2011 Festival of Flowers

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A laminated sign for the 2011 Festival of Flowers attached to a wooden planter. The plants in the planter are dry and dead. The photographer comments, "The theme for the 2011 Festival of Flowers was 'burst! of water'. The Christchurch February earthquake came and water and sand called liquefaction burst out of the ground all around the area. Ironically the plants for the festival were left unattended in the cordoned off red zone and they would have loved a little burst of water".

We Will Not Be moved

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A digitally manipulated image of two chairs sitting among rubble. The photographer comments, "There is a strip of land that has been declared as the red zone. This means that the houses facing towards the tidal estuary must be abandoned as they are on land that has been declared uneconomic to repair after the Christchurch earthquakes. These chairs are at the front of one of these properties that will be bulldozed. These seem to be saying come hell or high water we will not be moved".

20120702_1387_G12-18 Another one bites the dust

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8 Velsheda Street, Bexley, Christchurch, across the road from my house was demolished a week or so ago, just one of many demolitions of Red Zone properties at the moment. This house was about ten years old and suffered land damage during the 4th September 2010 and 22nd February 2011 earthquakes. The same fate awaits my house later in the year o...

QuakeStory 312

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A story submitted by Shelley to the QuakeStories website.

Snapshot 1 - Manchester Street

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Manchester Street with the Holiday Inn in the background.

Snapshot 1 - Manchester Street

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Manchester Street with the Holiday Inn in the background.

Snapshot 16 - Arts Centre

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking down Worcester Boulevard with the Arts Centre in the bottom right.

Snapshot 15 - Christ's College

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over the Arts Centre with Christ's College to the right.

Koen Broekema's Photograph 062

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The damaged tower of Christ Church Cathedral. The photograph was taken from a walkway that was opened up to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 011

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oxford Terrace pump house".

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 026

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Press building on Gloucester Street at dusk. The central city red zone now has office workers and lights on".

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 030

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The lights are on at the new Press building, the first office workers to return to the central city red zone".

Snapshot 10 - High and Cashel Streets

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over the Westpac Trust Building towards the Holiday Inn.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 176

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oran and Waitaki Streets, Bexley".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 213

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Road working machines blocking the entrance to Ottawa Street".

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A story submitted by Lindsay McKenzie to the QuakeStories website.

Ruth Gardner's Blog 16/09/2012: Freedom on Fitzgerald?

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 16 September 2012 entitled, "Freedom on Fitzgerald?".

Snapshot 11 - Bedford Row

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Bedford Row with Latimer Square in the distance to the left.

Snapshot 4 - Latimer Square

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Latimer Square with the CTV Building site visible on the right.

Snapshot 3 - High Street

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over High Street with the front of Alice in Videoland visible.

Snapshot 4 - Latimer Square

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Latimer Square with the CTV Building site visible on the right.

Snapshot 2 - Madras Street

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Madras Street with the High Street shops in the bottom left.

Snapshot 3 - High Street

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over High Street with the front of Alice in Videoland visible.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2451

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Looking into the Red Zone from the viewing windows at the east end of Re:Start mall. The Wespac and Crossing building can be seen in the background.

Snapshot 13 - Cathedral Square

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Cathedral Square with the Cathedral and the Post Office visible.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 178

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Bexley Road and Waitaki Street".

Snapshot 8 - Cashel Street

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Cashel Street where the Re:Start container mall now sits.

Snapshot 2 - Madras Street

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Madras Street with the High Street shops in the bottom left.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2450

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Looking into the Red Zone through an observation window at the east end of Re:Start mall. Inside is a worker, and ongoing demolition work being carried out.

CanCERN Newsletter 27, 24 February 2012

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A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 24 February 2012