Photograph by Paul Corliss 2431

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Madras Street and Chester Street East corner".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2432

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Madras Street and Chester Street East corner".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2433

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Madras Street and Chester Street East corner".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2177

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Newell House Baptist Church building, Chester Street".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2175

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Newell House Baptist Church building, Chester Street".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2178

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Newell House Baptist Church building, Chester Street".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2176

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Newell House Baptist Church building, Chester Street".

Cracks in the Veneer

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Large cracks run through the brick cladding of this house in Wainoni. The photographer comments, "During the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch the land which ran alongside the Avon river on Avonside Drive slumped towards the waterway. Houses which were wooden framed and had an external brick veneer started to sink into the liquefied soil. This caused the brick walls to crack, but the houses' occupants though shook up were saved by the wooden framework from the houses collapsing on them".

Sagging in the Middle

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A wooden house in Wainoni has visibly bowed inwards towards its centre. The photographer comments, "During the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch the land which ran alongside the Avon river on Avonside Drive slumped towards the waterway. In a line parallel to the road the road, but around 20m away a ground movement occurred which caused some houses to rise up or sink down".

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1861

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Damage to a residential house. A relatively intact wall is being supported with wooden bracing.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1828

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Damage to Beaufort House on Latimer Square. A partially intact wall is protected with wooden braces.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1830

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Detail of damage to Beaufort House on Latimer Square. Wooden braces are used to support the walls.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1831

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Detail of damage to Beaufort House on Latimer Square. Wooden braces are used to support the walls.

Julia Holden's 2012 Photographs 121

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A photograph of an abandoned property at 78 Arncliff Street in Bexley. Wooden boards have been placed over the windows.

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 637

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The digger is working on the remains of Gough House, with the fragile remains of the wooden heritage building Shands Emporium (one of Christchurch's oldest retail buildings) still standing on Hereford Street".

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 636

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A digger working on the remains of Gough House with the fragile remains of the wooden heritage building, Shands Emporium (one of Christchurch's oldest retail buildings), still standing on Hereford Street".

Julia Holden's 2012 Photographs 120

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A photograph of an abandoned property at 72 Arncliff Street in Bexley. Wooden bracing is supporting the garage and a broken office chair is lying in the driveway.

We Will Not Be moved

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A digitally manipulated image of two chairs sitting among rubble. The photographer comments, "There is a strip of land that has been declared as the red zone. This means that the houses facing towards the tidal estuary must be abandoned as they are on land that has been declared uneconomic to repair after the Christchurch earthquakes. These chairs are at the front of one of these properties that will be bulldozed. These seem to be saying come hell or high water we will not be moved".

wairoa street red zone

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one of Christchurch's abandoned suburbs. The land moved - bricks and block walls everywhere collapsed - two multi story buildings folded - 184 people died. Wooden framed houses largely stayed up, many concrete slabs cracked, power poles leaned in liquid ground, surface bubbled, services ruptured .... damage to the cbd still gets the most cover...