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BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 159

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Two girls paddle a kayak down the Avon river through Hagley park.

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 580

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The BNZ building on Armagh Street and the PWC building reflected in the Avon River".

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 199

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, " area along Montreal Street between the Avon River and Moorhouse Avenue".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 619

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Clarendon Towers, Rydges Hotel and Municipal Chambers with the River Avon".

Umut Akguzel Photograph 373

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A photograph of a tree that has been cut down and sawn into pieces behind a fence on the Avon River bank beside Oxford Terrace.

Photograph by Neil Macbeth 354

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A crack in the bank of the Avon River in Avonside. In the distance, a digger can be seen working on the road.

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 435

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking across the Avon River from Avonside Drive to Dallington Terrace".

Annual Avon River Race Photograph 2

A scanned copy of a black and white photograph depicting spectators to a student race along the Avon River. This was an annual event as part of capping week during the 1950s and 60s. The photograph was taken in the 1950s and was sourced from archives held in Macmillan Brown Library.

Annual Avon River Race Photograph 1

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A scanned copy of a black and white photograph depicting a student race along the Avon River. This was an annual event as part of capping week during the 1950s and 60s. The photograph was taken in the 1950s and was sourced from archives held in Macmillan Brown Library.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 116

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A photograph of Treetech employees working to fell trees along the Avon River. Many trees suffered damage during the earthquake and were in danger of falling.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 022

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Barbadoes Street cemetery showing fissures in the bank".

Broken River extended version

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Days after the city of Christchurch was devastated by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, This Way Up's presenter Simon Morton traverses the city using the Avon River as his route. Travelling on a bicycle from the source of the Avon in the West to Heathcote Estuary in the East, where the Avon meets the Pacific, everyone has a story to tell.

June 2011 Earthquake - Photograph 08

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The flooded and silt-laden Avon River seen from River Road in Richmond. Across the river, Avonside Drive is lined with portaloos and road cones.

June 2011 Earthquake - Photograph 07

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The flooded and silt-laden Avon River seen from River Road in Richmond. The photographer comments, "View from River Rd towards the Medway St corner".

Photograph by Neil Macbeth 357

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Damage to a bridge over the Avon River in Avonside. The bridge has pulled away from the bank, leaving large cracks between the concrete sides and the ground. The railing has also separated to the left.

Sonja Farmer Photograph 26

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A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army outside the Armagh Street bridge over the Avon River to Hagley Park.

Sonja Farmer Photograph 25

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A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army outside the Armagh Street bridge over the Avon River to Hagley Park.

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2411

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A photograph of a fallen tree branch beside the Avon River. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city".

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 1780

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Damage to a structure on the side of the Avon River photographed from Dallington Terrace".

‘The Bricks’ and Shipping on the Avon

Articles, Lost Christchurch

When Christchurch was Young Written for Ellesmere Guardian by Mr W. A. Taylor, 1944 The Avon river (Otakaro) predates its sister stream the Heathcote (Opawaho) as a navigable course to Christchurch…

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 248

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A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River. An excavator is sitting on top of the rubble from the building and is working to demolish the part of the building which is still standing.