The suburb was badly affected by the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake , resulting in land subsidence and liquefaction . As part of the ongoing earthquake recovery , the government announced on 17 November 2011 that the vast majority of Brooklands has been zoned red , meaning that those residential properties that have insurance would receive an offer for a government buyout of house and land . The land is deemed uneconomic to repair whilst houses are on it and will thus be bought . Some of the properties now condemned were built in 2011 , and at least one house got its building consent from Christchurch City Council only after the February 2011 earthquake
2010 Canterbury earthquake
2010 Canterbury earthquake
Brooklands, Christchurch