Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 (16)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key, right, visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 04:35 Saturday morning. Mayor Bob Parker, left, took him on a tour of the city which was punctuated by a fire breaking out in a building on Worcester Street. The tour party watches the fire".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 (17)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key, left, visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 04:35 Saturday morning. Mayor Bob Parker, centre, took him on a tour of the city which was punctuated by a fire breaking out in a building on Worcester Street. The tour party watches the fire".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 (11)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key, right, visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 04:35 Saturday morning. Mayor Bob Parker, at front left, took him on a tour of the city which was punctuated by a fire breaking out in a building on Worcester Street. The tour party watches the fire".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 (13)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key, right, visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 04:35 Saturday morning. Mayor Bob Parker, at front left, took him on a tour of the city which was punctuated by a fire breaking out in a building on Worcester Street. The tour party watches the fire".

Christchurch Press Image: Glenn Conway 2010:09:09 13:38:39

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker looks at damage during a tour of the inner city yesterday".

sand volcano tours

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Yes, it was a joke. The tours, that is, not the yard filled with earthquake-caused sand volcanos. They were very real. You can see one covering the driveway in this photo. The signs read as follows. "Tours run 1/2 hourly. $5.25 admission. Eftpos unavailable." "If you think this is bad... you should see the back!"

Christchurch Press Image: Glenn Conway 2010:09:09 13:40:56

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker is interviewed by national and international media during a tour of the inner city yesterday".

Christchurch Press Image: Glenn Conway 2010:09:09 13:40:07

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker is surrounded by national and international media during a tour of the inner city yesterday".

Christchurch Press Image: Glenn Conway 2010:09:09 13:45:13

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker is interviewed by national and international media during a tour of the inner city yesterday".

Christchurch Press Image: Glenn Conway 2010:09:09 13:40:50

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker is interviewed by national and international media during a tour of the inner city yesterday".

Christchurch Press Image: Glenn Conway 2010:09:09 13:30:37

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker is surrounded by national and international media during a tour of the inner city yesterday".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 (24)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 04:35 Saturday morning. Mayor Bob Parker took the PM on a tour".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 (03)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key, centre, visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 04:35 Saturday morning. Mayor Bob Parker, facing at left, took him on a tour of the city which was punctuated by a fire breaking out in a building on Worcester Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 (05)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key, centre, visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 04:35 Saturday morning. Mayor Bob Parker, took him on a tour of the city which was punctuated by a fire breaking out in a building on Worcester Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 (20)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key, centre, visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 04:35 Saturday morning. Mayor Bob Parker, at right, took him on a tour of the city which was punctuated by a fire breaking out in a building on Worcester Street. MP John Carter, front left".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 (21)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key, centre, visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 04:35 Saturday morning. Mayor Bob Parker took him on a tour of the city which was punctuated by a fire breaking out in a building on Worcester Street. MP John Carter, and Key look at the damage".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 17:58:42

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning". Mayor Bob Parker, at left, took him on a tour of the city which was punctuated by a fire breaking out in a building on Worcester Street".

Fairfax Video, September 2010 (24)

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A video of a tour of the Christchurch Arts Centre, lead by Director Ken Franklin. Franklin talks about the strengthening work which was done to the Arts Centre before the earthquakes, the damage caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake, and the importance of preserving the character of the buildings.