Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial
Riverside marble wall bearing the names of those killed in the February 2011 earthquake.
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This guide to the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial in Christchurch begins with the ceremony held here every twenty-second of February, when a navy ship's bell answers a list read aloud. It turns to the long marble wall on the south bank of the Avon, and to the bereaved families who were asked how the names of the one hundred and eighty-five should be set down. Best heard walking slowly along the wall itself.
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