A badly quake-damaged building on Molesworth St, in Wellington, is likely to be ''deconstructed'', Wellington Mayor Justin Lester told a press conference this afternoon. The Tennyson Apartments building on Tennyson St, Te Aro, was also evacuated this morning. The cordon in place around the building was extended this morning to include Pipitea House, on Pipitea St. The Defence Force today also confirmed its building - Freyberg House on Aitken St - had been closed due to damage. A preliminary engineering inspection after Monday's magnitude 7.5 quake had uncovered areas of suspected structural damage, a Ryman spokesman said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 16, 2016 02:29 UTC