A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1'.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 2'.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1'.
A photograph of a postcard depicting Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1'.
A photograph of a postcard depicting Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 2'.
The 2010 and 2011 earthquakes in the region of Canterbury, New Zealand caused widespread damage and the deaths of 185 people. Suburbs on the eastern side of Christchurch and in the satellite town of Kaiapoi, 20 kilometres north of Christchurch, were badly damaged by liquefaction. The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), a government organisation set up in the wake of the earthquakes, began to systematically zone all residential land in 2011. Based on the possibility for land remediation, 7860 houses in Christchurch and Kaiapoi were zoned red. Those who were in this zone were compensated and had to buy or build elsewhere. The other zone examined within this research – that of TC3 – lies within the green zone. Residents, in this zone, were able to stay in their houses but land was moderately damaged and required site-specific geotechnical investigations. This research sought to understand how residents’ senses of home were impacted by a disaster and the response efforts. Focusing on the TC3 and red zone of the eastern suburbs and the satellite town of Kaiapoi, this study interviewed 29 residents within these zones. The concept of home was explored with the respondents at three scales: home as a household; home as a community; and home as a city. There was a large amount of resistance to the zoning process and the handling of claims by insurance companies and the Earthquake Commission (EQC) after the earthquakes. Lack of transparency and communication, as well as extremely slow timelines were all documented as failings of these agencies. This research seeks to understand how participant’s sense of home changed on an individual level and how it was impacted by outside agencies. Homemaking techniques were also focused on showing that a changed sense of home will impact on how a person interacts with a space.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A close-up photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard on Moorhouse Avenue in Christchurch.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard on Moorhouse Avenue in Christchurch.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard on the corner of Cuba Street and Manners Street, Wellington.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Red Zone Home 1' displayed on a billboard in Mount Eden, Auckland. The Sky Tower can be seen in the background.
A video of an address by Mike Greer, Director of Mike Greer Homes Ltd, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Opportunities section, and focused on the housing needs and the residential building opportunities in the inner city, Greater Christchurch, and the Canterbury region.
Fifteen hundred people in Christchurch are without power tonight and more than a hundred homes evacuated after a 'once in a hundred year flood'.
Thousands of residents living in homes made vulnerable to flooding and liquefaction by the Christchurch earthquakes will find out today how they'll be compensated.
The EQC has got the green light to start settling the claims of thousands of Christchurch people whose homes became more at risk of flooding after the earthquakes.
Site of a residents' group formed to advocate and protect the rights of red-zoned home owners in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Christchurch people who have had to battle insurance companies over the repair or rebuild of earthquake damaged homes are welcoming the Labour party's idea of an earthquake court to settle disputes.