There were more than 70,000 votes cast in this year's Panasonic People's Choice Award?the very last gong in the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year season. The votes were spread across some 66 finalists, but the favourite image, as judged by?5271 of you, was Takashi Tsuneizumi's vision of Stirling Falls. Runners-up: Murray Mulloch's bumblebee and?Chris Helliwell's kingfisher.?See all the winners.

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Winners of the Panasonic People's Choice Award

There were more than 70,000 votes cast in this year's Panasonic People's Choice Award?the very last gong in the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year season. The votes were spread across some 66 finalists, but the favourite image, as judged by 5271 of you, was Takashi Tsuneizumi's vision of Stirling Falls.

Runners-up: Murray Mulloch's bumblebee and Chris Helliwell's kingfisher. See all the winners.

Red zone

Yesterday was the seven-year anniversary of the magnitude-6.3 earthquake that struck Christchurch and Lyttelton at 12.51pm.

Entire suburbs were ?red-zoned? after the quake, and even now, the fate of these properties and the few residents still wrangling with authorities remains uncertain. Welcome to purgatory.

Fallen glory

A re-evaluation of Christchurch?s heritage buildings is underway. What should be demolished? And what can bricks and mortar contribute to a city?s sense of place?

Call to arms

Just hours after the September 2010 earthquake, University of Canterbury student Sam Johnson put out a Facebook plea for volunteers to help clean up the silted streets.

Ready or not

Preparing for a natural disaster has long been considered a matter of personal responsibility. But what happens to those who can't stockpile supplies or run up the nearest hill?

Resurrection: Christchurch moving on

Christchurch?s central business district was a scene of wanton violence and destruction, as though Titans had wrestled and stumbled among the buildings. In the aftermath, traffic cones and steel safety fencing stood amid pooled water, and polythene barrier tape hung limply in the morning drizzle.


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