Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "15 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton, now red zoned land. The homeowner still lives in this property and is keeping it in immaculate condition".
Large cracks between concrete slabs in a pathway beside the Southern Region Coastguard Waimakariri-Ashley boathouse on Charles Street in Kaiapoi show how the land has slumped towards the river.
A photograph a cleared block of land on the corner of Hereford Street and Manchester Street. An excavator can be seen behind a row of shipping containers on the left.
At 4.35 a.m. on 4 September 2010, the Canterbury region was struck by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. It shook Cantabrians, their properties, their land and their lives.
Mounds of liquefaction at an abandoned property on Waireka Lane, Bexley.
Over-grown weeds at an abandoned section on Waireka Lane, Bexley.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The empty site where 31 Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant used to be".
Liquefaction covers the driveway of these residential properties on Seabreeze Close, Bexley.
Liquefaction is still evident at this abandoned residential section on Seabreeze Close, Bexley.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "37 Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant. Most of Mt Pleasant is green zoned, but 800 homes will be demolished".
A vehicle drives onto the damaged Dallington bridge. The land has slumped relative to the bridge, leaving the approach road at a steep incline. The photographer comments, "Dallington Bridge northern approach, Gayhurst Rd".
A group of people inspect the damaged rowing club buildings at Kerrs Reach. A large gap has appeared between two concrete slabs beside the building, where the land has slumped towards the river.
Cars driving over the damaged Gayhurst Road Bridge. The approach to the bridge has been re-sealed, but gaps at the sides of the road show the relative movement of bridge and land.
Cars driving over the damaged Gayhurst Road Bridge. The approach to the bridge has been re-sealed, but gaps at the sides of the road show the relative movement of bridge and land.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An unusual house in Zena Place, Horseshoe Lake. This area is all red zoned, so the land issues are such that all the houses will be demolished".
A vehicle drives onto the damaged Dallington bridge. The land has slumped relative to the bridge, leaving the approach road at a steep incline. The photographer comments, "Dallington Bridge northern approach, Gayhurst Rd".
Weeds are growing through cracks in the pavement outside abandoned properties on Seabreeze Close, Bexley.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley. Look at the angles in this doorway and the pile of silt".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley. The view through the window shows how much liquefaction collected in the garage".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "16 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands. Many of the homeowners in this area believe that their homes should not be red zoned as the damage is much less than in other red zoned areas".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "8 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands. Many of the homeowners in this area believe that their homes should not be red zoned as the damage is much less than in other red zoned areas".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "3 Meadow Street, Kaiapoi. This side of the street is blue-green (Technical Category 3) and the opposite side is red zoned".
Badly damaged in both the September and February quakes and over 6000 aftershocks the Point Pleasant yacht club had started to sink into the Avon estuary before being demolished in July 2011 after the June 6.3 earthquake
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley. Through the window pane beside the door you can see silt piled about 30 cm high inside the house".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley. The view through the window here shows the size of the silt piled against the front door".
An aerial photograph of Longhurst and Knight's Stream Park, new housing developments in Halswell.
A crack between the river bank and the footpath near the Williams Street Bridge in Kaiapoi. This crack has now largely been filled in. The visible gap shows how much the land slipped towards the river during the earthquake.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The River Avon winding its way through densely populated housing. For now, much of the land alongside the River Avon is zoned red, and will not be built upon any time soon".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An area within the loop of the Avon River which is all red zoned now. There is some land near River Road on the other side of the river which is also red".
A photograph of a CERA billboard in a paddock in Dallington, near the Gayhurst Road bridge. The billboard heading reads, "Crown-owned land clearance in the residential red zone". Graffiti has been spray-painted over the rest of the sign.