Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Gareth Turnball inspects the condemned Coastal Spirit Soccer Club. The walls have separated from the floor which has humped substantially from the quake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Dallington. The Medway Street footbridge".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jordan Young (8) and Matthew Rogers (11) from Banks Avenue School in Dallington. First day back to school after 'quake-break'".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Kate Shephard rest home prepare to move some residents out as home is no longer livable. L-R: Renee Hayman, 43, paraplegic, and Denyse Parkes, 46, who has had 5 strokes, have moved in together as their accommodation has been condemned and deemed unlivable".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Schools around Christchurch return after a week off due to the earthquake. Banks Avenue School is situated in one of the worst hit areas. Jordan Preston, aged 5, heading into school".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Children react to Richie McCaw's surprise arrival".
A letter written by Roz Johnson to family members overseas.
Disgruntled Christchurch red-zoners who want the government to rethink its policy on quake-damaged homes are backing Labour's Earthquake Recovery Package.
A digitally manipulated photograph of the car parking building on the corner of Manchester and Gloucester Streets. The photographer comments, "Whilst on a tour of the Christchurch earthquake red zone we passed this car park, which I always liked due to its American outgoing feel
A photograph of 386 and 378 Oxford Terrace, taken from across the road. The former site of Doug Sexton's house is on the right, behind the wire fence. Sexton's house was demolished after his land was Red zoned.
An earthquake memories story from Paula Thompson, Clinical Coder, Christchurch Hospital, titled, "Red crosses for a good cause".
A photograph of the former site of a house at 466 Oxford Terrace. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow on the site. The house number has been spray-painted on the footpath in front.
A photograph of a wire fence at the border of 406 Oxford Terrace. 406 Oxford Terrace is the former site of Donna Allfrey's house which was demolished after her land was zoned Red. In front of the fence, gravel has been spread over the ground.
David Neal is the national programmes manager for the Red Cross. The Christchurch Red Cross response team is out with the fire service, searching buildings for people who might be trapped.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 15 March 2011 entitled, "Day 22 - inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 14 March 2011 entitled, "Day 21 - inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 8 March 2011 entitled, "Day 15, 7am - in the earthquake red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 8 March 2011 entitled, "Day 15, 6pm - in the earthquake red zone".
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of the Design and Arts College Building, the Heritage Hotel, Cathedral Junction, the Octagon Live restaurant, Manchester Street, Hereford Street, Bedford Row, High Street, Lichfield Street, the Majestic Theatre, Colombo Street, Cashel Street, Just Jeans and Starbucks on Cashel Street, and Kilmore Street. It also includes footage of residents on a Red Zone bus tour.
A video about the rezoning of 252 residential properties in the central city, Richmond, and Linwood. The video includes footage of Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announcing the rezoning at a CERA press conference. It also includes an interview with Lynn Anderson, whose central city property was rezoned red.
A photograph of the former site of a block of apartments at 440 Oxford Terrace. The apartments were demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow over the site. The number 466 has been spray-painted on the footpath in front, as well as the numbers of each apartment. This number is the incorrect street number for the site.
A photograph of a wire fence that has been placed at the border of 406 Oxford Terrace. 406 Oxford Terrace is the former site of Donna Allfrey's house which was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Behind the fence, gravel has been spread over the ground.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 17 March 2011 entitled, "Day 24 - still inside the red zone".
Urban forager and food writer, Liv Sisson finds all sorts of tasty treats in the Otautahi city centre.With some of the housing and buildings destroyed in the earthquakes, a rewilding has taken place providing a range of edible plants. Liv Sisson gathers produce thriving on berms and near the Avon River.
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A view down Beresford Street in New Brighton, looking west towards the city at sunset. The photographer comments, "On the other side of the Avon river from New Brighton is the Bexley red zone. Here numerous earthquake damaged streets of houses will be flattened due to it being to uneconomical in the current climate to repair the land to be suitable for housing. There is a campaign at the moment to try and convert all this red zone land, which is mainly adjacent to the Avon river to a giant park".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 30 August 2012 entitled, "A plethora of pleasures".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 7 April 2011 entitled, "Day 45 - Wanton water".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 6 April 2011 entitled, "Day 44 - Freedom is in sight!".
A digitally manipulated image of a shop window. A vase is visible in the window, and the sillhouette of a mannequin in the background. The photographer comments, "The title came from the pot and the E on the window. This is a building that has been off limits since the Christchurch earthquake. The E was sprayed on the window by rescue teams after searching the building and finding it was empty. This is a very old wooden building that looks OK from the front, but terrible from the side as the previously adjoined building has been demolished.