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A photograph of pieces of broken china laid on a mosaic design.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Marie begins the very first flower. It is so difficult and time consuming that we are all in despair. Will this take forever? No-one is getting paid and we all have jobs and lives in some chaos thanks to the earthquakes."

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A damaged concrete tilt-slab building. The slabs have separated and tilted, and are supported by steel bracing. The photographer comments, "This house in Christchurch was made by bolting 4 slabs of concrete together. A fantastic idea in a country prone to earthquakes".

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A digitally manipulated image of a mannequin. The photographer comments, "During the Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011 a lot of people were seriously injured or killed because they run out of buildings. Falling masonry from the exterior of the buildings hit them, but if they had remained inside they would have probably been perfectly safe".

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A photograph of Helen Campbell and Sigal Golan making mosaic leaves out of pieces of broken china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "In March an Israeli mosaicker travelling through New Zealand stayed with Helen for a week and gave us her time for free. Thank you Sigal Golan."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch in their workshop in the Christchurch central city. In the background there are boxes of broken china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "From left: Shirley Walden and Marie Hudson."