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February 16, 2017
Anxious Christchurch residents (click here) evacuated from their Port Hills homes overnight are urgently trying to check whether their homes are still standing....
...Chas Muir, 65, was evacuated from his Harry Ell Drive home near the Sign of the Takahe about 9pm.
"From the Sign of the Takahe you could see it was really close, stretching right down the gully, to the new Adventure Park and to Kennedys Bush, you could see it go on for miles," Muir said....
