A photograph of a rocky bank in the Port Hills.
A photograph of a rocky bank in the Port Hills.
A map showing Green and White Zones on Banks Peninsula.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral Square - ANZ bank".
Governor of the Reserve Bank Allan Bollard holds a spade over his shoulder and a roll of toilet paper in his hand. Text reads 'Reserve Bank governor moves to restore confidence after the quake -' and Bollard says '..past the silver beet, left at the last of the beans and it's right by the caulis!' The little Evans man says 'What a relief!' Context - Two earthquakes and hundreds of aftershocks have hit Christchurch, the first on 4 September 2010 and a second more devastating one on 22 February 2011. Toilets have been a real problem after the earthquakes with thousands of chemical toilets and portaloos being shipped in - some people, however, use the old kiwi method of digging a long-drop in the back garden. The Reserve Bank has made a relatively large 50-point cut in its benchmark interest rate, the Official Cash Rate (from 3% to 2.5 per cent). Critics say that inflation is already running unacceptably high and there is a threat of much higher inflation in a year or two when the rebuilding of Christchurch begins to put pressure on limited resources. The Reserve Bank acknowledged these factors, but it has chosen instead to focus on the immediate impact of the earthquake on the economy and particularly on all-important business and consumer sentiment. (Press editorial 12 March 2011)
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A photograph of liquefaction on the banks of the Kaiapoi River.
A photograph of ducks on the banks of the Avon River.
A photograph of gravel flood banks constructed along the Avon River.
A photograph of cranes on the bank of the Avon River.
A black and white historic photograph of the interior of the 1866 Bank of New Zealand Building, photographed in 1911 by Steffano Webb.
A fence, road cones and a no entry sign block off part of the road at the intersection of North Parade and Banks Avenue in Richmond. A spray-painted sign on the fence reads "No thru traffic. Residents only." The photographer comments, "The entry to Banks Avenue from North Parade".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Westpac Bank (left), Grant Thornton building (white right of the Westpac in the distance), ANZ Bank (white with vertical stripes below the Grant Thornton), and Holiday Inn (right) all under demolition".
A photograph of recent erosion of a bank in the Port Hills.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Loxley Avenue showing stop bank build".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "BNZ Bank under demolition Hereford Street".
The flood bank is being completely repaired on Raven Quay in Kaiapoi.
A photograph of the gravel flood banks erected along the Avon River.
A cormorant arranging its plumage on a bank of the Avon River.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Building stop banks along the Avon River in Avonside Drive".
Cracks running alongside a footpath next to the Avon River. In the distance, liquefaction can be seen on the road.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Ferry Road".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Drive. Building up the Avon River stop banks".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Drive. Building up the Avon River stop banks".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "139 Armagh Street".
A large crack in the bank of the Avon River along Cambridge Terrace after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
The damaged Snell Place footbridge. A crack is visible at the apex of the span. The photographer comments, "Before the Christchurch earthquakes this bridge used to be just just 9 feet at high tide above the River Avon. Now with the ends pushed together it has probably moved up another 9 feet".
A large crack on the bank of the Avon River in Mona Vale.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Engineers from ECAN and other areas in New Zealand have been inspecting the Waimakariri River stop banks on the coast side of State Highway 1 after the September earthquake. Large cracks along the stop bank".
A map showing the vertical displacement of land in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ANZ Bank, Colombo Street and Cathedral Square".
