TV review: Christchurch earthquake anniversary

Television went big on the anniversary and did it well, says Diana Wichtel.

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9th March, 2012

Christchurch earthquake

It seems incredible that it’s only been a year since the February 22 earthquake changed forever things in what had been our largely lucky country. It must feel like an eternity to those dealing with the grief, hardships, unanswered questions and scalding bureaucratic frustrations of life in a shattered city. Television went big on the anniversary and did it well. Christchurch is in it for the long haul. The media should be too. To paraphrase Samuel Johnson on London, to be tired of Christchurch, you would have to be tired of life and the human response to what it dishes out. Good on Prime ...

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