A video of an interview with Prime Minister John Key about several topical issues. One of these issues is the housing crisis in Christchurch. Key talks about fast tracking the release of land in Christchurch, making sure there are enough resources in the city for building, and working with the Christchurch City Council around consenting. He also talks about the possibility of the National Party winning the Christchurch East by-election.
Workers operate a drilling rig, sampling soil as part of EQC's geotechnical investigation of TC3 land. The photographer comments, "The work of getting 'soil' samples from all the areas marked as green/blue zones in Christchurch. These areas may be susceptible to liquefaction if a major earthquake occurs. The soil samples were a failure as all they found was sand".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Lichfield Street across cleared land to the Twisted Hop. The statue of the banana palm can be seen".
A photograph of the footpath outside the former site of Donna Allfrey's house on Oxford Terrace. Allfrey's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "29 Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "27 Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "2/29 Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "27 Seabreeze Close, Bexley".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "25 Seabreeze Close, Bexley".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley".
A map of the Christchurch landscape.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "25 Seabreeze Close, Bexley".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "34 Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "36 Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "27 Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "11 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "3 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "4 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "6 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "5 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "10 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
A view down Tom Ayers Drive in Kaiapoi. Dips in the kerb on the left of the photograph can be seen showing where the land has warped.
A view down Tom Ayers Drive in Kaiapoi. Dips in the kerb on the left of the photograph can be seen showing where the land has warped.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "14 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. This home was abandoned after the September 2010 earthquake and is now red zoned land".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "14 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. This home was abandoned after the September 2010 earthquake and is now red zoned land".
The damaged garden path of a house on Charles Street in Kaiapoi. The tilt of the path shows how the land it is built on has moved.
A drain grating and surround sit on top of a broken curb. The photographer comments, "You can see that the drain cover no longer fits, but there is a metal surrounding that also has to be placed in first".
An over-grown hedge along an abandoned property on Waireka Lane, Bexley.