
Canterbury Earthquake 04/09/10 Christchurch New Zealand
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Christchurch Sept 4th Earthquake
For countless families in Canterbury, the earthquake sent china, crystal and other precious glass objects to the floor where they shattered. But Banks Peninsula artist Sarah Rutland says don't despair, and definitely don't throw those broken treasures away. They will never be the same, but they can be reshaped into a different treasure that can itself become a family heirloom.
Palmers Road, New Brighton
Christchurch Sept 4th Earthquake
Broken crockery in a bucket.
Broken glass on Argosy House.
Exposed toilet in a broken building.
Broken pavement in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Somebody has pulled apart the broken pavement and placed it in a pile in the middle of a netball court.
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Broken glass, earthquake damage".
A broken barbeque behind the Hororata Hotel in Hororata.
Broken glass and crockery littering the floor of a kitchen.
A photograph of broken glassware fallen on a tile floor.
Broken jars and bottles fallen from the shelves of a shop.
The Bridge Tavern in Kaiapoi with a broken window boarded up.
A toppled chimney on a house in Christchurch. The chimney has toppled onto the house but luckily not broken through the roof. It is now broken and lying on the corrugated iron. Below, plastic sheeting has been placed along the side of the roof to replace the missing gutter.
Steel bracing supporting the broken facade of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
Broken windows in the Design and Arts College building in Worcester Street.
Broken windows on the T & G Building (formerly known as Kenton Chambers).
Damage inside a house in St Albans. Detail of some broken crockery.
Painting on the wall of a broken building visible in the central city.
Robbie and Nicola watch Laura and a helpful neighbour remove the broken chimney.
A hole in a broken driveway along Avonside drive with a rubbish bin fallen in.
Broken pavement in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Silt from liquefaction can also be seen.
Footpath broken by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Driveway broken by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Driveway broken by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Footpath broken by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.