We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 133

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A photograph of the house at 410 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been mowed but the dead grass has not been removed.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 087

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A photograph of the house at 468 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been mowed but the dead grass has not been removed. The house number has been spray-painted on one of the windows.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 043

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A photograph of the house at 468 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been mowed but the dead grass has not been removed. The house number has been spray-painted on one of the windows.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 127

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A photograph of the house at 402 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been mowed, but the dead grass has not been removed. A red sticker on the door indicates that the house in unsafe to enter. In the foreground, the letterbox is sitting on an angle.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 109

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A photograph of the house at 390 Oxford Terrace. Grass and other weeds have grown up through the cracks between the pavers in front.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 118

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A photograph of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been recently 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 access to the house is restricted. The photographer comments, "The lawn was mowed as part of the maintenance project on red-zoned properties".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 141

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 139

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 149

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A photograph of the former site of a house at 466 Oxford Terrace. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow on the site.

We Lived Here: Bangor Street Photograph 07

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A photograph of the former site of a house at 58 Bangor Street. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. The grass has begun to grow over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 114

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A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The Locke's house was deconstructed after their land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 138

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 135

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A photograph of the former site of the houses at 422, 424, and 426 Oxford Terrace. The houses were demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow over the sites.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 137

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A photograph of the former site of the houses at 422, 424, and 426 Oxford Terrace. The houses were demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow over the sites.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 117

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A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on another site". Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 102

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A photograph of the former site of Doug Sexton's house at 378 Oxford Terrace. Sexton's house was demolished after his land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow in the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 116

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A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on another site". Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 001

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A photograph of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. Weeds have grown near the fence and the grass has not been mowed. A yellow sticker on the door indicates that access to the house is restricted.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 140

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. The house next door has also been demolished. Grass has grown over both sites.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 002

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A photograph of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. Weeds have grown near the fence and the grass has not been mowed. A yellow sticker on the door indicates that the access to the house is restricted.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 115

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A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The Locke's house was deconstructed after their land was zoned Red. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on another site". Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 144

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A photograph of the former site of a house at 466 Oxford Terrace. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow on the site. The house number has been spray-painted on the footpath in front.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 036

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A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The Locke's house was deconstructed after their land was zoned Red. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on another site".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 107

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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".

Fairfax Video, August 2013 (4)

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A video of an interview with Sean Duxfield, the exhibitions and collections team leader at the Christchurch Art Gallery, about installing Michael Parekowhai's bull sculpture, 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer', in the Christchurch Arts Centre market square. The sculpture was installed in secret on a patch of grass.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 142

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A photograph of the former site of a block of apartments at 440 Oxford Terrace. The apartments were demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow over the site. The number 466 has been spray-painted on the footpath in front, as well as the numbers of each apartment. This number is the incorrect street number for the site.

20131214_6268_1D3-24 Where once stood houses (Day 348/365)

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The area beside the lower Avon River in New Brighton of Evans Avenue and Admirals Way has been cleared of houses and boundary fences (there were between 15 and 20 houses on this block) , fully fenced with post and wire and "spray on" grass applied. These were all red zone properties acquired by the crown after the land was deemed too damaged t...

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 061

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A photograph of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. The grass has not been mowed and 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. There is also a sign in the window to the left, depicting a bulldozer with a line through it. The photographer comments, "Avon Loop resident Donna Allfrey made the sign for Duff".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 060

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A photograph of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. The grass has not been mowed and 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. There is also a sign in the window to the left, depicting a bulldozer with a line through it. The photographer comments, "Avon Loop resident Donna Allfrey made the sign for Duff".

A community-led, science-informed conversation around the future use of th…

Research Papers, Lincoln University

Lincoln University was commissioned by the Avon-Otakaro Network (AvON) to estimate the value of the benefits of a ‘recreation reserve’ or ‘river park’ in the Avon River Residential Red Zone (ARRRZ). This research has demonstrated significant public desire and support for the development of a recreation reserve in the Avon River Residential Red Zone. Support is strongest for a unique natural environment with native fauna and flora, healthy wetlands and rivers, and recreational opportunities that align with this vision, such as walking, cycling and water-based sporting and leisure activities. The research also showed support for a reserve that promotes and enables community interaction and wellbeing, and is evident in respondents’ desires for community gardens, regular festivals and markets, and the physical linking of the CBD with eastern suburbs through a green corridor. There is less support for children’s playgrounds, sports fields or open grassed areas, all of which could be considered as more typical of an urban park development. Benefits (willing to pay) to Christchurch residents (excluding tourists) of a recreation reserve could be as high as $35 million each year. Savings to public health costs could be as high as $50.3 million each year. The incorporation or restoration of various ecosystems services, including water quality improvements, flood mitigation and storm water management could yield a further $8.8 million ($19, 600) per hectare/year at 450 ha). Combined annual benefits of a recreational reserve in the ARRRZ are approximately $94.1 million per annum but this figure does not include potentially significant benefits from, for example, tourism, property equity gains in areas adjacent to the reserve, or the effects of economic rejuvenation in the East. Although we were not able to provide costing estimates for park attributes, this study does make available the value of benefits, which can be used as a guide to the scope of expenditure on development of each park attribute.