The bridge over the Avon River from Park Terrace into Hagley Park.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
Photos of damage in Waimakariri River Regional Park, taken by David Owen.
A graphic giving details about the river park proposed in the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan.
The Avon River loop around Porritt Park has risen with the quake. Huge cracks are all through Porritt Park (rowing, hockey and cricket venue). The main section of the river is in a man made cut behind the buildings in the background of this pic.
A view down a pathway beside the river in North Hagley Park.
A stage being set up across the Avon River on Hagley Park.
A view down a pathway beside the river in North Hagley Park.
20140927_2219_1D3-24 Planting natives at Harold Henry Park A planting of native bushes and trees in the old children's playground area in Bexley, Organised by the Facebook group Avon River Park and assisted by ex Bexley residents. This is right in the middle of the Bexley red zone with most houses removed or demolished now.
A video of the removal of the earthquake-damaged Medway Street bridge from the banks of the Avon River. The video shows members of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team removing the bridge and preparing it for transport to the Ferrymead Heritage Park. It will remain at the park until a permanent home can be found for it as an earthquake memorial.
Lincoln University was commissioned by the Avon-Otakaro Network (AvON) to estimate the value of the benefits of a ‘recreation reserve’ or ‘river park’ in the Avon River Residential Red Zone (ARRRZ). This research has demonstrated significant public desire and support for the development of a recreation reserve in the Avon River Residential Red Zone. Support is strongest for a unique natural environment with native fauna and flora, healthy wetlands and rivers, and recreational opportunities that align with this vision, such as walking, cycling and water-based sporting and leisure activities. The research also showed support for a reserve that promotes and enables community interaction and wellbeing, and is evident in respondents’ desires for community gardens, regular festivals and markets, and the physical linking of the CBD with eastern suburbs through a green corridor. There is less support for children’s playgrounds, sports fields or open grassed areas, all of which could be considered as more typical of an urban park development. Benefits (willing to pay) to Christchurch residents (excluding tourists) of a recreation reserve could be as high as $35 million each year. Savings to public health costs could be as high as $50.3 million each year. The incorporation or restoration of various ecosystems services, including water quality improvements, flood mitigation and storm water management could yield a further $8.8 million ($19, 600) per hectare/year at 450 ha). Combined annual benefits of a recreational reserve in the ARRRZ are approximately $94.1 million per annum but this figure does not include potentially significant benefits from, for example, tourism, property equity gains in areas adjacent to the reserve, or the effects of economic rejuvenation in the East. Although we were not able to provide costing estimates for park attributes, this study does make available the value of benefits, which can be used as a guide to the scope of expenditure on development of each park attribute.
About the Network (AvON) and its plans to create a park and reserve in the Christchurch red zone around the Avon River. Includes resources and information about its projects.
The Canterbury Civil Defence Duty Manager, James Thompson, says the Waimakariri River could breach its banks just south of Kaiapoi, and as a preacaution they have evacuated the Riverlands Holiday Park.
The public at the Memorial Service in Hagley Park to commemorate the one year anniversary of the 22nd February earthquake. The public was invited to cast flowers into the river following the service.
The public at the Memorial Service in Hagley Park to commemorate the one year anniversary of the 22nd February earthquake. The public was invited to cast flowers into the river following the service.