one of Christchurch's abandoned suburbs. The land moved - bricks and block walls everywhere collapsed - two multi story buildings folded - 184 people died. Wooden framed houses largely stayed up, many concrete slabs cracked, power poles leaned in liquid ground, surface bubbled, services ruptured .... damage to the cbd still gets the most cover...
A video of business owners outside the Christchurch Art Gallery protesting the lack of access to their buildings in the Red Zone.
A video of reporter Charlie Gates exploring the residential red zone in Christchurch.
A video of the new Red Bus rebuild tour which is to replace the Red Zone tour now that the cordons have lifted. The video includes footage of the tour, as well as a speech by Red Bus Chief Executive Paul McNoe.
A video of an interview with Andy Cole, site supervisor at Geovert, about the procedure for blasting rocks in Hillsborough. The rock-blasting work was paid for by two Christchurch couples whose properties were red-zoned and red-stickered. The couples hope that the blasting work will encourage CERA to change their land zoning from red to green, allowing them to rebuild their homes on the same sites.
A video of an interview with Peter Cammock and Cathy Allen about growing up on River Road and their feelings of loss and sadness that it is now part of the residential red zone.
A photograph showing Geoff Devoll and Anna Kouwenhoven in their 'red zoned' home, soon to be demolished following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing a demolition of a 'red zoned' home in Dallington, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing a demolition of a 'red zoned' home in Dallington, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing Road Cones in Dallington, Christchurch following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photography showing Bill and Heather Allott outside their 'red zoned' home, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing earthquake damage in a Dallington resident's home, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing earthquake damage in a Dallington resident's home, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing Jayne Cummins in her 'red zoned' home, soon to be demolished following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing earthquake damaged homes in Dallington, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing earthquake damage in a Dallington resident's home, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph showing a 'red zoned' home in Dallington, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph captioned, "I wonder what they're going to do with the land? We'd like a community garden. That's our aim, but I don't know what they're going to do. Seems like nobody does".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 01 January 2014 entitled, "The Mighty Morris".
A photograph captioned, "It's weird, it's very random. There were some beautiful houses here and now they are gone".
A photograph showing the damaged streetscape of Dallington, following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph captioned, "They're fixing other places first. People over the other side of town are getting their houses fixed. We wonder why".
Children walking across the twisted Medway Street bridge.
Children walking across the twisted Medway Street bridge.
The Medway Street footbridge in Richmond has warped beyond repair in the February 2011 earthquake.
The Medway Street footbridge in Richmond has warped beyond repair in the February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph captioned, "So it's been an eventful couple of years. I think the first earthquake, it was just so totally unexpected. You went to bed one night and when you woke up - in just a few seconds- everything was different than it had been before".
A photograph captioned, "I miss living here, right by the river. I'd been there for quite a long time, 12 years or so. I realize now I took it for granted a bit. I used to get a bit bored with having a big old house that was cold, difficult to clean, and perhaps hard to keep warm. But now, when I go back there, I miss living in a big house by the river with an open fire and a big lounge and everything. I had the park there on the other side of the river. And there was a little bridge down there where you could walk over to it. There was actually a circuit you could do, up to the New Brighton Bridge and back. Yeah, it was beautiful".
A photograph captioned, "Lovely big weeds, they're pretty aren't they. Amongst all this".
A photograph captioned, "It feels like it has been a really on-going process. We weren't in the head space for it really, because when you retire, you think you're in your retirement home and you're there to stay. You don't expect to have to move on. To do all this".