It's been a decade since a giant Canterbury earthquake triggered a series of devastating aftershocks - including a February catastrophe that killed 185 people.
Since then, Christchurch has lived through more trauma than any other New Zealand city - earthquakes, fires, a terrorist attack and now a pandemic - so how has that impacted the people who have grown up alongside it?
Thomas Kamo was five years old when that 2010 quake rattled the city and he says the memory is still fresh.
"I remember waking up to see Mum and Dad at the end of my bed," he told The Project.
"I thought they'd been shaking my bed all night but obviously it wasn't - I was up all night trying to sleep through the aftershocks."
He says growing up through such a series of tragedies has definitely affected some of his friends.
"Some of them are in their ninth home, some have never been able to return to the house that's been rebuilt," he said.
"Some can't go upstairs or in an elevator because of the trauma and another one had to take a whole school term off because of the anxiety."
His mother, Kylie, says she tries to think of the silver linings for Christchurch children and hopes all the struggle will bring resilience with it.
"Christchurch kids have been through a lot and they are constantly gaining more and more resilience as these things keep happening to them," she said.
"But the schools do help a lot and they help each other so hopefully, they'll end up on the better side for everything they've been through."
Watch the interview above.
