Family leaps from homestead roof to escape earthquakeSTACY SQUIRES/FAIRFAX NZ. Jo and Dave McKenzie jumped with their children from their Montrose Station homestead on the night of the 7.8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake to save themselves. A family were forced to jump from the roof of their homestead and into a garden to escape the North Canterbury earthquake. STACY SQUIRES/FAIRFAX NZ Historic Montrose Station homestead, which was badly damaged in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake. STACY SQUIRES/FAIRFAX NZ Dave McKenzie described his family as "a bit homeless at the moment" after the earthquake.

Source: Stuff November 17, 2016 03:54 UTC