readingcinemacarpark.jpg The quake-damaged Reading Cinema Car Park building in Wellington CBD that has now been demolished. Photo: NZ Herald/ Mark MitchellThe last of the Wellington residents evacuated from their central city apartments in November will be allowed back in this morning, four months on from the earthquake that drove them out. While residents were allowed back in for about 20 minutes to gather belongings late last year, they have been unable to return permanently to their homes on Tory St due to a severely damaged building nearby. The Maison Cabriole apartment block is the building that was right beside the damaged car park block, and is the final one to be reoccupied. Demolition of the damaged car park is nearly complete, and cordons have been gradually reduced in the past weeks as the building's fall zone shrank.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 07, 2017 20:24 UTC