An aerial photograph of a residential area in New Brighton, with the New Brighton Mall and the pier in the distance.
An aerial photograph of North New Brighton School in North New Brighton.
An aerial photograph of Central New Brighton School in New Brighton.
20130808_2293_1D3-40 New Brighton bridge
Still awaiting a repair, but with so many bridges closed or partially closed we are lucky this one had what maybe minor damage.
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20130808_2296_1D3-40 New Brighton bridge
Prior to the earthquakes the stone wall at right was near road level. Now it is about 1.5m (4-5ft) lower.
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20130808_2298_1D3-40 New Brighton bridge
Eighty years and then the damage was done. Result of the earthquake on 22/02/11.
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Vehicles drive through flooded roads in New Brighton.
Vehicles drive through flooded roads in New Brighton.
An aerial photograph looking north-east over Cathedral Square towards New Brighton.
A slumped wooden boardwalk along New Brighton Road
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Burwood.
Road cones and barriers divert traffic along New Brighton Road.
Road cones and barriers divert traffic along New Brighton Road.
Power has been removed at these properties on New Brighton Road.
The ground at this residential property on New Brighton Road is completely water-logged.
Boarded up windows and graffiti on an abandoned house on New Brighton Road.
Vehicles drive through a flooded road in New Brighton. A sign advertising the stronger Christchurch website reads, 'Rebuilding for our future'.
A tractor, road cones and barriers, and boarded up houses along New Brighton Road.
An aerial photograph of a residential area in New Brighton, with the Rawhiti Domain in the distance.
A photograph of graffiti by JOTER on a fence in New Brighton Road, Burwood.
The ground at this residential property on New Brighton Road is completely water-logged.
Abandoned residential properties along New Brighton Road.
An aerial photograph of New Brighton looking north-west over the Cockayne Reserve. Pages Road can be seen in the lower left.
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Bexley. In the distance, the New Brighton pier can be seen as well as the Rawhiti Domain and Bottle Lake Forrest.
An aerial photograph of New Brighton Road, where the traffic has been diverted across the front yards of several red-zoned houses.
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20131212_6234_1D3-24 Another New Brighton building comes down (Day 346/365)
The old Esplanade Tavern is being demolished due to damage suffered in the earthquakes of 2011. Another one of New Brighton's iconic buildings to go.
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20131214_6268_1D3-24 Where once stood houses (Day 348/365)
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 a...
Post the earthquakes land has sunk and in this case the track is below high tide level. It would have been at least 500mm above the highest tide level prior to the recent earthquakes that started on 04/09/10.
When I was a kid this bit of land in the foreground was level and extended at least three times further out, but after the earthquakes you can see the angle that land near the river slumped. We used to catch a lot of herrings (yellow -eyed mullet) here when I was a kid, hence the local name of Herring Bay. Across the river is the Bexley Wetlands.
