A map of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority residential zones in Christchurch.
A graph comparing property values for TC1, TC2 and TC3 properties.
A map showing the location of TC3 land.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "3 Meadow Street, Kaiapoi. This side of the street is blue-green (Technical Category 3) and the opposite side is red zoned".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "5 Meadow Street, Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "7 Meadow Street, Kaiapoi".
An infographic describing the Department of Building and Housing guidelines for foundations on TC3 land.
An infographic describing the Department of Building and Housing guidelines for foundations on TC3 land.
A graph showing the result of a survey by the TC3 Residents Group of residents in the green-blue zone.
A box containing drilling cores from soil sampling. The photographer comments, "These are the samples from drilling near my home. As you can see they are not so much samples as sand piles. The drill in a nearby street went down 20m and it was sand all the way. This is the box of samples from the ground level to 4.6m deep".
Workers operate a drilling rig, sampling soil as part of EQC's geotechnical investigation of TC3 land. The photographer comments, "The work of getting 'soil' samples from all the areas marked as green/blue zones in Christchurch. These areas may be susceptible to liquefaction if a major earthquake occurs. The soil samples were a failure as all they found was sand".