A photograph captioned, "The government's not stupid, they'll put three houses on each of these sections".
Its 12 years of accumulated stuff and I was thinking I was just going to get rid of everything. I had the feeling I didn't want to hang onto anything. We tried to get rid of a lot of stuff in a garage sale. Some of it went, some of it didn't. It's a long process".
A photograph captioned, "We get the young fellas to come in and do the upkeep on the government houses that have been sold. They cut down all the long grass and just tidy up all the fire risk sections. This one's easier cos the house is gone. If you keep it tidy it looks tidy from the road. There's people living here, and there's nothing worse than looking over your house and seeing grass this high".
A photograph showing St Paul's School's damage in Dallington, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
Caption reads: "We were the only people around here for a long time. All of our neighbours moved out. It wont be long until Bexley is empty, and after that it will be gone."
Flooding in a residential property in Bexley.
Flooding in a residential property in Bexley.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image looks south down Kingsford street. Port hills on the horizon with potholes in the foreground that progressively got worse after the Feburary 2011 earthquake.
Flooding in residential properties on Birch Street, Bexley.
Flooding in a residential property in Bexley.
A digital photograph in PDF format with an image showing where one of the first demolished, Horseshoe Lake homes once stood. Looking West.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image showing an empty lot. The house stood right alongside the Horseshoe Lake reserve.
A digital photograph in a PDF format with caption. Image showing one of the spectators on the Avondale bridge, a few minutes before the 2012 Earthquake Memorial, looking North-East.
Caption reads: "We made lifelong friends in Bexley. We never had a thought of living anywhere else until now."
A digital photograph in a PDF format with caption. Image showing the view of the Avondale bridge during the 2012 Earthquake Memorial, looking East.
Caption reads: "When we came to Bexley we were ready for a new life. We slowed down and started to enjoy ourselves. Before we moved to the area we never realised such a perfect place existed."
Caption reads: "A community is defined by people. After the 4th of September Bexley became a community."
Caption reads: "We have always been a hidden treasure in this city and it’s sad to say goodbye."
Caption reads: "No one is doing anything with their gardens now. There’s no point."
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, looking at an empty lot in the Horseshoe Lake area.
A digital photograph in PDF form with caption. Taken from Kingsford St, looking East at 'the Gingerbread house' in Horseshoe Lake.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. A Horseshoe Lake resident emptying chemical toilet into waste tank that sits on the side of the road (Kingsford St).
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Anzac Drive and Avon River".
A photograph captioned, "So they gradually go".
Caption reads: "I lived in London all through the Blitz, you get used to these things. Living here after the earthquakes didn’t bother me. I had a small battery operated radio and the neighbour lent me her generator. Initially I used it to run the fridge but after a while I couldn’t get it started. I don’t want to move, to be quite honest. There’s nothing that will be able to replace the life I built here."
A photograph showing earthquake damage in a Dallington resident's home, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
Liquefaction in the driveway of a residential property on Birch Street, Bexley.
Caption reads: "We all wish we could stay here. We want them to repair our homes, but they say they won't and you know nothing will change their minds."
A photograph of an overgrown residential property. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "River Road, Avonside".
Caption reads: "Bexley was a hidden gem. A diamond in the rough. It was a paradise, a place where you could hear the sea and smell the salt."