Ross Becker's photographs of Christchurch. The central business district reopens this weekend for the first time since the earthquake (Previously: 1, 2, 3) on February 22, 2011. [more inside]
posted by doublehappy on Oct 26, 2011 - 3 comments

Listen to this first: Fraction Too Much Friction... and then listen to this while watching the clip: Liquefaction. Damned talented, them Kiwi's.
posted by malibustacey9999 on Mar 30, 2011 - 6 comments

Eerily calm - Civil Defence New Zealand has released footage of post-earthquake Christchurch.
posted by Catch on Mar 23, 2011 - 12 comments

A massive quake ripped through the Canterbury area of the south island of New Zealand this morning.
posted by ironbob on Feb 21, 2011 - 229 comments

At 4:35 am local time, a 7.2 earthquake hit just outside of Christchurch New Zealand. Reports are just coming in of power outages, damage, etc. 7.2 is considered a major earthquake.
posted by agatha_magatha on Sep 3, 2010 - 74 comments

Photos of Christchurch NZ. Walk the High Street, stop at the corner chemist, or catch the Gaieties. Contains more than a thousand historic pictures, some of startling clarity.
posted by arse_hat on Feb 3, 2005 - 21 comments