A view across the Avon River to the Christchurch City Fire Station.
A cormorant arranging its plumage on a bank of the Avon River.
The bridge over the Avon River from Park Terrace into Hagley Park.
A stage being set up across the Avon River on Hagley Park.
The Avon river through Mona Vale where some punting rides depart from.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Stanmore Road. Bridge over Avon River".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to Fitzgerald Avenue beside the Avon River".
Two girls paddle a kayak down the Avon river through Hagley park.
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.
Work is continuing on the earthquake damaged South New Brighton bridge. Avon River to the left, Avon-Heathcote Estuary the other side of the bridge.
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.
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.
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.
A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army outside the Armagh Street bridge over the Avon River to Hagley Park.
A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army outside the Armagh Street bridge over the Avon River to Hagley Park.
A photograph of a fallen tree branch beside the Avon River. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "370 Oxford Terrace. This area has just been rezoned as red zone land".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "368 Oxford Terrace. This area has just been rezoned as red zone land".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This area has just been rezoned as red zone land. 366 Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "386 Oxford Terrace. This area has just been rezoned as red zone land".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "394 Oxford Terrace. This area has just been rezoned as red zone land".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "398 Oxford Terrace. This area has just been rezoned as red zone land".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "376 Oxford Terrace. This area has just been rezoned as red zone land".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "392 Oxford Terrace. This area has just been rezoned as red zone land".
A photograph of the Rydges Hotel taken from Cambridge Terrace, across the Avon River. To the right, the Clarendon Towers can be seen, currently under deconstruction.
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…
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Damage to a structure on the side of the Avon River photographed from Dallington Terrace".
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.
A view of the Worcester Street bridge from across the Avon River. In the background, the Our City O-Tautahi building is surrounded by scaffolding and bracing, the Rydges building behind.
A photograph of the remaining walls of the Copthorne Hotel, taken from beside the Avon River on Cambridge Terrace. The Forsyth Barr building and a crane can also be seen in the distance.