Munted

This old house on the corner of Fendalton Rd and Deans Ave is in a bad way. It would have probably survived if it hadn't been so close to the river Avon. Unfortunately the land under most buildings close to a waterway suffered liquefaction and lateral spreading.

Munted

This building was built to replace a business that had collapsed in the Sept erathquake. It is munted after the latest aftershock on June 13th. It had only been open a few days.

June 13th Earthquake

This is the view of the port hills as the latest earthquake hit. The dust clouds are the result of cliffs collapsing from Redcliffs to Sumner

Here we go again, again

And another huge one just hit, the biggest yet. Only Lasted about 15 seconds but the whole house was shaking nw-se by about a metre. Tracy and James are fine and on their way home.

Another big aftershock.

Just had another large quake here in Chch. Only a 5.5 but it was the most violent shaking yet.

RSA Sumner

It was heartbreaking to see Sumner. So many of the fine old buildings have been demolished and the nicest suburb in chch now looks like a warzone. This is the RSA which was hit by a massive rockfall killing 2 people.

Narrow Escape

This house had a narrow escape but lots didn't and were engulfed by the falling rocks.

Redcliffs

Went for a drive out to Sumner for the first time since the February quake. All along the coast the cliffs have collapsed. In Redcliffs this whole section collapsed and narrowly missed the local school.