A man representing the South Island stands under an umbrella representing 'hope' to shelter from a bucketload of water representing 'misfortune'. Context - in the last year apart from the usual droughts and floods the South Island has suffered the Pike River Mine disaster on 19 November 2010 in which 29 coal miners were killed, the 7.1 earthquake on 4 September 2010 in which there was a lot of damage but no deaths and now on 22 February 2011 a 6.3 magnitude earthquake which has probably killed more than 200 people (at this point the number is still not known) and caused more severe damage. The reason the apparently lesser magnitude quake caused more destruction is because it was very shallow, was in the middle of the day and struck very close to the centre of the city.
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A bunch of flowers laid beside the Avon River during the River of Flowers event held in Riccarton Bush, commemorating the second anniversary of the 22 February earthquake. The photographer comments, "The organisers told me these were brought by an elderly South African woman. She had a disability so couldn't make it down to the riverbank herself, so she asked the organisers to throw them in on her behalf".
When I was a kid this bit of land in the foreground was level and extended at least three times further out, but after the earthquakes you can see the angle that land near the river slumped. We used to catch a lot of herrings (yellow -eyed mullet) here when I was a kid, hence the local name of Herring Bay. Across the river is the Bexley Wetlands.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sculpture on the Cambridge Terrace side of the River Avon which marks 15 years of the Seattle-Christchurch Sister City Association".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A digger moves over the rubble. All but one corner has been demolished. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A digger moves over the rubble. All but one corner has been demolished. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A digger moves over the rubble. All but one corner has been demolished. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
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An aerial photograph looking south west over Armagh Street with Victoria Square in the bottom right, the Forsyth Barr Building to the left and the Victoria Apartments to the right.
An aerial photograph of Kerrs Reach in Avondale.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Entrance to Avon Rowing Club, at Kerrs Reach".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avon Rowing Club, Kerrs Reach".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New Brighton Road at this point is now below sea level at very high tide!".
A photograph of a Canterbury Tales performer and spectators at a stall on the bank of the Avon River. Canterbury Tales was created by Free Theatre Christchurch, and was the main event of FESTA 2013.
The Anzac Drive bridge. The path underneath has slumped quite dramatically and the abutment is severely warped.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An earthquake-damaged residential property on Locksley Avenue in Burwood".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Drive - there are a number of fissures of this depth about".
A photograph of cars on the McCormacks Bay causeway.
A map of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority residential zones in Christchurch.
A photograph of eight students falling through a bridge they have constructed across the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2015 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of four students on a bridge they have constructed across the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2015 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of three students on a bridge they have constructed across the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2015 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of seven students on a bridge they have constructed across the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2015 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A cycle-lane sign submerged in water. The photographer comments, "During the Christchurch earthquake this sign must have dropped off of the pedestrian bridge above and landed straight down into the Avon River".
A photograph of a student standing 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 the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River. An excavator is sitting on top of the rubble. There is a crane to the left.
A photograph of six students on a bridge they have constructed across the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2015 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of two students walking on a bridge across the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2015 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of three students standing on a bridge across the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2015 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of five students on a bridge they have constructed across the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2015 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
