Fairfax Video, September 2010 (31)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

Aerial footage of Canterbury and the Christchurch central city after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The footage shows the earthquake damage to Homebush, St John's Church in Hororata, the railway tracks near Rolleston, and Westende Jewellers on Colombo Street. It also shows flooding in the streets of New Brighton.

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:04 04:37:02

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Train tracks bent and broken near Railway Road near Rolleston".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:04 04:36:25

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Train tracks bent and broken near Railway Road near Rolleston".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:04 04:37:05

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Train tracks bent and broken near Railway Road near Rolleston".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:04 04:35:19

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Train tracks bent and broken near Railway Road near Rolleston".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:04 04:35:47

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Train tracks bent and broken near Railway Road near Rolleston".

The Final Showdown

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A digitally manipulated image of diggers sitting on top of rubble beside the old Railway Station. The photographer comments, "Which one will be buried 6 foot under?".

First Picton-Christchurch train departs since Kaikoura quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

In half an hour, the first passenger train since the devastating Kaikoura earthquake will depart Picton for Christchurch. The 7.8 earthquake that struck the region in 2016 ripped up much of the scenic Coastal Pacific railway - sweeping kilometres of tracks out to sea and buried beneath slips. The rebuild of the railway line has taken two years and the efforts of nearly 1700 workers. Todd Moyle is KiwiRail's acting chief executive. He talks to Susie Ferguson.