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Grant Wilson Liquefaction Photograph 115

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A photograph of damage to the road on Evans Avenue in New Brighton.

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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 in this area to subside, making it susceptible to flooding.

The Gouge

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Road damage and liquefaction in a residential street. The photographer comments, "A great gouge in the road caused by liquefaction undermining the road surface and a car driving over it. This was the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on 22 February 2011".

The Strange Lines of Bubbles in Earthquake Liquefaction

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Liquefaction in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "This is the liquid part of liquefaction left when the heavier sand content has dropped down. After the double quake in Christchurch local to me I found these strange lines of bubbles on the surface".

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:50:12)

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A photograph of street art on a building in New Brighton. The artwork includes the phrases "No one is superior, everyone is special", "Occupy Equality Street", and "Love is the child of freedom".

20131214_6268_1D3-24 Where once stood houses (Day 348/365)

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The area beside the lower Avon River in New Brighton of Evans Avenue and Admirals Way has been cleared of houses and boundary fences (there were between 15 and 20 houses on this block) , fully fenced with post and wire and "spray on" grass applied. These were all red zone properties acquired by the crown after the land was deemed too damaged t...

Earthquake damage - Bridge Street.

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Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury NZ. Bridge Street, South Brighton, Christchurch.

Pleasant Point Yacht Club

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Badly damaged in both the September and February quakes and over 6000 aftershocks the Point Pleasant yacht club had started to sink into the Avon estuary before being demolished in July 2011 after the June 6.3 earthquake

20120129_8116_1D3-200 Pleasant Point Yacht Club

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The small wharf area of the now gone Pleasant Point Yacht Club has already been taken over by the Pied Shags (cormorants). It is under water now except for low tide. Note the dead pine tree in background. Many have died because of the salt water their roots are in.

20130112_2581_G12-14 How the levels have changed

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Post the earthquakes land has sunk and in this case the track is below high tide level. It would have been at least 500mm above the highest tide level prior to the recent earthquakes that started on 04/09/10.

20130112_2576_G12-18 Avon River. Herring Bay, Kibblewhite Street, South Ne…

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When I was a kid this bit of land in the foreground was level and extended at least three times further out, but after the earthquakes you can see the angle that land near the river slumped. We used to catch a lot of herrings (yellow -eyed mullet) here when I was a kid, hence the local name of Herring Bay. Across the river is the Bexley Wetlands.

20130416_1284_EOS M-33 200 metres

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A bit of the now demolished QEII (Queen Elizabeth II) Park running track in the "Gap Filler" on the old Deka site in New Brighton (last occupied by a charity barn before a major fire and subsequent demolition).

The story of Christchurch (Day 229/365)

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20130817_2457_1D3-400 The story of Christchurch (Day 229/365) Many roads are closed all over eastern Christchurch as infra-structure repairs are carried out, whether it be water supplies, sewer repairs (as is the case here) or general road repairs, In just over two weeks it will be three years since the first earthquake happened (4th September...

20130112_2583_G12-14 High Tide on Avon River, Pacific Park, Bexley.

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All this is "red zone" after the earthquakes and has to be demolished. The roof of my "old" house (now owned by the government) can be seen between the third and fourth river-side houses.

Earthquake damage - Bridge Street.

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Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury NZ. Bridge Street, South Brighton, Christchurch.

20130112_2568_G12-06 Why the land is zoned red! (012/365)

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Water from the river at high tide crosses Evans Avenue and enters a now abandoned "red zone" house via the garage. Next door (to the left) is the garage containing a car that was destroyed by fire last week (see earlier photos).

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 482

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "449 New Brighton Road viewed from Waygreen Avenue".

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