Quake anniversary: Why is Christchurch still broken?
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Ten years on from the devastating February 22, 2011 earthquake, which claimed 185 lives and caused widespread destruction, how far has the Christchurch rebuild come? Herald senior journalist Kurt Bayer highlights five central city sites that tell a dual tale of progress and a lack of progress.
The experts, as they are wont to do, weighed in quickly. With the aftershocks still rumbling with the relentless monotony of trucks on a motorway, they envisaged Christchurch's rebuild would take 10, maybe 15, or even 20 years, to complete.
And a decade on, as a quick tour of the English-styled Garden City shows, they were probably about right.
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