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main leaking into cycle way

Fairfax Video, September 2010 (2)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of a fire which broke out in the Pills for Thrills building on Worcester Street following the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The fire is thought to have been caused by a gas leak in the building.

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Local sinkhole, near park where water is leaking from groud. Bound to grow

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Local sinkhole #2, near park where water is leaking from groud. Bound to grow

Virtual World

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Topics - Facebook coordinates students to provide assistance after the Christchurch earthquake, the Web is dead. Long Live the Internet Bits and Bobs, parents use 'digital' grounding as a 21st century disciplinary tool, Gmail Priority Inbox Sorts Your Email For You, introducing Wikileakileaks: Your Source for Wikileaks-Related Leaks and Melbourne computer hacker turned whistleblower extraordinaire Julian Assange is under pressure from within WikiLeaks to step down.

Virtual World with Hamish MacEwan

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Topics - Facebook coordinates students to provide assistance after the Christchurch earthquake and 'The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet'. Bits and Bobs - Parents use 'digital' grounding as a 21st century disciplinary tool, Gmail Priority Inbox Sorts Your Email For You, introducing Wikileakileaks: Your Source for Wikileaks-Related Leaks and Melbourne computer hacker turned whistleblower extraordinaire Julian Assange is under pressure from within WikiLeaks to step down.

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This shop caught fire when power restored caused sparks that ignited leaking gas, in the aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:11:18 09:51:28

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "John Arbuckle, owner of St Martins Garage Ltd, with one of his two 60,000 litre fuel tanks that are being removed to be checked for earthquake damage. The fibreglass tanks haven't leaked, but had moved following the Heathcote shake".

THE LATEST DESIGN IN HOUSING FOR LIVING WITH NATURAL HAZARDS. 18 September…

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The cartoon shows a family standing proudly in front of their tent which has 'No leaks!', is 'Earthquake-proof!', and 'Affordable!' An 'Optional extra' is an 'inflatable base for tsunami-prone areas'. Text below reads 'Not suitable for volcanic areas. Refers to the problems that have been experienced in the last couple of decades with leaky homes because of slack building codes (which have now been tightened), refers also to the Canterbury earthquake of 4th September with its aftermath of rebuilding for greater earthquake proofing and lastly refers to the problem of people being unable to afford houses. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).