Cera keeps hold over Christchurch couple's land - just in case

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A Christchurch couple has been told they can't use a driveway that no longer leads to any houses because the Earthquake Recovery Authority may need access to it.

Colombo St Sydenham, Penny Land Records to Angus Donaldson printers

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The result of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake at 4.35am on September 4th 2010. The ballustrade of these buildings collapsed onto the Victorian veranda crushing it. Taken 20 days after the quake. Colombo Street in Sydenham, Christchurch - looking towards the City Centre.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 166

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A photograph of the footpath outside the former site of Donna Allfrey's house on Oxford Terrace. Allfrey's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red.

Fairfax Video, October 2013 (1)

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A video of an interview with Prime Minister John Key about several topical issues. One of these issues is the housing crisis in Christchurch. Key talks about fast tracking the release of land in Christchurch, making sure there are enough resources in the city for building, and working with the Christchurch City Council around consenting. He also talks about the possibility of the National Party winning the Christchurch East by-election.

You Know the Drill

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Workers operate a drilling rig, sampling soil as part of EQC's geotechnical investigation of TC3 land. The photographer comments, "The work of getting 'soil' samples from all the areas marked as green/blue zones in Christchurch. These areas may be susceptible to liquefaction if a major earthquake occurs. The soil samples were a failure as all they found was sand".

The Panel with Rosemary McLeod and Tim Watkin (Part 1)

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Topics - Would you like a pay rise of $10,000 a year? That's what the lowest paid Auckland Council staff will get if a plan to implement a minimum wage of $18.40 an hour goes through. The Insurance Council has received a briefing today after a report revealed hundreds of properties on Christchurch's Port Hills are on unsafe land. The GNS Science report released yesterday shows a major rain or snow storm could cause land already loosened by the earthquakes to move.

20130112_2576_G12-18 Avon River. Herring Bay, Kibblewhite Street, South Ne…

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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.

Proposed Highfield subdivision development

Research papers, Lincoln University

The recent earthquakes in Canterbury have left thousands of Christchurch residents’ homeless or facing the possibility of homelessness. The New Zealand Government, so far, have announced that 5,100 homes in Christchurch will have to be abandoned as a result of earthquake damaged land (Christchurch City Council, 2011). They have been zoned red on the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) map and there are another 10,000 that have been zoned orange, awaiting a decision (Christchurch City Council, 2011). This situation has placed pressures on land developers and local authorities to speed up the process associated with the development of proposed subdivisions in Christchurch to accommodate residents in this situation (Tarrant, 2011).

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:10:21 13:02:45

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Gerry Brownlee (left), EQC CEO Ian Simpson, and geotechnical specialist Nick Rogers explain the EQC plan to remediate land damaged in the Canterbury earthquake".

Canterbury quake family gives thanks this Christmas

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch woman Lavina Pockson and her family live in a house with big cracks in it, on land that's among the most damaged from the big September earthquake.

Vulnerability to Seismic Hazards in Coastal and Riverside Communities, map…

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A map of the Christchurch landscape.

Port Lyttelton – ‘a mean, insignificant little place’

Articles, Lost Christchurch

This land-locked port of Lyttelton – called occasionally Port Cooper and sometimes Port Victoria – is the main, or rather the only, entrance to the Province of Canterbury. The surroundi…

Scientist explains 'trampoline effect' in Chch quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Scientists studying last month's earthquake in Christchurch say the shaking was exacerbated by a slapdown or trampoline effect that made the land under the city bounce up and down.

Potential asbestos forces CERA to check paperwork

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is now double checking all of its paperwork following fears earthquake rubble dumped in a Christchurch land fill could have been contaminated by asbestos.

Chch residents furious at Regenerate Chch plans

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch's earthquake rebuild authority, Regenerate Christchurch, has released a new report setting out a timeline for what to do with the land - but angry residents are calling for action.

Awaiting demoloition

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20130808_2288_1D3-40 Awaiting demoloition Two relatively new town houses in the Bexley "Red Zone". Awaiting demolition due to severe land problems. Have been vandalised. #4073

A Precocious Wastrel and his Valuable Allotment

Articles, Lost Christchurch

John Jauncey Buchanan and his Valuable Allotment Before arrival in Christchurch, the family of Scotsman John Jauncey Buchanan purchased land on what would become the centre of Christchurch. It was …

Government Geologist reports on ‘extraordinary earthquake phenomena’

Articles, Lost Christchurch

After the September, 1888 earthquake centred in Hanmer caused extensive damage to the Christchurch cathedral, the government geologist, Alexander McKay was sent out to review the land damage. This …

When the Land Gets Shaken Up Some Things No Longer Fit

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A drain grating and surround sit on top of a broken curb. The photographer comments, "You can see that the drain cover no longer fits, but there is a metal surrounding that also has to be placed in first".

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".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 139

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.

Lyttelton Port Expansion Worries some Banks Peninsula Residents

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Lyttelton Port near Christchurch is now almost three and a half hectares larger than it was before the earthquakes - as earthquake rubble is dumped in the harbour to reclaim land.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 165

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A photograph of the former site of Donna Allfrey's house at 406 Oxford Terrace, taken from the footpath in front. Allfrey's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 141

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 174

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 171

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 175

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 138

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 172

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 173

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A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.