30 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AOTEAROA
ABOVE TOP : Significant changes can be seen at the water ’ s edge
ABOVE TOP : Damage to SH1 limited access to Kaikoura for nearly two weeks . country to see if a repair strategy can be put in place .
More urgent has been the repair of stock water pipe lines and repairing cracks in the land following around hillsides . Wire stock fences that have been torn apart due to excessive strain as the earthquake twisted and stretched hilltops are also a priority .
Cracking in the land requires urgent filling before rain fills the crevices and threatens the land with slumping and slipping .
The foreshore has dramatically changed . Through small beach gravels the uplift has produced a dominant limestone reef . �