A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army outside the Armagh Street bridge over the Avon River to Hagley Park.
A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army outside the Armagh Street bridge over the Avon River to Hagley Park.
The bridge over the Avon River from Park Terrace into Hagley Park.
A photograph taken across the Avon River of large cracks in the bank between Park Terrace and the footpath. Road cones have been placed along the street to warn road users.
An aerial photograph looking south west over the Christchurch CBD with the Avon River visible to the left and Hagley Park in the distance.
A stage being set up across the Avon River on Hagley Park.
Two girls paddle a kayak down the Avon river through Hagley park.
An aerial photograph looking over Porritt Park.
A graphic giving details about the river park proposed in the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kerrs Reach of the Avon River by the rowing clubs. Notice the fissures beyond the rowing clubs".
Two girls pass under a bridge as they paddle a kayak down the Avon river through Hagley park.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An aerial photograph with Kerrs Reach in the middle of the picture".
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.
The Avon River loop around Porritt Park has risen with the quake. Huge cracks are all through Porritt Park (rowing, hockey and cricket venue). The main section of the river is in a man made cut behind the buildings in the background of this pic.
A Treetech Specialist Tree Care Ltd truck at a park near the Avon River. Some of the trees in the park have been cut into sections by the Treetech arborists.
A Treetech Specialist Tree Care Ltd truck at a park near the Avon River. Some of the trees in the park have been cut into sections by the Treetech arborists.
An aerial photograph of Kerrs Reach in Avondale.
An aerial photograph of the Horseshoe Lake district. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The area circumscribed by a loop of the River Avon is all zoned red, except for the park at the upper left. On the other side of the river, most of the land is also red-zoned apart from the piece in the upper left".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kerrs Reach, with Porritt Park in the centre".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The rowing clubs at Kerr's Reach".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An area within the loop of the Avon River which is all red zoned now. There is some land near River Road on the other side of the river which is also red".
All this is "red zone" after the earthquakes and has to be demolished. The roof of my "old" house (now owned by the government) can be seen between the third and fourth river-side houses.
20140927_2219_1D3-24 Planting natives at Harold Henry Park
A planting of native bushes and trees in the old children's playground area in Bexley, Organised by the Facebook group Avon River Park and assisted by ex Bexley residents. This is right in the middle of the Bexley red zone with most houses removed or demolished now.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from north east to south west across the CBD".
A view down Beresford Street in New Brighton, looking west towards the city at sunset. The photographer comments, "On the other side of the Avon river from New Brighton is the Bexley red zone. Here numerous earthquake damaged streets of houses will be flattened due to it being to uneconomical in the current climate to repair the land to be suitable for housing. There is a campaign at the moment to try and convert all this red zone land, which is mainly adjacent to the Avon river to a giant park".
A truck used to drain the septic tanks installed in front of Avonside properties to allow residents to use their toilets after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The truck's operator has parked it beside the Avon River on Avonside Drive while he takes a break from working.
A truck used to drain the septic tanks installed in front of Avonside properties to allow residents to use their toilets after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The truck's operator has parked it beside the Avon River on Avonside Drive while he takes a break from working.
Prior to the earthquakes (mainly the February 22 2011 event) this park bench was at track level. Shortly after the February quake someone in the council did the sums and realised that the area near the Avon River had dropped between a metre and 1.4m (about 4 foot), so a rush job by contractors shifted in many tonnes of rock and gravel to raise a...
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch city central. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers in the middle, with Brannigans on the lower left, the Central Library lower middle and the Farmers car park on the lower right".
