20130206_0211_EOS M-55 Town Hall and Ferrier Fountain

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20131110_8308_EOS M-28 Lupins in the Red Zone

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Another empty Red Zone section. Avonside Drive, Dallington.

20130315_0989_EOS M-46 Closed for refurbishment? Building demolished (Day …

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Strange sign when the building it refers to is no longer there. Earthquake damage.

20131110_8306_EOS M-55 Beauty in the Red Zone

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There is some beauty in the desolate and near empty Dallington Red Zone.

20120118_7814_1D3-17F East on Cashel.

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17mm M42 Takumar Fisheye on a Canon 1D MkIII (1.3x crop factor) via an adaptor ring.

20160307_0036_EOS M-41 Summit Road closed

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20130206_0215_EOS M-47 Ferrier Fountain at the Town Hall

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Full of weeds after nearly two years of neglect. First time I have been in Victoria Square in over two years.

20130416_1284_EOS M-33 200 metres

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A bit of the now demolished QEII (Queen Elizabeth II) Park running track in the "Gap Filler" on the old Deka site in New Brighton (last occupied by a charity barn before a major fire and subsequent demolition).

20130206_0195_EOS M-21 Salvation Army Citadel

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A week ago this building was intact, now partially demolished. Will be an empty site in a week or two.

20130206_0177_EOS M-18 The remains of the old railway station - Moorhouse …

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20130704_7680_EOS M-22 Another one on the way out!

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The Mack tractor unit with "half a house" ready to depart in the middle of the night, when the roads are quiet. But where is this house heading too?

20130328_1143_EOS M-55 Red zone weeds (Day 87/365)

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Growing in a red zone vacant section in Wetlands Grove, Pacific Park.

20140819_9054_EOS M-24 More infra-structure work!

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More repairs to the infrastructure as a result of the 2010 & 2011 earthquakes. Boat ramp at New Brighton. Avon River.

20140819_9053_EOS M-26 More infra-structure work!

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More repairs to the infrastructure as a result of the 2010 & 2011 earthquakes. Boat ramp at New Brighton. Avon River.

20131231_8484_EOS M-22 Quake City exhibit

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Another city walk around, this time with my brother-in-law from Auckland. Also went to the Quake City exhibition in the city organised by the Canterbury Museum. First fine day for a while.

20131231_8485_EOS M-22 Quake City exhibit

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Another city walk around, this time with my brother-in-law from Auckland. Also went to the Quake City exhibition in the city organised by the Canterbury Museum. First fine day for a while.

20131231_8503_EOS M-22 From Cashel Street

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Another city walk around, this time with my brother-in-law from Auckland. Also went to the Quake City exhibition in the city organised by the Canterbury Museum. First fine day for a while.

20130328_1148_EOS M-49 T-Rex may have visited

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The seismic survey truck T-Rex (from University of Texas) was in Bexley and Pacific Park a few days ago and may have left this calling card on the front lawn of my old "red zone" house. Obviously the geotechs will know what it means.

20130320_1044_EOS M-29 lifted house (Day 79/365)

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A red-zone house just a few down the road from where we used to live in Velsheda Street, with bricks (brick veneer?) off and lifted prior to transporting away.

20130808_2296_1D3-40 New Brighton bridge

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Prior to the earthquakes the stone wall at right was near road level. Now it is about 1.5m (4-5ft) lower.

20130610_7555_EOS M-22 19 Velsheda Street

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Being prepared for removal. Is in red zone so has to go.d The house had minimal damage, but the land it was on was deemed to be no good - red zoned.

20131231_8511_EOS M-22 Forsyth Barr building for sale, under the archway

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Another city walk around, this time with my brother-in-law from Auckland. Also went to the Quake City exhibition in the city organised by the Canterbury Museum. First fine day for a while.

20140526_8961_EOS M-22 It is happening now

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My house (bought in March 2004) till the government procured it in October 2012, is finally being demolished. It will be an empty section in a couple of days, once they rip up the concrete base. Note the rainbow on right.

20131231_8509_EOS M-22 Forsyth Barr building with remains of PWC just behi…

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Another city walk around, this time with my brother-in-law from Auckland. Also went to the Quake City exhibition in the city organised by the Canterbury Museum. First fine day for a while.

20130911_8095_EOS M-33 Another one ready to leave

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Another salvaged house from the Bexley (Pacific Park) red zone is on the truck and may start it's journey to a new location overnight.

20130611_7558_EOS M-22 Cut in half and onto the truck (Day 162/365)

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19 Velsheda Street, Pacific Park, Bexley is about to be trucked out.

20140819_9079_EOS M-85 More infra-structure work!

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More repairs to the infrastructure as a result of the 2010 & 2011 earthquakes. Hardy Street/Owles Terrace corner (beside the boat launching ramp), New Brighton

20131231_8513_EOS M-22 The chocolate double decker

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Another city walk around, this time with my brother-in-law from Auckland. Also went to the Quake City exhibition in the city organised by the Canterbury Museum. First fine day for a while. This bus is used as a chocolate restaurant, and is parked next to the Pallet Pavilion on the site of the old Park Royal Hotel.

20140904_9091_EOS M-22 23 Velsheda Street today (2014)

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Today (04/09/14) marks the fourth anniversary since the first earthquake rocked the city and greater Christchurch area. That first quake was magnitude 7.1, and luckily there was only one fatality (possible a heart attack). Since then we have had over 14,000 quakes, most very small in magnitude, but well over 500 of magnitude 4 or greater. 5...

20131110_8305_EOS M-27 Empty and overgrown (Day 314/365)

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A house, one of the few still remaining in the Dallington Red Zone (Avonside Drive, Dallington). The area is "red zoned" due to land damage from earthquakes (mainly the February 22nd 2011 6.4 magnitude quake).