English warns deficit will climb above 11 billion

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The Treasury is forecasting the Christchurch earthquake will slow economic activity and the Finance Minister says the forecast 11-billion dollar Budget deficit this year will also climb.

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Members of the recovery team climbing the stairs on the first floor of the Registry Building.

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Members of the recovery team climbing the stairs on the first floor of the Registry Building.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square (climb the tower? Not any more)".

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A member of the recovery team climbing in the Registry Building, on the way to retrieve important items.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Taylors Mistake - a warning about the climb ahead to reach the road".

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A member of the recovery team climbing in the Registry Building, on the way to retrieve important items.

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A member of the recovery team climbing in the Registry Building, on the way to retrieve important items.

How Many Feet Have Climbed These Stairs

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BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 144

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Workers entering the Claredon Tower on Oxford Street by climbing from a crane-raised platform into one of the windows.

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Workers entering the Claredon Tower on Oxford Street by climbing from a crane-raised platform into one of the windows.

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Workers entering the Claredon Tower on Oxford Street by climbing from a crane-raised platform into one of the windows.

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A member of the emergency team climbing the stairs on the first floor of the Registry Building, on the way to retrieve important items.

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 12:49:02

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Sue Spigel, Christchurch Cathedral artist-in-residence, climbs out of the damaged cathedral".

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Sue Spigel, Christchurch Cathedral artist-in-residence, climbs out of the damaged cathedral".

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A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army on the roof of a residential property. They have climbed the roof to cover a hole with a tarpaulin.

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A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army on the roof of a residential property. They have climbed the roof to cover a hole with a tarpaulin.

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A photograph of a man climbing a tree in Hagley Park. In the background, a lamp post has a noticeable lean. Behind that, the structure of a large marquee can be seen.

Jim Baltaxe WEMO Photograph 114

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A photograph of a man climbing a tree in Hagley Park. In the background, a lamp post has a noticeable lean. Behind that, the structure of a large marquee can be seen.

Jim Baltaxe WEMO Photograph 115

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A photograph of a man climbing a tree in Hagley Park. In the background, a lamp post has a noticeable lean. Behind that, the structure of a large marquee can be seen.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 24

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team climbing a stairway inside an earthquake-damaged house. Bricks have fallen from the storey above and have covered the stairs.

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team climbing a stairway inside an earthquake-damaged house. Bricks have fallen from the storey above and have covered the stairs.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 03

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team inside an earthquake-damaged house. One of the ERT members is climbing a staircase covered in rubble from a collapsed interior wall.

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Steel bracing on the front of the Worcester Street face of the Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Church), which is being repaired. The scaffolding has been decorated with sculptures of people kayaking, cycling, climbing and bungee jumping. Some of the figures are wearing santa hats. A fence has been constructed at the base of the building.

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Steel bracing on the front of the Worcester Street face of the Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Church), which is being repaired. The scaffolding has been decorated with sculptures of people kayaking, cycling, climbing and bungee jumping. Some of the figures are wearing santa hats. A fence has been constructed at the base of the building.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 198

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Steel bracing on the front of the Worcester Street face of the Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Church), which is being repaired. The scaffolding has been decorated with sculptures of people kayaking, cycling, climbing and bungee jumping. Some of the figures are wearing santa hats. A fence has been constructed at the base of the building.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 195

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Steel bracing on the front of the Worcester Street face of the Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Church), which is being repaired. The scaffolding has been decorated with sculptures of people kayaking, cycling, climbing and bungee jumping. Some of the figures are wearing santa hats. A fence has been constructed at the base of the building.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 190

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Steel bracing on the front of the Worcester Street face of the Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Church), which is being repaired. The scaffolding has been decorated with sculptures of people kayaking, cycling, climbing and bungee jumping. Some of the figures are wearing santa hats. A fence has been constructed at the base of the building.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 196

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Steel bracing on the front of the Worcester Street face of the Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Church), which is being repaired. The scaffolding has been decorated with sculptures of people kayaking, cycling, climbing and bungee jumping. Some of the figures are wearing santa hats. A fence has been constructed at the base of the building.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 23

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team climbing a ladder up the back of a house on Gloucester Street. The ladder has been placed against the house so that the ERT members can enter the building through the open window. To the right a section of the house next door has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the shed below.