Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: The greening of the Red Zone https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=338086#post338086 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=338086#post338086 Drone flew over the cuckoo's nest...
well the road between Sumner and Lyttelton at least...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/67684198/birdseye-view-over-sumner

]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:09:52 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337800#post337800 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337800#post337800 Strangely broken link that gives me a URL saying:

Ha. Clipboard contents were not as expected. Also, why didn’t I just paste in the damn link and let it auto-embed?

https://youtu.be/F24A1DOhSos

]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2015 11:53:12 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337784#post337784 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337784#post337784 Jimmy Ryan’s amazing before and after drone video of Dallington.

Quietly glad to see a video where the music isn’t Coldplay.

That reminded me of an ancient one-sentence review of a Rita Coolidge album: "It's got a nice drone, you can nod to it".

]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:53:23 +1200 Swan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337783#post337783 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337783#post337783 "There’s no way EQC will be able to get reinsurance for red zone land: it’s way too risky. Therefore no way private insurers will cover building houses."

It's perfectly possible for the red zone land to be engineered to be suitable for redevelopment. Would it be economic? I am guessing…

]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2015 21:19:36 +1200 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337779#post337779 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337779#post337779 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 17:26:36 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337778#post337778 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337778#post337778 Strangely broken link
try this one:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/67620380/eye-in-the-sky-captures-red-zoned-dallington-burwood

]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2015 16:59:16 +1200 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337777#post337777 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337777#post337777 Jimmy Ryan’s amazing before and after drone video of Dallington.

Strangely broken link that gives me a URL saying:

"http://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/Are%20you%20competing%20with%20secular%20spectacle%20like%20the%20movies%20when%20you%20create%20these%20productions?"

]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2015 15:57:04 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337775#post337775 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337775#post337775 Jimmy Ryan's amazing before and after drone video of Dallington.

Quietly glad to see a video where the music isn't Coldplay.

]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2015 14:50:26 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337132#post337132 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337132#post337132 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 13:12:49 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337130#post337130 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=337130#post337130 drone's-eye view of Avonside 'redzone'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtZqtLzcRRY&t=288
from this Press article

and here is an article about the redzone tree survey

and yet another EQC head jumps ship before they are held accountable

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2015 12:33:30 +1300 Mike O'Connell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336970#post336970 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336970#post336970 Not sure where the best place for this but along with recent Chch-focused posts (80s music, and this, greening the red zone), we now have a potential new one, the form of the regional council (ECan) after the 2016 elections.

Out today, Environment Canterbury Review: A discussion document Govt…

]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:54:52 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336947#post336947 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336947#post336947 Things come down
things go up
the great cycle of renewal continues...

oh and there was a magnitude 4 earthquake out by Oxford this morning, I didna feel it in town though...

]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:16:43 +1300 Ashley Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336905#post336905 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336905#post336905 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:26:05 +1300 Mike O'Connell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336844#post336844 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336844#post336844 vision for the Avon River red zone. Also I’ve come across this recent project report by post-grad geography students A Future for the Avon River in which they gauged the community perspective on the implementation of constructed wetlands… ]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:03:31 +1300 Mike O'Connell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336765#post336765 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336765#post336765 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:38:30 +1300 Mike O'Connell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336764#post336764 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336764#post336764 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:37:19 +1300 Mike O'Connell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336763#post336763 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336763#post336763 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:36:26 +1300 Mike O'Connell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336762#post336762 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336762#post336762 I found it far less troubling than it was when the empty houses were all there

I haven't looked at these for a long time. They date from Feb 2012. In River Rd and Lois Place. In a couple, the house numbers can be read on the plywood. Funny, in…

]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:31:07 +1300 Josh Petyt https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336752#post336752 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336752#post336752 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:21:26 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336739#post336739 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336739#post336739 There’s a sense that something’s been settled

Or, unsettled! Disinhabited.

]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:04:23 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336734#post336734 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336734#post336734 That picture with the Port Hills in the background is particularly striking. I know that area well, and seeing only the ghosts of human habitation is nightmarish.

I found it far less troubling than it was when the empty houses were all there. There's a sense that something's been settled.

]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2015 18:28:53 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336723#post336723 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336723#post336723 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:03:08 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336717#post336717 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336717#post336717 Thanks for the photos, Russell. Once again you’ve gone where I wasn’t brave enough to go.

That picture with the Port Hills in the background is particularly striking. I know that area well, and seeing only the ghosts of human habitation is nightmarish. Pre-quake Chch was such an orderly place.…

]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:19:24 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336709#post336709 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336709#post336709 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:56:47 +1300 Gregor Ronald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336697#post336697 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336697#post336697 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:26:46 +1300 Gregor Ronald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336696#post336696 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336696#post336696 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:23:30 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336684#post336684 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336684#post336684 We really were looking forward to rebuilding on our River Rd section near Banks Ave

I can see why. In fact I think the gathering of foragers when I was around there could have been at your old neighbours' place.

]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:44:54 +1300 Gregor Ronald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336677#post336677 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336677#post336677 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:07:14 +1300 Gregor Ronald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336676#post336676 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336676#post336676 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:04:29 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336654#post336654 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336654#post336654 They need to keep the area tidy. I’m assuming that Gerry Brownlee is already working with his developer mates to designate the liquefaction issues as “solved” and start subdivision sometime after the next election.

The land is almost certainly uninsurable.

EQC is this year assessing thousands (about 8000 — maybe…

]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:39:01 +1300 Joe Boden https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336647#post336647 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336647#post336647 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:21:06 +1300 Olly Buxton https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336633#post336633 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336633#post336633 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:47:19 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336631#post336631 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336631#post336631 Gerry Brownlee is already working with his developer mates ... start subdivision
Conjures an image of red zone water boatmen using Brownleean motion and other bottom dwellers repopulating the area by mitosis – probably a personal problem...

]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:30:20 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336629#post336629 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336629#post336629 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:12:13 +1300 Stupid https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336618#post336618 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336618#post336618 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:06:31 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336607#post336607 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336607#post336607 Love the idea of a native corridor. Some fruit and nut trees along edges -permaculture -could work too. Driving through today it’s also striking how high the river level is (or the land has sunk.)

In some parts the river almost seemed to be the same level as the road.…

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:50:28 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336605#post336605 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336605#post336605 My wish would be for as many people as possible to have a stake in the red zone land by dealing in all interest groups. It's so large that the city will need people to use it constantly, the Port Hills being a fine mixed-use model.

One future use for…

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:17:56 +1300 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336603#post336603 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336603#post336603 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:03:49 +1300 Ashley Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336599#post336599 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336599#post336599 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:44:03 +1300 tussock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336597#post336597 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336597#post336597 @Ashley, cool beans. Wrote this earlier when server was funny.

So I presume they can't turn it into parks, or even pasture, because it's full of broken glass and splinters of this and that. It'd make a nice green belt, like Dunedin's, if it had rather more native trees and…

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:35:32 +1300 Ashley Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336592#post336592 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336592#post336592 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 19:17:29 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336590#post336590 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336590#post336590 Quite a few of us have plans :) The plan of the group I chair, Greening the Red Zone, it to return as much of the red zone as possible to its natural, native state and restore a bit of the balance in Christchurch’s environment. We want native bush birds… ]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 19:10:01 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336589#post336589 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336589#post336589 a photo of the former Hay-Haywood residence

You can imagine my confusion.

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 19:05:18 +1300 Ashley Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336588#post336588 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336588#post336588 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:55:08 +1300 Alice Ronald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336583#post336583 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336583#post336583 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:25:10 +1300 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336575#post336575 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336575#post336575 A few houses, presumably those posing health and safety probems for demolition crews, remain. But only a few

Unfortunately uninsured and bare land has been an issue for some in the red zone which may be an answer to remaining houses. Highlighted this last week on Campbell Live, it was…

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:38:38 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336563#post336563 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336563#post336563 a photo of the former Hay-Haywood residence ]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 15:14:49 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336562#post336562 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336562#post336562 I hope someone has a plan
We haz a plain – is that close?

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 15:10:26 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336561#post336561 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336561#post336561 restoring lawn order in Chchch...
the blank spaces are sowed in grass.
That green seed paste does work wonders – maybe they could also try processed excrement from the sewage works to start some tomato plantations in places...
...at least you'd know they were from hardy seed stock!

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 15:09:41 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336560#post336560 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336560#post336560 it feels like the whole place is becoming a fenced-off park. Maintaining it all in some way is going to be a massive cost.

Hell yes. I hope someone has a plan.

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 15:08:51 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336559#post336559 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336559#post336559 Paging Dr Haywood to triage…

I actually meant to take a photo of the former Hay-Haywood residence, but I rode past it without realising. It can be hard to work out where you are without the houses to navigate by.

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 15:07:48 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336558#post336558 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336558#post336558 Rheum with a view...
I expect a lot of the people that lived in those streets are sick of talking about the ’quake and subsequent issues, but it’d be fascinating to take some of them back to where their houses once were and to interview them about their life their…

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 15:05:34 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336557#post336557 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336557#post336557 Arise Sir Veillance…
(You are Scum, You are being watched) This warning on the last, lonely house in a cul de sac seems to be aimed at squatters.

Looks more like renowned tagger and social misfit Cameron Slater managed a wee detour between school visits – publicising his upcoming pugilistic…

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 15:02:48 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336554#post336554 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336554#post336554 I was quite struck by how important the trees are, big and small.

The trees all around town have been my touchstones all through. Amazing how few have succumbed when so much of the man-made world disappeared. Something something Thoreau...

It’s odd how the houses are removed then the blank…

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:06:17 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336551#post336551 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336551#post336551 It really does. Some parts – around Banks Ave for instance – are beautiful because the soil is great and the remaining large garden shrubs and trees are flourishing.

I was quite struck by how important the trees are, big and small.

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 13:43:46 +1300 leftydave https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336544#post336544 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336544#post336544 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:14:35 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336543#post336543 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336543#post336543 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:05:11 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336542#post336542 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336542#post336542 Wow. It really does look like the country. It really does. Some parts – around Banks Ave for instance – are beautiful because the soil is great and the remaining large garden shrubs and trees are flourishing. (Some are flatter, more windswept and bleak because of exposure to the winds… ]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:02:28 +1300 Grant McDougall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336540#post336540 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336540#post336540 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:29:08 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336539#post336539 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336539#post336539 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:18:53 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336538#post336538 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-greening-of-the-red-zone/?p=336538#post336538 Discussion from blog post.

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