Palmers Road, New Brighton
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 288 Main Road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 198 Main Road.
A photograph of the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Main North and Harewood Roads. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Main North and Harewood Roads. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Houses above Main Road, Sumner.
water main? pushed out of road
Damage to New Brighton Road. The photographer comments, "Would you believe that the up and down dirt track on the right is actually a main road?".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Main Road, Ferrymead".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Abandoned vehicles on Main Road, Ferrymead".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Vehicles abandoned in liquefaction, Main Road, Ferrymead".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Vehicles abandoned in liquefaction, Main Road, Ferrymead".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Vehicles abandoned in liquefaction on Main Road, Ferrymead".
Part of the container wall to stop rock falls on Main Road, Sumner.
The front page graphic for The Press. The main headline reads, 'Does this look like the road to recovery?'.
Part of a house left sticking out over empty space after the cliff below it collapsed. The photographer comments, "Kinsey Terrace, Clifton, Christchurch viewed from Main Road".
20130125_1749_1D3-400 Road Closed 1
The Lyttelton side of Evans Pass is closed (since the earthquake 23 months ago - 22/02/11). Prior to the road tunnel (through the Port Hills) opening in the early 1960s this was the main access road to the port of Lyttelton.
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The permanent closure (to motor vehicles) of the Bexley red zone streets has started.
This was once the main south-north route just west of the Avon River in the New Brighton area, till an expressway (ring road) was built about 80m to the west (right) about 12-13 years ago. Then it became just another suburban street, but now all the houses ...
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. A massive 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Christchurch and the wider South Island, causing widespread damage, two serious injuries and power cuts to most of the city. Fissures in the road at the Belfast/Marshlands main north motorway on ramp".
In three small frames above the main frame, milk tankers are shown bumping wildly over Christchurch roads made uneven by the earthquakes of September 4 2010 and February 22 2011; and in the large frame below a man is painting out the word 'milk' on a tanker and replacing it with the word 'butter'. Context - the bad roads caused by the erathquakes in Canterbury have turned the milk into butter.
Colour and black and white versions available
Title from file name
Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Part of a house that fell can be seen on the rocks above right hand containers.
