Ruth Gardner's Blog 28/06/2013: Cordon cleared

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 28 June 2013 entitled, "Cordon cleared".

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A photograph of an excavator demolishing Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Wire fencing has been placed around the house as a cordon.

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A photograph of an excavator demolishing Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Wire fencing has been placed around the house as a cordon.

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A photograph of an excavator demolishing Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Wire fencing has been placed around the house as a cordon.

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A photograph of an excavator demolishing Doug Sexton's garage at 378 Oxford Street. Wire fencing has been placed around the house as a cordon.

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Demolished buildings on Cashel Street, surrounded by a cordon fence.

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Demolished buildings on Cashel Street, surrounded by a cordon fence.

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A photograph of the house at 424 Oxford Terrace. The glass and casings of the windows have been removed. Wire fencing has been placed across the front of the property as a cordon.

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A photograph of the house at 466 Oxford Terrace. The house number has been spray-painted on one of the windows. Wire fencing has been placed across the front of the property as a cordon.

Koen Broekema's Photograph 209

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A view down Hereford Street to Manchester Street past a cordon checkpoint.

High St.

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This is still cordoned off and there was a fire since the quakes

Photograph by Eroica Ritchie 188

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Road cones on Stanmore Road in front of the cordoned-off Richmond Methodist Church.

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A photograph of the former site of the house at 466 Oxford Terrace, taken from the site next door. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. Wire fencing has been placed around the site as a cordon.

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Tape woven into the mesh of the cordon fence on Madras Street spells out 'Hapori'.

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A photograph of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. The photograph was taken from the empty lot next door. The front of the house has been covered with plastic sheeting. Wire fencing has been placed around the outside of the property as a cordon.

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A photograph of the former site of a house at 456 Oxford Terrace. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. In the middle of the site is a walnut tree. Wire fencing has been placed across the front as a cordon.

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The cordoned-off Design and Arts College building on Worcester Street. The windows have been boarded up.

Fairfax Video, May 2013 (3)

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A time-lapse video showing pedestrians using the temporary walkway through Cathedral Square. The video was filmed over the space of an hour.

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The damaged New Regent Street facades, seen from Gloucester Street through a cordon fence. The clock on New Regent Street stopped at 12.51 pm on 22 February 2011.

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The damaged New Regent Street facades, seen from Gloucester Street through a cordon fence. The clock on New Regent Street stopped at 12.51 pm on 22 February 2011.

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A photograph of one side of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace.

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A photograph of the former site of the house at 466 Oxford Terrace. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. Wire fencing has been placed in front of the site.

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A photograph of Doug Sexton's garden at 378 Oxford Terrace, now overgrown. In the background is his partially-demolished garage. The photographer comments, "Sexton's garden was once published in Small Gardens".

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A photograph of the Locke family's partially-deconstructed house at 392 Oxford Terrace. Wire fencing has been placed around the outside of the property. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed over three weeks. The materials were then stored in the shipping container until the house was reconstructed at a new site".

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A photograph of the Locke family's partially-deconstructed house at 392 Oxford Terrace. Wire fencing has been placed around the outside of the property. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed over three weeks. The materials were then stored in the shipping container until the house was reconstructed at a new site".

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A photograph of the Locke family's partially-deconstructed house at 392 Oxford Terrace. Wire fencing has been placed around the outside of the property. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed over three weeks. The materials were then stored in the shipping container until the house was reconstructed at a new site".

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A photograph of the Locke family's partially-deconstructed house at 392 Oxford Terrace. Wire fencing has been placed around the outside of the property. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed over three weeks. The materials were then stored in the shipping container until the house was reconstructed at a new site".

Fairfax Video, July 2013 (1)

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A video of the new Red Bus rebuild tour which is to replace the Red Zone tour now that the cordons have lifted. The video includes footage of the tour, as well as a speech by Red Bus Chief Executive Paul McNoe.

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A photograph of the house at 432 Oxford Terrace, taken from the property next door. Wire fencing has been placed along the fence between the two properties. A yellow sticker on the front door of the house indicates that access is restricted.

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A photograph of 386 and 378 Oxford Terrace, taken from across the road. The former site of Doug Sexton's house is on the right, behind the wire fence. Sexton's house was demolished after his land was Red zoned.