20121117_0316_1D3-70 Summit Road Closed

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Obvious seeing why the Summit Road has been closed below Mt Cavendish since the February 22 2011 earthquake. There are some large rocks there!

20120131_8198_1D3-400 Eathquake damage

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Damaged houses above Shag Rock.

20120805_7451_1D3-600 Newstalk ZB building starting to go down 16

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Eathquake damage

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20120131_8174_1D3-400 Eathquake damage Houses above Main Road, Sumner. #2153

20120131_8169_1D3-400 Conatiner wall

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Part of a house that fell can be seen on the rocks above right hand containers.

30 seconds later the dust drifts across the city.

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20120805_7586_1D3-600 30 seconds later the dust drifts across the city. Following the demolition of the earthquake damaged Newstalk ZB building. #2649

20120131_8167_1D3-400 Shag Pile

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What more can one say except that Shag Rock is now about one third it's original height. Whitewash Head in the background with the road that now drops over a cliff.

20120129_8116_1D3-200 Pleasant Point Yacht Club

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The small wharf area of the now gone Pleasant Point Yacht Club has already been taken over by the Pied Shags (cormorants). It is under water now except for low tide. Note the dead pine tree in background. Many have died because of the salt water their roots are in.