Still standing after 4 major earthquakes and 140 years in Christchurch Botanical Gardens - the  giant redwood sequoia, not John. 

This is a typical old Christchurch house, still standing thankfully.

This is a shopping centre made from ship's containers in the centre of Christchurch. It's such a bold, quirky solution to the lack of stable buildings

This was our first view of Christchurch city centre. The centre is completely cordoned off and buildings are still being demolished

The tailor's dummy is made of all their broken crockery from the 2011 earthquake. You can see the crack in the wall to the right of the dummy which is one of the many that needs replastering.

Our lovely host and hostess at the Lilac rose B&B Christchurch, chatting as the removal men stripped the house around them.