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185 Empty White Chairs - Earthquake Memorial - CLOSED
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Simple Poignant Moving...Disassembled...

So glad I got the opportunity to visit this site before the installation was taken away. It is art... read more

Reviewed 10 June 2023
Diane R
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Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Visually moving

A sharp and peaceful reminder of those that lost their lives when these earth quakes hit... read more

Reviewed 29 March 2023
jennywV567FT
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Adelaide, Australia
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Reviewed 15 May 2017

I have never been touched so much by a work of art. This memorial to the 185 victims of the Christchurch Earthquake turns that number into actual people. You connect to the victims by realizing they were people of all ages and all walks of life.
Spend some time taking it all in and thus pay your respects to those who died in the earthquake.

Date of experience: January 2017
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Reviewed 15 May 2017 via mobile

Reflecting on events that changed Christchurch forever. Great memorial for those who died in this tragic event.

Date of experience: May 2017
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Reviewed 14 May 2017

We stumbled across this - but really makes you think and a great idea. I found the location near to the main devastation poignant

Date of experience: May 2017
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Reviewed 13 May 2017

View of the earthquake shttered city was pathetic.
At the same time it was heartening to see the speed with which the city has come out of the turmoil in such an examplery way.

We also saw the beautiful coast line of christchurch .

Date of experience: March 2017
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Reviewed 12 May 2017 via mobile

The reality of the Christchurch earthquake, for those not from there, hits you when you see this. It's a beautiful memorial to those who lost their lives in one of NZs greatest natural disasters.

Date of experience: April 2017
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