With the land dropping about 1metre to 1.4metres after the earthquakes, a few roads besides the Avon and Heathcote Rivers are flooded with very high tides. Extra stop banks (on right) erected after the quakes have helped, but the road is now well below high water level. New Brighton Road, just short of New Brighton. The Pages Road bridge may b...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New construction starts at 75 Manchester Street".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south from New Brighton".
A video of a tour of the new Press Building on Gloucester Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Addington Raceway and the new AMI Stadium".
The New Zealand flag flutters above the damaged stonework of Christ Church Cathedral.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "18A Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Archives New Zealand building in Christchurch".
Four cartoons in the same frame commenting on news and happenings in the week ending 15 December 2011. The cartoons refer to the expulsion of the controversial Member of Parliament, Brendan Horan, from the New Zealand First Party by its leader, Winston Peters; the stereotyping of New Zealand as being 'Middle Earth' following the filming of 'The Hobbit', punned as 'The Habbit'; the lax attitude to building design and standards, which led to the CTV Building disaster in the Christchurch earthquake; the news about the New Zealand SPCA teaching dogs to drive. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Four cameos on events of the week. The struggle for the US Republican Party to find a suitable presidential candidate. A Croatian tourism official has been sacked over comments about "drunk and crazy" New Zealand and Australian tourists. 'Mother Nature' is an 'unfit mother' in Christchurch because of the earthquakes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
New assessment guidelines are reclassifying houses which were previously written off as being repairable, leaving owners up to $180,000 worse off. Kathryn talks to Leanne Curtis, spokesperson for the Canterbury Community Earthquake Recovery Network, and Renee Walker, spokesperson for IAG New Zealand.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new classrooms at Avonside Girls High School".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "449 New Brighton Road viewed from Waygreen Avenue".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Press building at 156 Gloucester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
Volunteers painting Gap Filler's "Dance-O-Mat" at its new location on Oxford Terrace.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north-west from New Brighton".
A photograph of a truck delivering soil for a beach garden in New Brighton.
The old Bank of New Zealand building in Kaiapoi, cordoned off with warning tape.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton. Corner Bowhill Road and Marine Parade".
Volunteers painting Gap Filler's "Dance-O-Mat" at its new location on Oxford Terrace.