Do Not Forget the Homeless

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A digitally manipulated image of a Christmas tree. The photographer comments, "Remember the homeless and lonely at Christmas time".

Plea for rates relief from Christchurch locals

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch locals made homeless by the earthquakes have made an emotional plea to the council for 100 percent rates relief.

Nomadic home owner pleads for full rates relief

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch residents made homeless by the earthquakes have made an emotional plea to the city council for 100 percent rates relief.

Christchurch woman opens home to 50 quake-hit felines

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Animals have also suffered upheaval because of the Christchurch earthquakes. Jan Collins is one of those caring for some the hundreds of pets who have been left homeless because of the earthquakes.

Proposed Highfield subdivision development

Research Papers, Lincoln University

The recent earthquakes in Canterbury have left thousands of Christchurch residents’ homeless or facing the possibility of homelessness. The New Zealand Government, so far, have announced that 5,100 homes in Christchurch will have to be abandoned as a result of earthquake damaged land (Christchurch City Council, 2011). They have been zoned red on the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) map and there are another 10,000 that have been zoned orange, awaiting a decision (Christchurch City Council, 2011). This situation has placed pressures on land developers and local authorities to speed up the process associated with the development of proposed subdivisions in Christchurch to accommodate residents in this situation (Tarrant, 2011).