A video of Dallington resident Christine Mathieson being told that her orange-zoned property has been rezoned as green. The rezoning was confirmed earlier in the day by Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee, who announced that 400 earthquake-damaged properties in Christchurch will be bought by the government. Mathieson's house is not one of them.
A photograph of a road cone on Kingsford Street that has been wrapped in tinsel and decorated for Christmas. A Santa hat and glasses have also been used to decorate it.
A photograph of a road cone on the side of Kingsford Street in the Horseshoe Lake district. The road cone has been decorated with tinsel and angel wings for Christmas.
A photograph of a road cone on Kingsford Street that has been decorated to look like a Christmas tree. The road cone has been wrapped with tinsel and a decoration of an angel placed on top.
A photograph of a scarecrow on Kingford Street in Horseshoe Lake. A sign next to the figure reads, "You like my wig. I love you Santa. Ho ho ho, is Santa coming to Kingsford? Please sit on my lap".
A photograph of a road cone decorated with tinsel and tied to a letterbox on Kingsford Street in Horseshoe Lake. A sign on the letterbox reads, "Merry Xmas everyone from family of 180 Kingsford St".
Damage to a residential property in Richmond. The brick wall of the garage has collapse inward, and the roof fallen in on top of it. The driveway is badly cracked and buckled. The photographer comments, "These photos show our old house in River Rd. The brick garage just collapsed, pulling the gate over as it fell".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on the corner of Kingsford Street and Broomfield Terrace in the Horseshoe Lake district".
An aerial photograph of Kingsford Street in the Horseshoe Lake residential area.
An aerial photograph of Kingsford Street in the Horseshoe Lake residential area.
An aerial photograph of Kingsford Street in the Horseshoe Lake residential area.
A photograph of a residential property at 480 Avonside Drive. The fence is on an angle and has sections missing. The garden is overgrown with weeds.
An aerial photograph of New Brighton. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Anzac Drive Bridge over the River Avon. The houses in the bottom half of this photograph are residential red zoned".
An aerial photograph of Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake residential area.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The River Avon winding its way through densely populated housing. For now, much of the land alongside the River Avon is zoned red, and will not be built upon any time soon".
An aerial photograph of St Paul's School in Dallington. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St Pauls School, 17 Gayhurst Road, suffered badly from liquefaction in the September earthquake. This area is all red zoned".
A photograph of an overgrown residential property at 97 Courtenay Drive in Kaiapoi.
An aerial photograph of the Horseshoe Lake residential area in Burwood.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Residential properties on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Jean Batten Place in the Horseshoe Lake district".