The upper part of the suburb prior to the 1979 slip.
Doug Holmes with a loud hailer during the evacuation.
Removing personal effects.
Assistance from the Army.
Humour amidst crisis.
Some of the destroyed houses.
Some of the destroyed houses.
A cat carefully negotiates the destroyed pavement.
Seeking answers after the disaster.
The day after and 30 years later. Modern photo by Stephen Jaquiery.
Pictures of the landslip at Abbotsford on August 8, 1979, from the Otago Daily Times archive. Photo prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.