This drone footage was recorded by Peter Simpson of the University of Auckland in July 2025. It starts at the intersection of Pages Road and Kia Ora Street in Bexley, at the eastern end of the residential red zone. It then proceeds along what was Kia Ora Street into what was Bexley suburb, before turning back along the route of Waitaki Street (as was). As it crosses Pages Road, the drone flies over the new wetland, created in late 2024 by the city council by breaking the old stopbank and allowing water to escape within the new stopbank. This is quickly becoming a haven for water birds. The drone then turns southwards again for a panoramic view of what, before red zone clearance, was Bexley, a suburb developed for housing between the 1960s and 1990s. It was red zoned due to liquefaction and land subsidence. In recent winters, groundwater incursion has become more regular as the ground has continued to sink. The old street and garden vegetation is dying off and being replaced by regeneration of wetland plants. It is now reverting quite quickly to a pre-urban state.