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BUILT WITH FERN TREES AND CARDBOARD

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CHRISTCHURCH’S CARDBOARD CATHEDRAL

The South Island’s largest city, Christchurch suffered devastation after two major earthquakes in September 2010 and again in February 2011 with 185 people losing their lives from collapsed buildings and falling debris. It was New Zealand’s second deadliest natural disaster since the arrival of European settlers to the country. The deadliest was also an earthquake which killed 256 people in the Hawke’s Bay in 1931.

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