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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 22: Mayor Bob Parker speaks in Hagley Park ahead of the one year Christchurch earthquake anniversary on February 22, 2012 in Christchurch, New Zealand. A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, the South Island's largest city, on February 22,...

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 22: Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker comforts a man at Latimer Square Service ahead of the one year Christchurch earthquake anniversary on February 22, 2012 in Christchurch, New Zealand. A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, the South Island's...

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker talks to media on the damaged playing surface at AMI Stadium on September 28, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. On February 22 this year a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Christchurch. The quake took...

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 22: Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker (C) celebrates with Rachel Hunter and Dan Carter during the Rise Up Christchurch telethon appeal event at CBS Canterbury Arena on May 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The 12-hour global telethon to support victims...

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England's coach Martin Johnson (L) receives a present from Christchurch's Mayor Bob Parker during a media event in Christchurch September 7, 2011. England will face Argentina on September 10 for their Rugby World Cup opening match in Dunedin.

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England 2011 Rugby World Cup manager Martin Johnson (L) and Christchurch mayor Bob Parker look at the February 22 earthquake damaged pitch at Lancaster Park in Christchurch, on September 7, 2011. Johnson and several members of the playing squad visited the city to see the stadium and...

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England rugby team coach Martin Johnson, right, stands with the Mayor of Christchurch Bob Parker on the pitch of the AMI Stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Sept. , 7, 2011. Christchurch was to have been the base for the England rugby team for the upcoming Rugby World Cup. ...

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Britain's Prince William waves next to Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker (R) after his arrival at Emergency Management Centre at the Art Gallery in Christchurch March 17, 2011. Prince William is visiting New Zealand until March 19.

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Christchurch mayor Bob Parker and New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key observe the two minutes of silence to mark one week since the devastating Christchurch earthquake, in Christchurch, New Zealand Tuesday, March 1, 2011.

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 01: Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker and rescue worker Anthony Wright hold up a time capsule which was discovered in Cathedral Square under the plinth of a statute of John Robert Godley on March 1, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The death toll from...

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Christchurch Mayor, Bob Parker, pauses to rub his face during an earthquake update and news conference in central Chriustchurch February 26, 2011. Violent aftershocks hampered desperate efforts to find survivors in the quake-ruined New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday as the...

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 25: Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker addresses media on February 25, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The death toll has risen to 113 and the hope for finding survivors is fading as rescuers search through debris for over 200 still missing following...

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 24: Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker, Head Coroner Sue Johnson and Canterbury district commander Superintendent Dave Cliff announce the names of the first recovered bodies on February 24, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. A massive search and rescue...

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 23: Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker speaks to the media on February 23, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. A massive search and rescue mission is underway and least 75 people have died after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck 20km southeast of...

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 23: Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker has a quiet moment outside the Christchuch Art Gallery on February 23, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. At least 65 people have died after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck 20km southeast of Christchurch at around...

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 22: Bob Parker Mayor of Christchurch talks to New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on the phone on February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake - an aftershock of the 7.1 magnitude quake on September 4 - struck 20km...

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 22: Jason Gunn (L) with Mike McRoberts and Bob Parker, Mayor of Christchurch during the Rise Up Christchurch telethon appeal event at CBS Canterbury Arena on May 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The 12-hour global telethon to support vicitims of...

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 18: HRH Prince William points out the Mayor of Christchurch Bob Parker after attending the memorial service on March 18, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. His Royal Highness is in New Zealand for two days to tour areas devastated by the Christchurch...

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Prince William, left, speaks with Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker as the prince tours Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, March 17, 2011. Christchurch was hit by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Feb. 22, causing major damage to the central city and surrounding suburbs.

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 17: HRH Prince William talks with Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker at the Christchurch Arts Centre on March 17, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. His Royal Highness is in New Zealand for two days to tour areas devastated by the Christchurch Earthquake...

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 13: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker hold a $100,000 donation cheque from Fujitsu during the Christchurch Earthquake Relief Charity Twenty20 match at Basin Reserve on March 13, 2011 in Wellington, New Zealand.

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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 01: (L-R) Leader of the opposition Phil Goff, Mayor of Christchurch Bob Parker, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and his wife Bronagh Key stand together as New Zealand holds two minutes' silence at 12.51pm local time to mark the time of last week's...

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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2011 file photo, heavy machinery demolish the earthquake damaged Sydenham Heritage Church in Christchurch, New Zealand. Prosecution could be launched against those who carried out the unauthorized demolition of the heritage church in central Christchurch which...

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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2011 file photo, two police officers look down at the fallen statue of the city's founder, Irishman John Robert Godley in Christchurch, New Zealand. Christchurch Major Bob Parker said Tuesday, March 1, 2011 that a handwritten parchment in a bottle and a sealed...

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In this Feb. 24, 2011 photo, two police walk towards the fallen statue of the city's founder, Irishman John Robert Godley in Christchurch, New Zealand. Christchurch Major Bob Parker said Tuesday, March 1, 2011 that a handwritten parchment in a bottle and a sealed copper cylinder...