There are more rocks falling from cliffs and more ooze coming out of the ground, but the worst blow from the weekend’s big aftershock in Christchurch has been a psychological one.

National Civil Defence director John Hamilton told Newstalk ZB’s Susan Wood that the clean up is already well underway after Saturday’s magnitude 5.3 quake.

But he says it feels like two steps forward, one step back, with liquefaction back in areas where it’s hit before.

“The impact really is psychologically on the poor residents there who have put a lot of effort into clearing silt out of their own properties only to have another couple of inches of silt in your living room or garage and across your front lawn. It’s not particularly pleasant.”

Water teams worked flat out yesterday to get water back on, but there may be areas particularly in the suburbs of Redcliffs and Sumner still out.

– NewstalkZB