The Central City Red Zone, also known as the CBD Red Zone, was a public exclusion zone in the Christchurch Central City implemented after the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. After February 2
New Zealand Army soldiers manning the red zone cordon on 23 February 2011 at the Hagley Park end of Armagh Street
Colombo Street in May 2011; 15 people died in this section, including 8 on buses hit by falling façades
Oxford Terrace in the Avon Loop, an area that was initially in the Central City Red Zone and later became part of the residential red zone
Manchester Street on the day of the earthquake
A residential red zone is any of several areas of land in and around Christchurch, New Zealand, that experienced severe damage in the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and were deemed infeasible
Central City Red Zone
…colour-coding applied, with the same colour meaning different things in different areas. The Central City Red Zone is not to be confused with the residential red zone. In the central city, it described the area that was cordoned off after the earthquake. In the eastern suburbs, the colour red refers to land that is…
RNZAF aerial survey of damage, showing flooding due to soil liquefaction in Christchurch; most of the land in the image was later red-zoned and all structures demolished
Severe land damage immediately following the February 2011 earthquake in the suburb of Avondale, part of which was later placed in the red zone (note the bump in the road where soil liquefaction pushed up an underground storm drain)
Avondale red zone in 2024
Abandoned Christchurch City Council social housing units in Avonside prior to demolition in February 2014