Car wrecks, animal carcasses, and a demolished house are among almost one thousand reports of illegal dumping in Christchurch's red zone since March last year.
Photo: CERA
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority said that since March 2013 there had been 968 reports of illegal dumping in the city's residential red zone.
A spokesperson for the Authority said couches, household waste, up to 25 shrivelled hedgehogs, a demolished house, television sets, and shopping trolleys had been found dumped in the red zone.
The Authority said the suburb of Bexley had the most reports of illegal dumping with 151 - there were 150 reports in Avondale and 124 in Burwood.
The spokesperson said the of cost collecting the illegally-dumped rubbish from land, which before March 2013 was still in private hands, was a waste of taxpayers' money.
Empty house in the red zone, Christchurch. Photo: RNZ / Diego Opatowski