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Broken River

Days after Christchurch's February 2011 earthquake, Simon Morton traversed the city on his bike.

Days after the city of Christchurch was devastated by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in 2011, This Way Up presenter Simon Morton traversed the city using the Avon River as his route. Travelling on a bicycle from the source of the Avon in the west to Heathcote Estuary in the east (where the Avon meets the Pacific) Simon found that everyone had a story to tell.

Gallery: photographs taken by Simon Morton in Christchurch

Produced by Simon Morton and Richard Scott for RNZ National.

Broken River won the 2012 New York Festival Radio Award for Best Social Issues or Current Affairs Programme.
 

  • Broken River

    Canterbury
    5 Mar 2011

    Days after Christchurch was devastated by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, Simon Morton traverses the city, using the Avon River as his route, and finds everyone has a story to tell. Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Broken River revisited

    Canterbury
    25 Feb 2012

    A year after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch, Simon Morton revisits the Avon River to see how life's progressing along it and in it. Read more Audio

  • Broken River - extended version

    5 Mar 2011

    Days after the city of Christchurch was devastated by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, This Way Up's presenter Simon Morton traverses the city using the Avon River as his route. Travelling on a bicycle… Read more Audio

Broken River