Christchurch earthquake: The world watched, our nation mourned (part two)

Following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on September 4th 2010 and then the devastating 6.3 earthquake on the 22nd of February, life for Cantabrians and the city of Christchurch suffered an even bigger loss . In this final part of our two part series nzherald.co.nz remembers.

[@madnatty]

It’s so sad to me that, 10 years later, the Cathedral is still like that.

[@pop1626]

I Am A Christchurch Lad Born and Bred.
Went To Aranui High.
RIP To Those Lost.

[@lissiet22]

Poor Poor man :-(, i feel so sorry for everyone that lost someone. I was so pleased when i found my family. kia kaha chch

[@madnatty]

Sad for the people who moved to Kaikoura, and ended up in another massive quake.

[@drterrycreagh756]

Christchurch be proud of your wonderful recovery. You are again a most beautiful City.

[@cherylwilson8743]

As long as you don't count the east side of ChCh, it's still pretty much a mess all these years later

[@miaand12]

Hey team just goes to show it's super important to have an emergency plan in place as well as an emergency kit. I was in my hometown of Christchurch for the first earthquake and made my way home to my parents place where my Dad had a full emergency kit in place - torches, food, blankets, water, whistles. He was ready and I know I'll be in the future.

[@magdalena_dewinter]

we had a emergency kit, then my siblings dad got high and ate all the food in it 😂

[@miaand12]

@@magdalena_dewinter 😆

[@lionsheart33]

Cool stuff

[@bridiedaly6473]

Can you show me some other ones

[@gideonsmit4344]

What year was this?

[@mymixedbiscuit9159]

the initial earthquake was in 2010, but it was not extremely severe. After months of aftershocks, another earthquake ocurred in 2011 that brought the city crashing down

[@manyouranidiot]

so people...got ya emergency kit ready yet?? and not just in Christchurch! what would you do if a natural disaster happened in your city? where will you meet your family? Cell phones may be down...

[@magdalena_dewinter]

3:40 i think he’s right, much more would be dead if this had been the first

[@vahvahdisco]

Did the guy whose mother worked at the CTV building, find her ?

[@jukes888]

Sadly no. Not the husband looking for his wife. Heart breaking.

[@madnatty]

If his mums surname was also Wayne, she wasn’t in the list of deceased. But it may not have been. Few were saved from that building.

[@magdalena_dewinter]

going based off the time probably not, the last person rescued was 22 hours after the earthquake, the clip seems like it was the middle of the day