Horseshoe Lake 14
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of a Red Zoned home's backyard. Home owner had left.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of a Red Zoned home's backyard. Home owner had left.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of two Red Zoned homes in Horseshoe Lake, looking East.
A digital photograph in a PDF format with caption. Image showing one of the spectators on the Avondale bridge, a few minutes before the 2012 Earthquake Memorial, looking North-East.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, looking North East down Liggins street, where it intersects with Jean Batten St. An empty Red Zoned lot is also on the corner.
Caption reads: "We made lifelong friends in Bexley. We never had a thought of living anywhere else until now."
A digital photograph in a PDF format with caption. Image showing the view of the Avondale bridge during the 2012 Earthquake Memorial, looking East.
Caption reads: "When we came to Bexley we were ready for a new life. We slowed down and started to enjoy ourselves. Before we moved to the area we never realised such a perfect place existed."
Caption reads: "A community is defined by people. After the 4th of September Bexley became a community."
Caption reads: "We have always been a hidden treasure in this city and it’s sad to say goodbye."
Caption reads: "No one is doing anything with their gardens now. There’s no point."
A photograph showing a 'red zoned' home in Dallington, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, looking at an empty lot in the Horseshoe Lake area.
A digital photograph in PDF form with caption. Taken from Kingsford St, looking East at 'the Gingerbread house' in Horseshoe Lake.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. A Horseshoe Lake resident emptying chemical toilet into waste tank that sits on the side of the road (Kingsford St).
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image taken from within a Red Zoned home on Kingsford st. Residents still living here and have written poems on the walls of the lounge.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of a Red Zoned home being demolished on Kingsford street. Photo looking North West.
A photograph showing Jean Sprott in her 'red zoned' home, soon to be demolished following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph captioned, "So they gradually go".
Caption reads: "I lived in London all through the Blitz, you get used to these things. Living here after the earthquakes didn’t bother me. I had a small battery operated radio and the neighbour lent me her generator. Initially I used it to run the fridge but after a while I couldn’t get it started. I don’t want to move, to be quite honest. There’s nothing that will be able to replace the life I built here."
A photograph showing earthquake damage in a Dallington resident's home, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing a window in a 'red zoned' home in Dallington, Christchurch following the February 2011 earthquake.
Caption reads: "We all wish we could stay here. We want them to repair our homes, but they say they won't and you know nothing will change their minds."
A photograph captioned, "I guess the only good thing that came out of the earthquake is that we know the residents better. It definitely bought people together, and the support was incredible. If you didn't know your neighbours before, you definitely knew them after the quake. We made friends out of this".
Caption reads: "Bexley was a hidden gem. A diamond in the rough. It was a paradise, a place where you could hear the sea and smell the salt."
Caption reads: "We were meant to live here all our lives, our working life, our retirement. That’s no longer possible."
A photograph captioned, "See, Dallington still is beautiful".
Caption reads: "We wanted a home where we could retire and live the rest of our lives."
A copy of a letter from Empowered Christchurch which was sent to Gerry Brownlee, Minsiter for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, on 15 April 2014. The letter lodges an Official Information Act request about Imminent Loss claims settled by the EQC since September 2010.
A PDF copy of a bubble mixture label with instructions for making bubble mix. The labels were created for the Summer of Fun, a series of fun days held around Christchurch supported by CERA, the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal Trust, SKIP and All Right?.
A PDF copy of a poster for the All Right? Compliments project. The poster contains 20 unique compliments and reads, "Free compliments. Give one away today. A kind word can mean the world to someone - tear one off and share the Canterbury love".