Labour MPs pressure government to release land details

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Labour's four MPs in Christchurch are stepping up the pressure on the Government to front up quickly about what earthquake damaged land has to be abandoned.

Digital Photograph: Earthquake Damage to Road on Norwich Quay, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing earthquake damage to the road, footpath and retaining wall on Norwich Quay. The photograph is taken from below the intersection of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street looking east along Norwich Quay. Unlike most areas of Christchurch, land damage on the Port Hills was due ...

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:10:21 13:32:35

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Nick Rogers, geotechnical specialist, explains the EQC plan to remediate land damaged in the Canterbury earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:10:21 13:18:38

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Nick Rogers, geotechnical specialist, explains the EQC plan to remediate land damaged in the Canterbury earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:10:21 14:05:18

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Nick Rogers, geotechnical specialist, explains the EQC plan to remediate land damaged in the Canterbury earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:10:21 13:29:08

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Nick Rogers, geotechnical specialist, explains the EQC plan to remediate land damaged in the Canterbury earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:10:21 13:25:31

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Nick Rogers, geotechnical specialist, explains the EQC plan to remediate land damaged in the Canterbury earthquake".

NicksPlace Photograph 111

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A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.

NicksPlace Photograph 110

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A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.

NicksPlace Photograph 108

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A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.

NicksPlace Photograph 112

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A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.

NicksPlace Photograph 109

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A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.

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

Too Big For Its Bridges

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An earthquake-damaged bridge, the approach to which has slumped. The photographer comments, "Due to lateral spread and the land slumping the road leading to this bridge has moved down greatly. Just imagine making the street lamps upright and how much that section of road would rise up at the end. When you go over bridges in the east side of Christchurch it is quite a climb up and a big drop down on the other side. The bridges in most cases coped very well, but not so the land leading to them".

Midday News for 18 May 2012

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In today's news, the last two former directors of Bridgecorp are sentenced, and details on the fate of more Christchurch earthquake damaged land.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1929

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The land and houses close to the Avon River have been badly damaged. Many road and footpaths are covered in silt from liquefaction.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1930

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The land and houses close to the Avon River have been badly damaged. Many road and footpaths are covered in silt from liquefaction.

Mark Lincoln Photograph 002

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Damage in the car park at Kerrs Reach. A large crack crosses the car park where the land has slumped towards the river.

More on the damage from the Christchurch earthquake

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The homes in the cul-de-sac Seabreeze Close are no more than just three or four years old but the land they were built on liquified during the earthquake and sent masses of mud and silt through the houses.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2013 photograph 071

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A cleared property on Seabreeze Close, Bexley.

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 232

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Seabreeze Close, Bexley".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 227

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Seabreeze Close, Bexley".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 230

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Seabreeze Close, Bexley".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 231

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Seabreeze Close, Bexley".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 235

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Seabreeze Close, Bexley".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 236

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Seabreeze Close, Bexley".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 234

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Seabreeze Close, Bexley".

Government poised to reveal decision for quake suburbs

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The Prime Minister and the Earthquake Recovery Minister are poised to announce decisions on the fate of homes on quake damaged land in Christchurch.

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 233

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "27 Seabreeze Close, Bexley".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 220

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "25 Seabreeze Close, Bexley".