BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 162

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "5 Meadow Street, Kaiapoi".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 161

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "7 Meadow Street, Kaiapoi".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 163

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "3 Meadow Street, Kaiapoi. This side of the street is blue-green (Technical Category 3) and the opposite side is red zoned".

You Know the Drill

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Workers operate a drilling rig, sampling soil as part of EQC's geotechnical investigation of TC3 land. The photographer comments, "The work of getting 'soil' samples from all the areas marked as green/blue zones in Christchurch. These areas may be susceptible to liquefaction if a major earthquake occurs. The soil samples were a failure as all they found was sand".

Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :'"Dawn of the new land zones"... the new masterpi…

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A chimpanzee paints with a palette of colours. Context: After the earthquakes in Christchurch buildings and areas were designated green, blue, red or white depending on the degree of damage. Buildings in the 'red' zone were then examined to ascertain whether they should be demolished or restored and sometimes the land itself was deemed unsafe. There have been many controversial decisions made which is the point the cartoon makes. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).