A video of interviews with three residents about their Port Hills properties. The video was filmed the day after Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced the red-zoning of 285 Port Hills properties. The video includes an interview with Marine Kent (whose house was zoned white to green), Mark Tranter (whose house was zoned white to red), and Tony Ging (whose house is still white-zoned).
A video of interviews with orange-zoned residents in Kaiapoi about the possibility of their properties becoming red zoned. This was recorded after The Press published news that up to one-third of Kaiapoi homes may be red zoned and therefore not rebuilt.
A video of residents of Arnst Place in Dallington gathering to watch John Key's announcement about the government's plans to purchase red-zoned properties.
A video of a press conference with Gerry Brownlee announcing a CERA review which will change the zoning of 270 Port Hills properties. Brownlee announces that 247 properties will change from green zoned to red zoned and 33 properties will change from red zoned to green zoned. The properties that have been rezoned red have an unacceptable level of life risk from cliff collapse and the potential of debris inundation.
A video of Dallington resident Christine Mathieson being told that her orange-zoned property has been rezoned as green. The rezoning was confirmed earlier in the day by Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee, who announced that 400 earthquake-damaged properties in Christchurch will be bought by the government. Mathieson's house is not one of them.
A map showing the location of green-zoned homes in the otherwise red-zoned Stour Drive.
People living in Christchurch's orange zone will have to wait longer than expected for a decision on whether they can remain in their homes, after the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority missed one of its deadlines.
A video of an excavator demolishing a red-zoned property on Seabreeze Close in Bexley. The house is the first to be demolished in the Bexley residential red zone.
A video of reporter Charlie Gates exploring the residential red zone in Christchurch.
A video of Lianne Dalziel talking about her vision for the Christchurch residential red zone. Dalziel talks about turning the Travis Wetlands and some of the residential red zone into the largest natural wetlands within a city boundary.
A video about businesses in the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The Red Zone has now been renamed the Rebuild Zone. The video shows businesses which have remained untouched since the 22 February 2011 earthquake, including the Camelot Hotel and the i-SITE visitor centre in Cathedral Square, Subway on High Street, Jeans West on High Street, Time Zone on Colombo Street, Comics Compulsion on Manchester Street, Mortgage Solutions mortgage brokers on the corner of Hereford and Manchester Streets, Pocha Bar and Restaurant off Lichfield Street, and a fabric store on Lichfield Street.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 30 March 2011 entitled, "Day 37 - in the red zone".
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...
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Community of the Sacred Name, cnr St Asaph and Barbadoes Streets
A map showing zone changes to previously orange-zoned properties.
A map showing zone changes to previously orange-zoned properties.
A map showing zone changes to previously orange-zoned properties.
A video of an interview with Peter Cammock and Cathy Allen about growing up on River Road and their feelings of loss and sadness that it is now part of the residential red zone.
A digger in front of a partially-demolished building in Cathedral Square. In the background the Farmers and MFL buildings are visible. The photographer comments, "This was taken on the CERA CBD red zone tour. Being on the left hand side of the coach for 75% of the journey I was facing the red zone fence looking at the outside of the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 20 March 2011 entitled, "Day 27 - inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 27 March 2011 entitled, "Day 34 inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 9 March 2011 entitled, "Day 16, noon - inside the earthquake red zone".
A business owner has been allowed into the 'Red Zone' in the Christchurch CBD in order to investigate the damage to his business premises. He is dismayed to discover that he has forgotten his keys; the Civil Defence officer who is with him, looks at him askance as the door is the only part of his premises still standing. Context - Some time after the earthquake of 22 March 2011 business owners were allowed through the cordon to collect belongings and see their premises for themselves. Colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 4 April 2011 entitled, "Day 42- inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 31 March 2011 entitled, "Day 38 - inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 10 March 2011 entitled, "Day 17, 9am - inside the earthquake red zone".
A video of business owners outside the Christchurch Art Gallery protesting the lack of access to their buildings in the Red Zone.
A video of a media a preview of the CERA Red Zone bus tour. The Red Zone bus tours have been created by CERA to allow the public to view the Christchurch central city which has been closed for eight months since the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 10 March 2011 entitled, "Day 17, 6pm - inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 24 March 2011 entitled, "Day 31 in the red zone".