Footpath and areas bordering the Avon River have been badly damaged following the earthquakes.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Drive. Building up the Avon River stop banks".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Drive. Building up the Avon River stop banks".
A photograph of the gravel flood banks built on the banks of the Avon River.
A photograph of the gravel flood banks built on the banks of the Avon River.
Our City O-Tautahi surrounded by bracing and scaffolding, seen from across the Avon river.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Avon Bridal store at 213 Durham Street.
A photograph of the gravel flood banks built on the banks of the Avon River.
A photograph of the gravel flood banks built on the banks of the Avon River.
The twisted and broken Medway Street bridge, over a flooded and silt-laden Avon River.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking in through a broken window of the Oxford On Avon, Colombo Street. It's really hard to see here in a 2 dimensional photo, but the floor has been pushed up into a huge mound about 60cm high".
An aerial photograph of Bangor Street in central Christchurch. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avon Loop. Some of this is zoned green and the land to the right of Bangor Street is zoned orange (plus the piece above Willow Street)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Building stop banks along the Avon River in Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Provincial Council Chambers, viewed from across the Avon River".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking over Whitewash Head to Sumner and the Avon Estuary".
The Clarendon Tower viewed from Cambridge Terrace, across the Avon River near the Worcester Street Bridge.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Avon River".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Apartments at 440 Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hurley Street".
An aerial photograph of the Horseshoe Lake residential area near the Avon River. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Burwood School is at the top right of this photograph near the intersection of Lake Terrace Road and New Brighton Road. This area is mostly zoned residential green".
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Richmond. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This picture is roughly divided in half, with the right-hand side of the picture zoned red and the left-hand side zoned green".
The damaged Snell Place footbridge. A crack is visible at the apex of the span. The photographer comments, "Before the Christchurch earthquakes this bridge used to be just just 9 feet at high tide above the River Avon. Now with the ends pushed together it has probably moved up another 9 feet".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This loop of the Avon encircles Horseshoe Lake and gives the area its name and its attraction as a place to live. The land close to the Avon River has severe issues with slumping, lateral movement and liquefaction, so that much of it is red zoned and the houses will be demolished".
Workers preparing materials for a new bridge over the Avon from University Drive to the Recreation Centre.
Workers preparing materials for a new bridge over the Avon from University Drive to the Recreation Centre.
An uprooted tree near the Avon River. The tree has fallen into a shipping container beside it.
Sandbags laid along the banks of the Avon River, prior to building up the banks with gravel.
Silt build-up in the Avon River. The photographer comments, "River Rd, Richmond, near Swanns Rd bridge".
A view over the Avon River looking towards the opposite bank, which has slumped towards the river.