A map showing the location of properties being purchased by the Crown for the frame and bus interchange.
NZ Fire Service tape around a damaged property. A sign in front of the gate reads "Stay away".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Gaye Bruce with the spring that has appeared on her property since the earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Gaye Bruce with the spring that has appeared on her property since the earthquake".
Christchurch Earthquake, the clean up begins, with residents clearing mud and sand off there properties onto the roadside.
A law change is being looked at to tackle the problem of property boundaries moving in the Canterbury earthquakes.
Advice from the Earthquake Commission for insured residential property owners recovering from the Canterbury earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Marlborough Civil Defence manager Ross Hamilton inspects damage to a property in Goodman Street, Burwood".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Marlborough Civil Defence manager Ross Hamilton inspects damage to a property in Goodman Street, Burwood".
Some Christchurch residents will find out the fate of their properties and Wellington cracks down on earthquake prone buildings.
There's huge demand for rental properties in Canterbury with over 2000 residential homes currently uninhabitable because of the earthquake.
Detail of some remediation work being carried out on a property. The front door entrance has been boarded up.
A construction site where some ground foundation has been laid down. In the background is a damaged brick property.
View down the side of a damaged residential property, where parts of the wall and building rubble has fallen.
A damaged residential property has been cordoned off with tape. Piles of brick can be seen around the house.
The Parkbridge apartment complex has been taped off. A pile of bricks can be seen inside the property grounds.
Looking across several properties to a yet to demolished (or possibly removed) house on Seabreeze Close, Pacific Park, Bexley.
A photograph of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been mowed, but the dead grass has not been removed. One of the windows has been boarded up with plywood. A yellow sticker on the door indicates that the access to the house is restricted. The number 386 has been spray-painted on the footpath in front of the house. The photographer comments, "The lawn was mowed as part of the maintenance project on red-zoned properties. The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".
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 letter written by Roz Johnson to family members overseas.
The Earthquake Commission has brought forward its deadline for repairing thousands of earthquake-damaged properties in Canterbury by 12 months.
The Goverment has offered to pay out five thousand home owners in Christchurch of the most severely quake damaged properties.
Sumner residents whose properties have been condemned have vented their frustrations at a meeting with the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.
A graphic promoting a discussion on press.co.nz of an article about zone changes to previously orange-zoned properties.
The Grange Guest House with scaffolding in front of the windows. Rubbish skips can be seen on the property grounds.
Damage to a row of residential properties. Brick has fallen from some secton and covered up with a timber board.
Looking across the intersection of Montreal and Salisbury Streets. A property in the background is having some remediation work done.
Looking across the intersection of Montreal and Salisbury Streets. A property in the background is having some remediation work done.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 6 October 2011 entitled, "Absent from the Arts Centre".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 24 September 2011 entitled, "EQC Evaluation".