Tag ArchivesFor the word: christchurch
Sep06
The day the south was rocked
I am immensely relieved that no-one was killed in the recent earthquake in Canterbury.
With a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale, the quake struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am local time on the 4th of September and is believed to be the worst earthquake to hit Godzone since 1931.
Friends of mine who live in an apartment block in the CBD of Christchurch provided a harrowing account of the experience:-
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Tagged: 71 magnitude, buildings, canterbury, christchurch, damage, earthquake, new zealand, richter
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Aug11
Cool Christchurch
Despite all my travels around this little blue-green planet, I have to confess that I’ve never been to the South Island of New Zealand.
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Tagged: all blacks, canterbury plains, cathedral, christchurch, friends, lyttleton, museum, new zealand, nz, south island, travel, tri nations, visit, wallabies, weekend
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