Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Shoppers at the community market at the New Brighton Pedestrian Mall.
Shoppers at the community market at the New Brighton Pedestrian Mall.
Shoppers at the community market at the New Brighton Pedestrian Mall.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Businesses in the Christchurch suburb of New Brighton are demanding urgent action to pull the area out of an economic slump. The seaside town has struggled since the Canterbury Earthquakes, with thousands of people - and customers - leaving the area due to land damage under their homes.
A video of an interview with Jeremy and Tania Tomkins about their living situation after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The family of four were forced to move into their garage after the earthquake damaged their New Brighton home.
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
A page banner promoting an article about wall art in New Brighton.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Liquefaction silt and sand cover the lawn of a residential property. The photographer comments, "This is a garden inundated with liquefaction. Though most liquefaction is grey in Christchurch there must have been golden sandy beaches before the volcanoes erupted millions of years ago".
Liquefaction silt. The photographer comments, "After the earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand, liquefaction covered the streets, but after it had risen from below ground whilst the ground was shaking it the liquid in the liquefaction wanted to drain away".
A large crack where the foundation of a building has moved away from the adjoining carpark. The photographer comments, "The gap between Robbies restaurant and bar in New Brighton and the car park after the Christchurch Earthquake".
A page banner promoting an article about a proposal to revive New Brighton.
The brick facade has fallen from the former Princess Cinema in New Brighton, exposing the rooms inside, and crushing a car parked below. The photographer comments, "The front of the old Princess Cinema in New Brighton after the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on 22 February. Under the pile of bricks is a luckily unoccupied blue car. The word CLEAR on the broken facade is to show that there is no one in the car. This building has now been knocked down as it was so dangerous".
Damage to TJ's Kazbah in New Brighton. The tower and east end of the building have collapsed onto two parked cars. The photographer comments, "The occupants of the business and rooms all managed to escape alive. A digger was used to make the building safe and then used to sift through the rubble for any surviving belongings. It was a very emotional time for the ex-occupants. The damaged cars were removed before the digger demolished the building".
Detail of damage to the former Princess Cinema in New Brighton. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the interior. The photographer comments, "This is the side view of the back of the old Princess Cinema in New Brighton after the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on 22 February. The bricks seem to be just about to fall, but stayed in place after several big aftershocks. This building has now been knocked down as it was so dangerous".
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 acquired by the crown after the land was deemed too damaged t...
The small wharf area of the now gone Pleasant Point Yacht Club has already been taken over by the Pied Shags (cormorants). It is under water now except for low tide. Note the dead pine tree in background. Many have died because of the salt water their roots are in.
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.