A photograph of drilling machinery beside the Avon River. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Fitzgerald Avenue".
A photograph of drilling machinery beside the Avon River. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Fitzgerald Avenue".
A photograph of drilling machinery beside the Avon River. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Fitzgerald Avenue".
A photograph of a floating installation titled The River on the Avon River. The installation consists of four chairs and a table situated on a grass-covered platform. It was created by students from Lincoln University's School of Landscape Architecturefor Canterbury Tales, a carnivalesque procession and the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a floating installation titled The River on the Avon River. The installation consists of four chairs and a table situated on a grass-covered platform. It was created by students from Lincoln University's School of Landscape Architecturefor Canterbury Tales, a carnivalesque procession and the main event of FESTA 2013.
A view across the Avon River to 'The Strip', a row of restaurants and bars on Oxford Terrace. These include the Bangalore Polo Club, Suede, Liquidity, Coyote, and The Tap Room.
A photograph of students falling through a bridge into the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2015 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of students falling through a bridge into the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2008 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A view of the Worcester Street bridge from across the Avon River. In the background, the Our City O-Tautahi building is surrounded by scaffolding and bracing, the Rydges building behind.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street from the Avon River bridge. In the distance, the Copthorne Hotel and Forsyth Barr building can be seen. A collection of cranes are parked along the street.
A photograph of students falling through a bridge into the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2011 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of students walking on a bridge across the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2011 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of children participating in a water calligraphy workshop as part of Emerge Poetica project. This event was part of FESTA 2014 and included a floating poetry installation on the Avon River.
4 days later
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Building stop banks along the Avon River in Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "looking across the Avon River towards the Provincial Council Chambers".
Ducks still swimming in the Avon River, where most of the surrounding land is badly damaged.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Provincial Council Chambers, viewed from across the Avon River".
The Clarendon Tower viewed from Cambridge Terrace, across the Avon River near the Worcester Street Bridge.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Avon River".
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Dallington with a loop of the Avon River.
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury, NZ. Damage to road alongside Avon River, Christchurch.
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury, NZ. Damage to roads alongside Avon river, Christchurch.
Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Water and liquefaction flows into the Avon River in Richmond. The water level is very high, and the water is cloudy with silt. The photographer comments, "Water from Dudley Creek took a shortcut across the road into the Avon. It doesn't have much of a drop from the road to the river".
The center of the river has slumped and the two banks have moved about a meter closer together which caused this footbridge to be so twisted. There is a suggestion that this be left as a memorial to the earthquake.
People gather beside the Avon River before the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake.
People gather beside the Avon River before the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake.
