Are Wellington and Gisborne ready for a big quake?

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The devastation caused by the Christchurch earthquake has other cities reviewing how well they are prepared for a similar shake.

Jetstar cutting services partly due to ChCh quake

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The budget airline Jetstar is cutting back on some of its flights out of Christchurch partly because of the earthquake.

Christchurch Earthquake 008

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Double the number of Cantabrians leave for good after quake

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People are leaving Christchurch for good at double the rate than before February's earthquake.

The Strangeness of Earthquakes

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A concrete block wall with a large diagonal crack running through it. The photographer comments, "This wall has fascinated me. It has cracked across in a dead straight diagonal line during one of Christchurch's many earthquakes. How could this have occurred?".

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Masonry gable of the Christchurch School of Music broke off during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:08 14:18:53

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Men's undies are in high demand, while EFT-POS traffic is slow. Jill McDavitt, owner of Haydn's Menswear in the Bush Inn Centre, prices up some new undies to hit the shelves".

Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett 2010:09:19 18:42:12

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Waimakariri District Council puts on a dinner at the Kaiapoi Rugby Club to thank all the volunteers that helped after the earthquake. Jenny and Malcolm Leadbeater and Salvation Army volunteer Colin Burgess".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:21 13:00:50

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Vandals broke into and damaged the 1885 historic Church of the Good Shepherd in Phillips Street after the September earthquake. Constable Geoff McLean (crime scene officer) lifts clear prints where the vandals gained access".

Christchurch Press Image: Joseph Johnson 2010:09:08 09:36:54

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key on his visit to Kaiapoi and Hororata to meet people badly affected and see the damage from the earthquake. Talking to Michael Oakley, a potato farmer in Greendale, near Hororata".

Christchurch Press Image: Joseph Johnson 2010:09:08 09:37:34

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key on his visit to Kaiapoi and Hororata to meet people badly affected and see the damage from the earthquake. Talking to Michael Oakley, a potato farmer in Greendale, near Hororata".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:23 12:13:03

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Engineers from ECAN and other areas in New Zealand have been inspecting the Waimakariri River stop banks on the coast side of State Highway 1 after the September earthquake. Large cracks along the stop bank".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:10:25 11:03:21

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hororata Spring Fair for restoration of St Johns Church. No. 8 'Christine', a three year-old ewe, clears the second jump to win the Hororata steeplechase just ahead of the rest of the field".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:11:12 12:29:21

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A big day of moving out of the caravan up the drive of their house to a rental home, for earthquake-stricken Kaiapoi mum and children. Tyler Entwistle (13) with boxes stacked in the caravan".

Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett 2010:09:20 15:13:55

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Transpacific staff donate to a relief fund to help other staff after the earthquake. Tom Nickels, managing director of Transpacific Industries Group NZ (left), with Dave and Kathy Youngman, whose house in Kaiapoi was damaged".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:10:14 12:10:53

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Richard Peebles is further concerned over the Manchester Courts building, which was severely damaged in the September earthquake and has now become more unstable. There is talk to move the cordons further back".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:11:23 13:27:41

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jonathan Connolly, co-owner of Angus Meats, has won a bevy of awards for their sausages, but they no longer have a retail outlet after their shop was ruined by the September earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:11:23 13:31:37

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jonathan Connolly, co-owner of Angus Meats, has won a bevy of awards for their sausages, but they no longer have a retail outlet after their shop was ruined by the September earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:11:23 13:30:59

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jonathan Connolly, co-owner of Angus Meats, has won a bevy of awards for their sausages, but they no longer have a retail outlet after their shop was ruined by the September earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:12:05 20:26:35

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Nickie McFedries has had a bad run. Her Brittan Terrace house in Lyttelton has suffered extensive earthquake damage and now vandals have smashed up her car in the early hours of this morning".

Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett 2010:09:20 15:27:25

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Transpacific staff donate to a relief fund to help other staff after the earthquake. Tom Nickels, managing director of Transpacific Industries Group NZ (left), with Dave and Kathy Youngman whose house in Kaiapoi was damaged".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:11:12 12:45:10

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A big day of moving out of the caravan up the drive of their house to a rental home, for earthquake-stricken Kaiapoi mum and children. Tyler Entwistle (13) carries out the vacuum".

Christchurch Press Image: Joseph Johnson 2010:10:11 14:55:37

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Richard Loffhagen, owner of Simply Catering, stands on the old site on the corner of Madras Street and Salisbury Street where he wrote a message on the wall the day the old building was brought down".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:28 16:47:37

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Cirque Mother Africa, the first show to be put on at the Theatre Royal since the September earthquake. Plastic Boys. From the top: Lazararus Gitu (27) and Hassan Mohamed (22) from Kenya and Tanzania, respectively".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:28 16:49:24

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Cirque Mother Africa, the first show to be put on at the Theatre Royal since the September earthquake. Plastic Boys. From the top: Lazararus Gitu (27) and Hassan Mohamed (22) from Kenya and Tanzania, respectively".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:10:14 13:43:40

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Canterbury Home Show exhibition sales manager Sharon Spyve has managed to organise this year's show despite the fact that her own home was wrecked by the September earthquake, causing major disruption to her personal life".

Christchurch Press Image: Laura Melville 2010:09:08 22:43:55

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Transport Minister Steven Joyce considers comments by Waimakariri District Council Chief Executive Jim Palmer at a press conference in Kaiapoi this week. With them is local National List MP and Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:10:08 09:14:07

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Eileen Woolf and her husband Bevin are now living in a caravan and motor home on their front lawn after the September 4 M7.1 earthquake has left their Pine Beach home unlivable".

Christchurch Press Image: Joseph Johnson 2010:09:08 10:01:12

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "John Key on his visit to Kaiapoi and Hororata, to meet badly-affected people and see the damage from the earthquake. Prime Minister John Key visits the Deans' property in Homebush near Hororata".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:11:12 12:45:14

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A big day of moving out of the caravan up the drive of their house to a rental home, for earthquake-stricken Kaiapoi mum and children. Tyler Entwistle (13) carries out the vacuum".