A video of interviews with orange-zoned residents in Kaiapoi about the possibility of their properties becoming red zoned. This was recorded after The Press published news that up to one-third of Kaiapoi homes may be red zoned and therefore not rebuilt.
A photograph of the former site of Doug Sexton's house at 378 Oxford Terrace. Sexton's house was demolished after his land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow in the site.
A photograph of the former site of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. Duff's house was demolished after his land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow on the site.
A photograph of the former site of Doug Sexton's house at 378 Oxford Terrace. Sexton's house was demolished after his land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow in the site.
A photograph of the former site of Doug Sexton's house at 378 Oxford Terrace. Sexton's house was demolished after his land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow in the site.
A photograph of the former site of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. Duff's house was demolished after his land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow on the site.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 7 June 2013 entitled, "Red-zone Reductions".
A photograph of the house at 402 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been mowed, but the dead grass has not been removed. A red sticker on the door indicates that the house in unsafe to enter. In the foreground, the letterbox is sitting on an angle.
A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on another site". Grass has grown over the site.
A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The Locke's house was deconstructed after their land was zoned Red. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on another site".
A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The Locke's house was deconstructed after their land was zoned Red. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on another site". Grass has grown over the site.
A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on another site". Grass has grown over the site.
A photograph of the former site of a house at 57 Bangor Street. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. The houses in the background have also been demolished, so that Oxford Terrace is visible in the distance.
Aerial footage of a site in Avondale where several liquefaction remediation options are being tested. Gelignite explosives have been buried throughout the site. These will be set off to simulate liquefaction caused by an earthquake. The result, if successful, will help EQC protect people's houses from future earthquakes, and settle land claims. The video was recorded using a drone aircraft.
A video of interviews with three residents about their Port Hills properties. The video was filmed the day after Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced the red-zoning of 285 Port Hills properties. The video includes an interview with Marine Kent (whose house was zoned white to green), Mark Tranter (whose house was zoned white to red), and Tony Ging (whose house is still white-zoned).
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 2 April 2011 entitled, "Day 40 - Inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 29 March 2011 entitled, "Day 36 - inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 22 March 2011 entitled, "Day 29 in the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 23 March 2011 entitled, "Day 30 - inside the red zone".
A video about the Police Special Tactics Group using an abandoned house in the Christchurch residential red zone to train. The video includes an interview with Inspector Steve Mather, Special Tactics Group Commander, about the training exercise.
A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. The house next door has also been demolished. Grass has grown over both sites.
A photograph looking east along Oxford Terrace from outside the former site of Donna Allfrey's house. Allfrey's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. The sites of many other demolished houses can be seen to the left.
A photograph of the former site of Donna Allfrey's house on Oxford Terrace. Allfrey's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. The photographer comments, "Large section of the front fence has been stolen by looters".
A photograph of the former site of a house at 58 Bangor Street. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. The grass has begun to grow over the site. The house behind has also been demolished, so that Oxford Terrace is now visible in the distance.
A photograph of the former site of a house at 456 Oxford Terrace. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. In the middle of the site is a walnut tree. Wire fencing has been placed across the front as a cordon.
A photograph of the former site of the house at 466 Oxford Terrace, taken from the site next door. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. Wire fencing has been placed around the site as a cordon.
A digitally manipulated photograph of the car parking building on the corner of Manchester and Gloucester Streets. The photographer comments, "Whilst on a tour of the Christchurch earthquake red zone we passed this car park, which I always liked due to its American outgoing feel
A photograph of 386 and 378 Oxford Terrace, taken from across the road. The former site of Doug Sexton's house is on the right, behind the wire fence. Sexton's house was demolished after his land was Red zoned.
An earthquake memories story from Paula Thompson, Clinical Coder, Christchurch Hospital, titled, "Red crosses for a good cause".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake 22 February 2011. Behind Avon Rowing Club."