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BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 349
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Redcliffs with visible rock fall, seen from the spit in Southshore.
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 074
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rock fall damaged this house".
Photograph by Paul Corliss 0608
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A photograph of shipping containers protecting a road from rock fall.
Fairfax Video, March 2012 (4)
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A video of an interview with Mark Yetton, Engineering Geologist at the Port Hills Geotech Group, about their work to assess the risk of rock fall and cliff collapse on the Christchurch Port Hills.
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 075
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The door of a house on Main Road in Redcliffs. The house has been red-stickered due to rock fall danger. It has a sticker on it reading, 'Danger, live wires'. A 'Landslide and rock fall' factsheet has been taped to the door. The factsheet is produced by CERA.
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 078
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rock fall that destroyed this house, 54 Raekura Place, Redcliffs".
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 081
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rock fall that destroyed this house, 44 Raekura Place, Redcliffs".
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 080
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rock fall that destroyed this house, 44 Raekura Place, Redcliffs".
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 079
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rock fall that destroyed this house, 54 Raekura Place, Redcliffs".
BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2228
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A recent rock fall at Main Road in Redcliffs".
BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2226
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A recent rock fall at Main Road in Redcliffs".
BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2227
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A recent rock fall at Main Road in Redcliffs".
Photograph by Neil Macbeth 579
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A view across Wakefield Avenue to the Sumner Returned Services' Association Building and The Razza Bar and Bistro. A large rock has fallen from the cliff behind the buildings and crushed part of the Returned Services' Association Building. Smaller rocks have fallen onto the footpath and the road.
Fairfax Video, January 2013 (4)
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A video of an interview with Terry Huggins about a boulder crashing into the side of his neighbour's house in Sumner. The boulder came lose from the cliffs above and smashed through the deck of the house into one of the supporting poles. It is the third large boulder to hit the house, with one also lodged in a bedroom.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 362
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Part of a house, now dangerously close to the cliff edge due to rock fall during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0844
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An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Western side of Sumner showing the container wall and rock fall on Wakefield Avenue".
Fairfax Video, May 2013 (10)
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A video about the removal of 'Rocky', a 15-tonne boulder which tore through a house in Heathcote during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The video includes an interview with Jan Kupec, Chief Geotechnical Engineer at CERA, about the dimensions and path of the boulder. It also includes interviews with James McKenzie, the manager at the Mt Hutt Ski Area who purchased the rock, and Phil Johnson, the owner of the Heathcote property who put the rock on sale.
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 267
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A construction site on Wakefield Avenue in Sumner that has been red-stickered due to rock fall danger from the cliff behind it.
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 268
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A construction site on Wakefield Avenue in Sumner that has been red-stickered due to rock fall danger from the cliff behind it.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 350
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The Sumner cliffs photographed from the South Brighton spit. Shipping containers can be seen along Main Road to protect passing cars from rock fall.
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 076
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "16 March, 2011. Redcliffs School with the rock fall behind which is the reason the school is closed".
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 353
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Looking across the mouth of the estuary to the Sumner cliffs. Shipping containers can be seen along Main Road, protecting passing cars from rock fall.
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 138
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Road signs near the container barrier at Peacocks Gallop indicating that there is a danger of rock fall in the area".
Fairfax Video, June 2013 (1)
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A video of an interview with Andy Cole, site supervisor at Geovert, about the procedure for blasting rocks in Hillsborough. The rock-blasting work was paid for by two Christchurch couples whose properties were red-zoned and red-stickered. The couples hope that the blasting work will encourage CERA to change their land zoning from red to green, allowing them to rebuild their homes on the same sites.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 812
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Inside the Sumner electrical sub-station which was severely damaged by rock fall from the cliffs above during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 811
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Inside the Sumner electrical sub-station which was severely damaged by rock fall from the cliffs above during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2231
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Cave House, well known for its bright colour, on Main Road in Redcliffs. The house was further demolished by the most recent rock fall in the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
Fairfax Video, March 2013 (3)
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A video of an interview with Mark Forster, Operations Manager of the Christchurch Gondola, about the revamp of the gondola. The attraction has been closed since 22 February 2011 while the café and restaurant is being renovated and the rock fall from the hill above mitigated.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 363
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A painting wrapped around the side of one of the shipping containers in Sumner. Shipping containers have been placed along Main Road to protect people from rock fall. The artwork is part of the ContainerArt project which aims to turn the fixture of shipping containers in the Sumner community into a positive by turning them into works of art.
Fairfax Video, December 2013 (1)
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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.