The farmers in this area swore that this road was straight when they were returning from the pub on Friday 3 September 2010, the night before the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck.
Prime Minister John Key stands grinning on a cracked pedestal bearing the words 'Most popular P.M.' In the background is the Beehive flying a skull and crossbones flag. The landscape is a desert with cactus and dried bones and a vulture in a bare tree. A man and a woman comment that it looks as though the quake may have done damage in Wellington after all, that and the crash of the SCF fund. Refers to two major events in the Canterbury area in recent times that have incurred huge government costs; these are the collapse of the South Canterbury Finance Company and the earthquake that struck early Saturday morning 4th September. The South Canterbury Finance Company has been taken into receivership by the government which has guaranteed that all 30,000 fortunate high-risk investors will be paid out $1.6b thanks to the taxpayer. Treasury is assuming that the cost of the earthquake will reach $4 billion, including $2 billion worth of estimated damage to private dwellings and their contents, $1 billion of damage to commercial property, and $1 billion worth of damage to public infrastructure.
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Weeds are growing through cracks in the pavement outside abandoned properties on Seabreeze Close, Bexley.
A photograph of a view from the Port Hills, showing cracks in the ground below.
A photograph of cracks in the ground and damaged fencing near Highfield Road in Darfield.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction at a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction at a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of cracks and liquefaction at a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of a view from the Port Hills, showing cracks in the ground below.
A photograph of cracks in the ground and damaged fencing near Highfield Road in Darfield.
A photograph of cracks in the ground and damaged fencing near Highfield Road in Darfield.
A large crack running through the driveway and lawn of a property on Avonside Drive.
A photograph of a view from the Port Hills, showing cracks in the ground below.
A footpath on Galbraith Avenue in Avonside showing cracking from the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A footpath on Galbraith Avenue in Avonside showing cracking from the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Severe cracks in the plaster of an interior wall in the Durham Street Methodist Church.
A large crack in a grassed bank where the land has slumped towards the estuary.
A photograph of a large crack in the car park of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph of a large crack in the garden of a house on Avonside Drive.
Cracks along the side of the road in Avonside, with road cones warning drivers off.
A worker with a pottle of resin, filing in cracks in the James Hight Library.
A long-exposure photograph of a person stepping across a large crack in a pathway.
Cracks on the side of the road in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks along the road and river bank in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
A crack in the Avon river bank in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Overgrown property in a residential area. The house has big cracks down the exterior wall.
Severe cracks in the plaster of an interior wall in the Durham Street Methodist Church.
Cracks on a building where a section of wall has fallen and been boarded up.
Cracks on the steps and along the footpath leading up to the Bridge of Remembrance.
A woman inspects a large crack in the ground near the side of the road.
