Christchurch Press Image: John Bisset 2010:09:10 12:48:32

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Taking a souvenir from the Lincoln Hotel that was being demolished is Peter Wilder from Lincoln. He has been drinking at the hotel for 15 years".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:06 16:18:14

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Lincoln University bio lab in tatters".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:06 16:17:28

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Lincoln University bio lab in tatters".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:06 15:58:15

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Lincoln University Vice Chancellor Roger Field".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:10:06 05:06:12

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lincoln Weeks was born on day of the earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:06 16:05:21

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Lincoln University library books. Extensive damage to books".

Christchurch Press Image: John Bisset 2010:09:10 13:02:02

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Spectators watch as the Lincoln Hotel is demolished after earthquake damage".

Central Canterbury News Image: Gary Moody 2010:09:16 12:31:05

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lincoln Butcher John Davies' business has suffered because of the earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:06 15:47:53

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Lincoln University Memorial Hall built 1929 suffered extensive damage".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:10:06 04:06:29

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Denica Weeks and son Lincoln who was born on day of the earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:10:06 04:06:28

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Denica Weeks and son Lincoln who was born on day of the earthquake".

Central Canterbury News Image: Gary Moody 2010:09:17 13:10:22

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Craig Bradford, leasee and manager of the demolished Famous Grouse Lincoln Hotel is hoping to see it resurrected soon".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 17:13:46

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Local farmers carry on a 50-60 year tradition at the now demolished Famous Grouse Pub in Lincoln township".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 17:26:44

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Local farmers carry on a 50-60 year tradition at the now demolished Famous Grouse Pub in Lincoln township".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:06 16:07:46

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Lincoln University library books. Extensive damage to books. Roger Field, Vice Chancellor examines some of the damaged books".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 17:15:15

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Local farmers carry on a 50-60 year tradition at the now demolished Famous Grouse Pub in Lincoln township. Raquel Wilson".

Central Canterbury News Image: Gary Moody 2010:09:16 13:09:58

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Craig Bradford, leasee and manager of the Famous Grouse Lincoln Hotel is hoping to see the doors open again before the next Rugby World Cup starts".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 17:23:05

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Local farmers carry on a 50-60 year tradition at the now demolished Famous Grouse Pub in Lincoln township. L-R: Raquel Wilson and Sally Newton were among those drinking and sharing the local gossip".

From the city that rocks, observations from post-earthquake Christchurch N…

Research Papers, Lincoln University

At 4.35 a.m. on the 4th of September 2010 Christchurch residents were shaken awake by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, the largest earthquake to hit urban New Zealand for nearly 80 years. It was a large earthquake. On average the world only has 17 earthquakes a year larger than magnitude seven. Haiti’s earthquake in January 2010 was magnitude 7.1 and Chile’s earthquake in February was magnitude 8.8. Although it was a big quake, Christchurch was lucky. In Haiti’s earthquake over 230,000 people were killed and in Chile 40,000 homes were destroyed. Happily this was not the situation in Christchurch, however the earthquake has caused considerable damage. The challenge for the Landscape Architecture community is to contribute to the city’s reconstruction in ways that will not only fix the problems of housing, and the city’s urban, suburban and neighbourhood fabric but that will do so in ways that will help solve the landscape problems that dogged the city before the earthquake struck.