The Canterbury Earthquake Memorial wall is being unveiled today on the sixth anniversary of the February 2011 earthquake. The national earthquake memorial is a multimillion-dollar wall that has the names of the 185 people who lost their lives etched into it. Christchurch Central MP Nicky Wagner is proud of the way the wall - on the north side of the Avon River - encompasses what the families wanted. There was plenty of emotion on the eve of today's anniversary, when Bruce Springsteen performed a three-hour show in Christchurch last night. Prime Minister Bill English also tweeted encouragement to remember the earthquake at 12.51pm today, the time the quake struck six years ago, killing 185.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 21, 2017 21:17 UTC