Southern Story with Katy Gosset

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Our Christchurch features producer, Kary Gosset has a story from one of the worst affected areas from the Feb 22 earthquake. Sumner has frequently been in the news with images of its crumbled cliffs, and Sumner is where Katy Gosset lives. This is her latest snapshot at where her suburb is at.

The Vault - Radio New Zealand and the Christchurch quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Radio New Zealand has had to abandon the Christchurch building that was our base and the home of Sound Archives - Nga Taonga Korero. In this edition of The Vault; Deborah Nation draws on recordings made on the day an earthquake finally evicted her and the other people there.

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An aerial photograph of New Brighton. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Anzac Drive Bridge over the River Avon. The houses in the bottom half of this photograph are residential red zoned".

Fairfax Video, July 2011 (4)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of interviews with orange-zoned residents in Kaiapoi about the possibility of their properties becoming red zoned. This was recorded after The Press published news that up to one-third of Kaiapoi homes may be red zoned and therefore not rebuilt.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Avon River is at this point on Avonside Drive 10 km from the estuary. At high tide the river now overflows its banks showing that the ground has sunk by about 40 cm".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Avon River is at this point on Avonside Drive 10 km from the estuary. At high tide the river now overflows its banks showing that the ground has sunk by about 40 cm".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking east along Beach Road towards Bower Avenue. Machine is pumping out groundwater and filtering silt. This piece of road is zoned orange on the left and green on the right".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manikin against sculpture in Cathedral Square. This began as light relief for the crews working within the cordon in the weeks after the February earthquake where the manikins were strategically positioned around the red zone at night".

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An aerial photograph of the Forsyth Bar building near Victoria Square. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Forsyth Barr building at 764 Colombo Street, with Victoria Square behind. This building is staying".

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A plaque on the side of the Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace. The plaque reads, "This rotunda shelter and circular seat were presented by T.J.Edmonds to celebrate fifty years of residence in Christchurch 26th September 1929".

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A view down a New Brighton Road next to the river. On the left sandbags have been placed on the banks of the river to prevent flooding onto the road. The earthquake caused the ground to subside and sink, making this area susceptible to flooding.

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This house at 23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley, was badly affected by liquefaction in the previous earthquakes. The impact of the 23 December 2011 earthquakes and further liquefaction was to break the house through the middle".

Matching Walls and Garden

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Liquefaction silt and sand cover the lawn of a residential property. The photographer comments, "This is a garden inundated with liquefaction. Though most liquefaction is grey in Christchurch there must have been golden sandy beaches before the volcanoes erupted millions of years ago".

Crust to Cracks

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Dried liquefaction silt in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "The day before this was liquefaction pouring out of the ground, but within a day it has dried up and will soon turn into a gritty dust".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Avon River is at this point on Avonside Drive 10 km from the estuary. At high tide the river now overflows its banks showing that the ground has sunk by about 40 cm".

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An aerial photograph of Burwood. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This area of houses circumscribed by a green belt in a horseshoe shape is called Horseshoe Lake, and is all residential red zoned".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Jenni and Keith Hague with Lillian and Elaine outside their home at 7 Ching Gardens. They have found somewhere else suitable to live and hope to complete the sale of this house to CERA soon".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Extensive cracking to the Wainoni Road bridge. There has been a vehicle weight limit of 3500kg placed on the bridge. A person was placed on duty at all times to police this".

Breakin' Up is Hard to Do

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A large crack between the road and a concrete slab in New Brighton. The photographer comments, "This is the gap that has been growing during all the Christchurch earthquakes. It is between Robbie's Restaurant and the car park in New Brighton".

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Furniture spray-painted with drawings and words by members of the public as part of the Words of Hope project. A message can be seen, reading, "Rebuild Christchurch, be proactive, don't be reactive. Don't miss this opportunity, kia kaha".

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Water flows down the driveway of a house in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Tom and Yvonne McBrearty's house. This lovely house is now on an island in a creek. The water from Dudley Creek found its way to the Avon through their yard. It stopped flowing after two days".

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Damage to the Crichton Cobbers Youth and Community Club. Large sections of the brick walls have collapsed, and two large beams lie across the rubble. Cordon fencing surrounds this and nearby buildings. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Old brewery, later a gym - Fitzgerald Ave".

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Damage to the Crichton Cobbers Youth and Community Club. Large sections of the brick walls have collapsed, and two large beams lie across the rubble. Cordon fencing surrounds this and nearby buildings. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Old brewery, later a gym - Fitzgerald Ave".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking east along Beach Road towards Bower Avenue. Machine is pumping out groundwater and filtering silt. This piece of road is zoned orange on the left and green on the right".

Water

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

In the days after the devastating earthquake on 22 February 2011, we lost water in my neighbourhood. However, I was able to supplement the water in our emergency kit with water from this spigot in Somerfield Cemetary. Thank you, William Russell.

Scott, Thomas, 1947- : "Bob darling, the chances of a news crew bursting i…

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

The cartoon shows Christchurch mayor Bob Parker and his wife in bed. Bob Parker's wife says 'Bob darling, the chances of a news crew bursting in here at this time of night are virtually nil, so please take that bloody jacket off...' Context - Bob Parker, it is true, seems to be wearing the same trendy orange and black 'site manager's jacket for the very many photo opportunities afforded post earthquake of 22 February 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-:[Christchurch earthquake] 23 February 2011

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Someone holds a bucket with 'Christchurch' printed on it for collecting donations. Context - People need assistance after the devastating earthquake of the 22nd February. On 22 February 2011 at 12:51 pm (NZDT), Christchurch experienced a major magnitude 6.3 earthquake, which resulted in severe damage and many casualties. A National State of Emergency has been declared. This followed on from an original magnitude 7.1 earthquake on 4 September 2010 which did far less damage and in which no-one died. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Strike-slip ground-surface rupture (Greendale Fault) associated with the 4…

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

This paper provides a photographic tour of the ground-surface rupture features of the Greendale Fault, formed during the 4th September 2010 Darfield Earthquake. The fault, previously unknown, produced at least 29.5 km of strike-slip surface deformation of right-lateral (dextral) sense. Deformation, spread over a zone between 30 and 300 m wide, consisted mostly of horizontal flexure with subsidiary discrete shears, the latter only prominent where overall displacement across the zone exceeded about 1.5 m. A remarkable feature of this event was its location in an intensively farmed landscape, where a multitude of straight markers, such as fences, roads and ditches, allowed precise measurements of offsets, and permitted well-defined limits to be placed on the length and widths of the surface rupture deformation.

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Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood. This was part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). Earthquake Recovery Minister Jerry Brownlee and a contractor are looking on.

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Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood. This was part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). Earthquake Recovery Minister Jerry Brownlee and a contractor are looking on.