New Zealand 2011 Census Cancelled Due to Quake
The census set for early March has been cancelled and will not be held this year. Government statistician Geoff Bascand made the announcement today saying a large part of the census operation was run from Christchurch and had been badly damaged in the quake.The quake had also left people displaced and their futures unclear which made the March 8 census difficult, he said. The census was also cancelled in 1931 due to the depression and in 1941 during the war.
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The earthquake truly was a tragedy. The destruction and lost lives where devastating, and now it is affecting New Zealand's record keeping. This is a true shame.
Hundreds of years from now, historians will be mourning the inability to find statistical data from the year of this disastrous earthquake.
Well wishes for the people of Christchurch.