An aerial photograph of a housing development in Lincoln.
An aerial photograph of Longhurst, a new housing development in Halswell.
An aerial photograph of Aidanfield, a new housing development in Halswell.
An aerial photograph of Longhurst, a new housing development in Halswell.
An aerial photograph of Cairnbrae, a new housing development in Prebbleton.
An aerial photograph of a housing development in Prebbleton.
An aerial photograph of Cairnbrae, a housing development in Prebbleton.
An aerial photograph of Cairnbrae, a new housing development in Prebbleton.
An aerial photograph of a housing development in Lincoln.
An aerial photograph of Sterling Park, a housing development in Prebbleton.
An aerial photograph of Wigram Skies, a new housing development in Wigram.
An aerial photograph of Sovereign Palms, a new housing development in Kaiapoi.
A photograph of a street of temporary housing in Rawhiti Domain.
A photograph of a street of temporary housing in Rawhiti Domain.
A photograph of a street of temporary housing in Rawhiti Domain.
Two images of a house, taken before and after the earthquakes. In the after photograph the chimneys are gone, a column supporting the car port has partly collapsed, windows are broken, and the previously neat lawn and driveway are overgrown. The photographer comments, "This was a house that I was selling up to the September 2010 earthquake in Christchurch. It was on Avonside Drive, which was an area that has been badly hit in every earthquake that has hit the area. In the September quake parts of the house moved in different directions and one of the upstairs doors had to be smashed open to release one of the sons from his bedroom. This occurred in the dark with numerous aftershocks shaking the house. Liquefaction poured up through the floor and flowed down the drive. Everyone got out OK, but soon after the house was red stickered meaning it was dangerous to enter. The house was looted many times even though there was constant police patrols. When the most violent earthquake occurred on 22 February 2012 both the tall heavy chimneys came crashing through into the living areas. Subsequent earthquakes and aftershocks have caused one of the brick fence pillars to fall and the front garage pillar to break up and twist. The family's troubles did not end there. They moved into the home of one of their parents and this mansion of a home was so badly affected by the February earthquake that no one could enter to collect any of their or their parents' belongings. They now own a new home, which they are fond of except when the ground shakes yet again. There has been to date 10,712 earthquakes and aftershocks since 4 September 2010".
An aerial photograph of Longhurst and Knight's Stream Park, new housing developments in Halswell.
An aerial photograph of a industrial land development in Rolleston.
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Prebbleton.
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Prebbleton.
An aerial photograph of a residential area in West Melton.
An aerial photograph of a residential area in West Melton.
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Halswell.
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Prebbleton.
‘Housing affordability’ has been a term used to refer to a problem that arises when the costs of housing are seen as being unreasonably high in relation to incomes. In the United Kingdom and Australia the local town planning systems have been used to address housing affordability issues. This response in countries that share New Zealand’s town and country planning history raised the question for this research of the local government response to housing affordability issues in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. This research was undertaken during the fifth year after the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquake series. Research conducted by the Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa New Zealand and the New Zealand Productivity Commission present quite different pictures of the housing affordability problem, suggest different solutions and indicate different roles for levels of government, the community housing sector and the housing market. The research undertaken for this dissertation aimed to address the question of the role of the state, through the lense of a local response to housing affordability issues, in the context of a central government response focused on land supply and reforming the Resource Management Act 1991.
An aerial photograph of Longhurst and Knight's Stream Park, new housing developments in Halswell. Labels have been added to the photograph by BeckerFraserPhotos.
A PDF copy of a press release written by Jolyon White of Anglican Advocacy (formerly the Anglican Life Social Justice Unit) on the topic of social housing in post-quake Christchurch. The press release was written on 5 April 2013.
A photograph of a temporary house in Rawhiti Domain.
A photograph of a sign for Rawhiti Village Grove.
Government initiative providing temporary accommodation service to people displaced by the Christchurch earthquake. Contains information about the service, and registration forms for property owners and applicants.