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An area next to the river in Kaiapoi where workers previously dug trenches to fix the power and communication lines. They have now been fixed and the trenches have been filled in. A pile of dirt can still be seen.

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A large crack runs across the playground on the corner of Peraki and Fuller Streets in Kaiapoi.

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A large crack runs across the playground on the corner of Peraki and Fuller Streets in Kaiapoi.

St Pauls school playground adjacent to church - that is not a wall at the …

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The line that runs across this picture is the subsidence line - everything this side of the line has sunk by about 50 cm.

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A large crack runs across the playground on the corner of Peraki and Fuller Streets in Kaiapoi. In the background is the Kaiapoi Co-operating Parish Church.

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Broken pavement in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Silt from liquefaction can also be seen.

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A sand volcano in the Halswell Primary School grounds near the playground. Sand volcanoes were caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.

Nelson Mail Image: Colin Smith 2010:09:08 15:44:38

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch family Craig Yates and his partner Kim Blazey and their children Kass, 8 months and Sonny, 2, relax in the playground at Tahuna Beach Holiday Park as they recover from the trauma of of last Saturday's earthquake".