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Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 223

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Detail of damage inside a house in St Albans.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 224

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Detail of damage inside a house in St Albans.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 275

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A house on Peterborough Street has been red stickered.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 325

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A red-stickered house with cracking on the stairs.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 117

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A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on another site". Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 116

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on another site". Grass has grown over the site.

Govt announces 40 new houses for Chch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A Government report into the depth of the housing shortage in Christchurch shows the number of rental properties has almost halved since the earthquakes.

The Big House in a little town

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

“The degree of civilisation in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” – Fyodor Dostoevsky One of the challenges faced by any new colony is what to do with the non-conformists, renegades, and criminals. The ideal, of course, … Continue reading →

Where once stood houses (Day 348/365)

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

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

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 137

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A photograph of the former site of the houses at 422, 424, and 426 Oxford Terrace. The houses were demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow over the sites.