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As seen from Hereford St over the demolition of the corner buildings.
This is still cordoned off and there was a fire since the quakes
This is in Madras St, The CTV building ws on the right far corner
There is one chair for each of the 185 people who lost their lives in the quakes
All that remains of the Theatre Royal plus the interior dome under plastic wrap at the back
A temporary (5year) construction of giant cardboard tubes to be in use until the new or restored Christ Church Cathedral is back in the Square
Christchurch CBD earthquake rebuild lit in the last fading golden glow of the day - taken with 70-200 F4 IS from Mt Pleasant. I count at least three big cranes!
Another empty Red Zone section. Avonside Drive, Dallington.
A property expert says a dramatic shift in the population north and west of Christchurch after the earthquakes has serious implications for council's rate take.
A Government report into the depth of the housing shortage in Christchurch shows the number of rental properties has almost halved since the earthquakes.
35 Hargood Street, Woolston - earthquake land damage. Second house away from the Woolston Club.
There is some beauty in the desolate and near empty Dallington Red Zone.
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Hopefully will be open again later this month - 25 months afer the February earthquake.
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.
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.
The Earthquake Recovery Minister says the Christchurch City Council has wasted an opportunity in deciding to save the Town Hall, instead of building a new performing arts precinct.
The Earthquake Recovery Minister says this is a final warning for the Christchurch City Council.
The Christchurch City Council and the Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, have hammered out a compromise deal over setting the council's long term spending priorities.
Christchurch looks set for a radical re-drawing of boundaries in six of its seven electorates to take account of its shifting population since the earthquakes.
The Earthquake Commission has completed ground tests in Canterbury.
The Mack tractor unit with "half a house" ready to depart in the middle of the night, when the roads are quiet. But where is this house heading too?
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Strange sign when the building it refers to is no longer there. Earthquake damage.
A photograph of the lounge in Donna Allfrey's house at 406 Oxford Terrace. A bed has been placed in the middle of the room. Graffiti on the walls reads, "CHCH recovery, a national disgrace".