where it has slumped and broken and is now leaning in that direction. I note that they have taken some equipment out of the roof, you can see daylight through the gaps on the other side. The broken windows are also clearly visible with curtains hanging in some of them. ...

UC Restarts - Photograph 23

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Lei Zhang, a member of the University of Canterbury's E-Learning team, in their temporary office in the University Printery building. The photographer comments, "The University restarts its teaching, and the techies in e-learning move out of NZi3. We are sharing an office at the printery building. Richard Holliday and Aimee Leaning do their pre-press and outsourcing work, while Lei configures a new video streaming system".

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Two people examine damage to a house in Richmond. The brick wall is badly cracked and twisted, and some bricks have fallen, exposing the lining paper and framing below. The photographer comments, "These photos show our old house in River Rd and recovery work around Richmond and St Albans. The near wall is leaning at an alarming angle. I didn't like walking past it".

The Sign of the Ozone

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A digitally manipulated photograph of the Ozone Hotel's sign, leaning against a cordon fence. The photographer comments, "This sign was all that remained after the demolition of the historical Ozone Hotel, which was damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes. The sign disappeared so hopefully it will reappear at a later date in a museum. The bits of blue were the painted bricks of the hotel, which made it really stand out".

Christchurch, NZ - Post Feb Earthquake, 2011

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Hotel Grand Chancellor - Leaning 1m to the east, demolition will start about mid June and is expected to take 10 months to complete at a cost of approx NZ$10m. It will be the biggest & tallest demolition project in New Zealand. Taken during a scenic flight over Christchurch, New Zealand, 3 months after the deadly earthquake of 22 February, ...

The Wrinkles are Showing

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Damage to the front of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Large cracks are visible in the stonework, and one side is supported by shipping containers and hay bales. The photographer comments, "The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament has a lot of cracking on the exterior and one column appears to be leaning to the right. To my non-expert eye it does look like the front could easily give way. Notice the broken supporting beam".

Powerless Christchurch CBD, NZ - Post February earthquake

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Much of the CBD is still cordoned off and without power (as you should be able to spot) as a result of the damage caused by February's deadly earthquake. This photo clearly shows the extent of the lean that the Hotel Grand Chancellor is now on. Apparently it is out by 1m at the top leaning east. Demolition will start about mid June and is expec...

This was a Two Storey House

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People stand in front of a damaged house in New Brighton. The upper storey at the front of the house has collapsed onto the floor below. The photographer comments, "This house at 158 Marine Parade, New Brighton, Christchurch was owned by the man leaning on the fence. He lived next door and his daughter lived here. During the earthquake the 2nd storey stayed mainly whole, but the 1st collapsed. Luckily the daughter was in the top storey. She was rescued from the building by neighbours, by climbing out of the window and down a ladder. Another piece of luck is that most of the belongings were stored in boxes in the garage at the front. Though the garage also collapsed the boxes appear intact. The owner had tried to sell it previously without success".