Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:19 16:13:23

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Peepe's unliveable flat in Barbadoes Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:19 16:12:37

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Peepe's unliveable flat in Barbadoes Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:19 16:12:26

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Peepe's unliveable flat in Barbadoes Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:19 16:15:34

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Peepe at his unliveable flat in Barbadoes Street".

So that's what an earthquake feels like.

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Here's Prarie, outside our flat, the day after the 7.1 earthquake hit Christchurch. You see the damage to the street, which continued through our flat. We were forced to move out once an engineer examined the cracks in our balcony, walls, floors, and ceilings, and told us the building was unsafe for living. One crack ran from the street, pres...

Destruction

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Rolleston/Burnham, South Island, NZ This used to be a perfectly straight and flat road!

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:08 11:44:51

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lucy Booth, aged 89, in her Linwood Flat. She has had enough of all these aftershocks".

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Evacuating a central city flat which has been condemned following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:08 11:43:05

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake aftermath in Christchurch. Lucy Booth aged 89 in her Linwood Flat has had enough of all these aftershocks".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:19 16:20:44

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Peepe with his son John Dickerson (13) and baby daughter Desire (2) at their unliveable flat in Barbadoes Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:19 16:19:59

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Peepe with his son John Dickerson (13) and baby daughter Desire (2) at their unliveable flat in Barbadoes Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:19 16:17:45

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Peepe with his son John Dickerson (13) and baby daughter Desire (2) at their unliveable flat in Barbadoes Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:19 16:18:56

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Peepe with his son John Dickerson (13) and baby daughter Desire (2) at their unliveable flat in Barbadoes Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:19 16:17:29

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Peepe with his son John Dickerson (13) and baby daughter Desire (2) at their unliveable flat in Barbadoes Street".

Central Canterbury News Image: Gary Moody 2010:09:16 11:33:57

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tai Tapu Hotel owners Tania Smith and Jacqui Ballantyne have been flat out since the earthquake to get it running again".

Timaru Herald Image: John Bisset 2010:09:07 13:27:07

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Max Miller and Alistair Burleigh of Max Miller Building remove two chimneys from a Church Street flat after they were damaged in Saturday's earthquake".

Timaru Herald Image: John Bisset 2010:09:07 10:48:05

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Max Miller and Alistair Burleigh of Max Miller Building remove two chimneys from a Church Street flat after they were damaged in Saturday's earthquake".

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The walls from the flats above the Daily Bagel and the Covent Fruit Centre have crumbled, exposing the interior of the rooms above. The walls have toppled onto the footpath leaving a pile of building rubble.

Timaru Herald Image: John Bisset 2010:09:04 05:27:29

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Pippa Rowe, Jade Ellis and Danielle May were woken when bricks from their flat's chimney crashed down around the house after the early morning earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:15 13:25:18

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Abandoned flats in South Brighton after tenants having suddenly been told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:15 13:05:03

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Nicholas Keen is reluctant to leave his flat after been told by the council he has to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:15 13:25:08

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Abandoned flats in South Brighton after tenants having suddenly been told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:15 13:23:21

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Abandoned armchairs outside flats in South Brighton after tenants having suddenly been told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:15 13:23:04

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Abandoned armchairs outside flats in South Brighton after tenants having suddenly been told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:16 12:15:01

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Nicolas Keen (L) and Mike Whiteford are reluctant to leave their flats in South Brighton after having suddenly been told by the council they have to move out after initially been give green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:10 13:35:25

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Shoreham Courts, City Council owned flats on Admirals Way in New Brighton are on an island of isolation with no water or sewerage although those around them are unaffected".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:15 13:14:16

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Nicolas Keen (L) and Mike Whiteford are reluctant to leave their flats in South Brighton after having suddenly been told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:16 12:38:22

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Council works moving furniture of Mike Whiteford who has been forced to leave his flat in South Brighton after being told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:16 12:48:49

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Council workers moving furniture of Mike Whiteford who has been forced to leave his flat in South Brighton after being told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:16 12:43:57

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Council workers moving furniture of Mike Whiteford who has been forced to leave his flat in South Brighton after being told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".