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Blind Man Roams the Globe

Blind Man Roams the Globe: Christchurch

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia

Available for over a year

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand. As it strives to recover from the devastation caused by two earthquakes, blind broadcaster Peter White has taken his microphone to the city.

Local people have been asked to choose the best use for areas which have been destroyed now that the rubble has been cleared. And Peter wanders into a field of dancing Kiwis, all with headphones connected to a vast washing machine like structure. It is an open air disco - of sorts - to revive the spirit of the city and restart its pulse.

Peter listens to stories of loss, but also of dramatic escapes and the sounds that continue to endure, like the trams and the trains. He explores new buildings, including a paper Cathedral and given the local appetite for dare devil adventures, he agrees to roll up his trousers in search of marine life!

(Photo: Re-START Mall, which opened in the aftermath of the city's devastating earthquake in February, 2011, in central Christchurch, New Zealand. Credit: Marty Melville/AFP) Show less

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