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First-hand accounts of the Christchurch 2011 earthquake: I just felt I m gonna die scoop.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scoop.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A tricky site and good design come together in Christchurch.
It’s always interesting to see the sort of houses architects design for themselves, but Regan Johnston modestly diverts the credit for his own abode. Houses design themselves, he says. If so, his family home nestled into the hill above Sumner Beach in Christchurch is indeed a clever house. It has picked up a fistful of awards and catered masterfully to the needs of its inhabitants: Regan and his wife, Melanie Lynn, their 15-month-old daughter, Harper, and Apple, an elderly beagle.
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Left, Melanie Lynn in the kitchen of the Sumner Beach home she shares with husband Regan Johnston, their young daughter, Harper, and Apple, an elderly beagle. Right, sun streams into the lower lounge.
This story contains first-hand accounts of the Christchurch 2011 earthquake that may be distressing for some readers.
Ten years on, what impact has the 2011 Christchurch earthquake had on survivors? In the first episode of
Fragments - a six-part podcast and video series - a 6.3 aftershock surges near Lyttelton, across the Port Hills and into the surrounding suburbs.
Morag Aldridge.
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
Those who were in Christchurch on 22 February 2011 all have a story to tell.
Some have probably told their stories many times to friends and family - they ve got used to them and the stories have come to define the day for them.