A photograph of the Woolston Mobil station on Ferry Road.
A photograph of the Woolston Mobil station on Ferry Road.
A photograph of the interior of Underground Cafe on Tuam Street.
A photograph of the interior of Underground Cafe on Tuam Street.
Bob Charles', a Gap Golf course on a the site of a demolished building. It has been built by Gap Filler out of bricks and green felt.
Fairway to heaven', number 70 in Gap Filler's Gap Golf course. This is the last hole in Gap Golf. It was built out of green felt, polystyrene, wooden pallets and rubber piping.
A contestant performing at the Pallet Pavilion talent show.
A contestant performing at the Pallet Pavilion talent show.
A contestant performing at the Pallet Pavilion talent show.
A contestant performing at the Pallet Pavilion talent show.
A contestant performing at the Pallet Pavilion talent show.
A contestant performing at the Pallet Pavilion talent show.
A contestant performing at the Pallet Pavilion talent show.
The backs of damaged buildings on High Street.
The backs of damaged buildings on High Street.
The temporary "Cardboard Cathedral" under construction.
The backs of damaged buildings on High Street.
Weeds growing on the site of a demolished building. In the foreground is an abandoned shoe.
Road cones on Stanmore Road in front of the cordoned-off Richmond Methodist Church.
A man walking down the High Street Mall.
The back of the facade of the Excelsior Hotel, preserved after the demolition of the hotel. It is being supported by wooden bracing and shipping containers.
The arm of a long reach excavator rising above the broken columns of a demolished building.
A post on the NZ Raw blog written by Mark Lincoln on 26 January 2013. Mark says, "A drive around Bexley just a few months ago. Nothing really changed here since the first quakes".
A partially deconstructed house in Bexley. The roof cladding and parts of the wall cladding have been removed. The photographer comments, "Today I took a drive around the residential area between Bexley and New Brighton. It was a stark reminder to be thankful for the situation we're in and perhaps not complain too much that our garden wall hasn't yet been rebuilt".
A residential property in Bexley with boarded up windows and an overgrown garden. Dried liquefaction silt still covers the ground. The photographer comments, "Today I took a drive around the residential area between Bexley and New Brighton. It was a stark reminder to be thankful for the situation we're in and perhaps not complain too much that our garden wall hasn't yet been rebuilt".
A residential property in Bexley with an overgrown garden. A spray-painted message on the wall of the house reads, "Thanks 4 the memories, 1997-2012, kia kaha". The photographer comments, "Today I took a drive around the residential area between Bexley and New Brighton. It was a stark reminder to be thankful for the situation we're in and perhaps not complain too much that our garden wall hasn't yet been rebuilt ... Saddest of all are the messages that have been scrawled on walls and garage doors by departing locals. At one end of the scale, thanking the family home for the memories, and at the other end of the scale cursing the looters which have made a bad situation that much more unbearable".
Residential properties in Bexley with overgrown gardens, see from inside a vehicle. Dried liquefaction silt still covers the ground. The photographer comments, "Today I took a drive around the residential area between Bexley and New Brighton. It was a stark reminder to be thankful for the situation we're in and perhaps not complain too much that our garden wall hasn't yet been rebuilt".
A residential property in Bexley with an overgrown garden. Dried liquefaction silt still covers the ground. The photographer comments, "Today I took a drive around the residential area between Bexley and New Brighton. It was a stark reminder to be thankful for the situation we're in and perhaps not complain too much that our garden wall hasn't yet been rebuilt".
A photograph of a poster and picket signs in the window of the Earthquake Services building on the corner of Fitzgerald Avenue and Ferry Road. The poster depicts Gerry Brownlee in the style of Barack Obama's "Hope" campaign poster, and reads "Democracy nope". The picket signs read "Brownlee: rise, lies and pies" and "Overwrought, overdrawn, over EQC".
A photograph of picket signs in the windows of the Earthquake Services building on the corner of Fitzgerald Avenue and Ferry Road. The signs read, "Welcome to EQC,. Your call is important to us...", "EQC: fool me once, shame on you...", "Pig brother is watching you", and "Another winter of discontent".