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Kōrero: Active faults

Greendale Fault

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Greendale Fault

Part of dead-straight Highfield Road shifted a number of metres sideways along the Greendale Fault during the 2010 Darfield earthquake.

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CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquake Digital Archive

Reference: Grant Wilson Darfield Photograph 080

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Eileen McSaveney, Active faults – What is an active fault?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/46846/greendale-fault (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 26 July 2017.