
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Marlborough Civil Defence manager Ross Hamilton inspects the liquefaction damage at a property in Seabreeze Close, Bexley".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch scenes after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake. The service station on Pages Road near Bexley Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Marlborough Civil Defence manager Ross Hamilton inspects the liquefaction damage at a property in Seabreeze Close, Bexley".
Another salvaged house from the Bexley (Pacific Park) red zone is on the truck and may start it's journey to a new location overnight.
A large hole surrounded by liquefaction silt in the garden of a house in Bexley. The photographer comments, "This was most probably the serious hole I saw today. Can you imagine that when this occurred the whole area would have been inches deep in brown water. You would not been able to tell what you were walking on. Back in February a little girl rode her bike into one of these and had to be rescued by a passer by".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. Damage around Kokopu Lane in Bexley in the residence of Janet and Don Dalley".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark and Liz Prebble of Bexley moved into their new home on Friday 3rd and are now going to live in their caravan".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark and Liz Prebble of Bexley moved into their new home on Friday 3rd and are now going to live in their caravan".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark and Liz Prebble of Bexley moved into their new home on Friday 3rd and are now going to live in their caravan".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark and Liz Prebble of Bexley moved into their new home on Friday 3rd and are now going to live in their caravan".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. Cory Walsh on the silt down the rear of his Waireka Lane, Bexley, property".
Page 19 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 24 August 2011.
A digitally manipulated photograph of a 'Danger, Keep Clear' sign.
A view down Beresford Street in New Brighton, looking west towards the city at sunset. The photographer comments, "On the other side of the Avon river from New Brighton is the Bexley red zone. Here numerous earthquake damaged streets of houses will be flattened due to it being to uneconomical in the current climate to repair the land to be suitable for housing. There is a campaign at the moment to try and convert all this red zone land, which is mainly adjacent to the Avon river to a giant park".
A 'sand volcano' of liquefaction silt. The photograph has been rotated 180 degrees. The photographer comments, "This could be just a horrible hole caused by liquefaction pouring out of a hole after the Christchurch earthquake in January, but turn it upside down and it becomes an outcrop on the floor of an unseen tidal estuary".
Page 7 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 15 June 2011.
Liquefaction and flooding in Waitaki Street, Bexley. The photographer comments, "Waitaki Street a week after the Christchurch Earthquake. Because of the damage to the drains and liquefaction in the area the streets are not drying out".
A 'sand volcano' of liquefaction silt in Bexley. The photographer comments, "Liquefaction is just a mixture of sand and water squeezed up from the ground, but with a little imagination it has a beauty in its untouched state".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Barry Tutt, chairman of the Bexley Residents Association in front of his Otakaro Place $380,000 house which looks intact on the outside but is considerably damaged internally in that it is to be demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Barry Tutt, chairman of the Bexley Residents Association in front of his Otakaro Place $380,000 house which looks intact on the outside but is considerably damaged internally in that it is to be demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Barry Tutt, chairman of the Bexley Residents Association in front of his Otakaro Place $380,000 house which looks intact on the outside but is considerably damaged internally in that it is to be demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Barry Tutt, chairman of the Bexley Residents Association in front of his Otakaro Place $380,000 house which looks intact on the outside but is considerably damaged internally in that it is to be demolished".
Sue Holmes, resident of Seabreeze Close in Bexley, which was built on reclaimed land which has liquefied after the Canterbury earthquake; Dr Tom Wilson, lecturer in Hazard and Disaster Management, from the department of Geological Sciences, Canterbury University; and Bob Parker, Mayor of Christchurch.
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.
A PDF copy of pages 334-335 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Pages Rd Fulton Hogan Site Mural'. Photos: Shaun Murphy
When I was a kid this bit of land in the foreground was level and extended at least three times further out, but after the earthquakes you can see the angle that land near the river slumped. We used to catch a lot of herrings (yellow -eyed mullet) here when I was a kid, hence the local name of Herring Bay. Across the river is the Bexley Wetlands.
Still awaiting a repair, but with so many bridges closed or partially closed we are lucky this one had what maybe minor damage.
Eighty years and then the damage was done. Result of the earthquake on 22/02/11.
Prior to the earthquakes the stone wall at right was near road level. Now it is about 1.5m (4-5ft) lower.
Across the river were a row of several houses - all gone now. That side of the river is "Red Zone" and will be devoid of houses soon. #4077