Damage to the former Sumner Borough Council building. The brickwork is badly cracked, and sections of the walls have collapsed.
Damage to the former Sumner Borough Council building. The brickwork is badly cracked, and sections of the walls have collapsed.
Photographer Ross Becker in the courtyard of the Peterborough Apartments. The ground in front of him is cracked and uneven.
Dried liquefaction silt in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "I found this face amongst the liquefaction. It is like one of them diagrams where they segment different parts of the brain depending on their functions".
A cracked wall made from rocks and concrete in Clifton. The words, "No. 5 The Spur", have been painted on it.
Detail of damage to the former Sumner Borough Council building. The brickwork is badly cracked, and the parapet has partly collapsed.
A photograph of the Devon Hotel on Armagh Street with cordon tape draped across the front. The closest chimney is cracked.
Damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack runs diagonally through a brick wall. The photographer comments, "More cracked brickwork".
A footpath above the Avon River on Oxford Terrace. The pavement has cracked and one of the fence posts has fallen over.
Detail of damage to the former Sumner Borough Council building. The brickwork is badly cracked, and sections of the walls have collapsed.
Detail of damage to the former Sumner Borough Council building. The brickwork is badly cracked, and sections of the walls have collapsed.
A damaged bridge in Lake Terrace Road in Burwood. The bridge has warped, and the pathway leading to it is badly cracked.
The base of a power pole on Maling Street in Avonside. The pavement around it is badly cracked and some has fallen away.
The badly-damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. The brickwork below the dome has cracked and crumbled, exposing the inside.
A concrete block stabilising a power pole on Bracken Street in Avonside. The road and footpath around it have been cracked and warped.
Windows of the Durham Street Methodist Church that have been braced and weather proofed with timber. The plaster around them is badly cracked.
A pigeon perches in the beams of a damaged building. The photographer comments, "The building next door was demolished after the Christchurch earthquake, which exposed the side of this building with it's very old corrugated iron walls. Some of the sheeting was damaged and exposed parts of the interior. The pigeon was sitting on a bit of wood with the beam above it had a very serious crack. I think you would be nervous as well".
Interior damage in a house in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Revisiting our abandoned house. Plaster decorations on the arch in the hallway are cracked".
Interior damage in a house in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Revisiting our abandoned house. Plaster decorations on the arch in the hallway are cracked".
The cracked foundations of a house on Charles Street in Kaiapoi. Planks have been removed from the front decking to allow access to the foundations.
A cracked and broken footpath on Galbraith Avenue. Blue pipes carrying temporary water supplies to the neighbourhood can just be seen running beside the footpath.
A man walks across his cracked and liquefaction-covered lawn in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Andy Corbin checks liquefaction and surface water in his lawn".
Detail of damage to the former Sumner Borough Council building. The brickwork is badly cracked, and part of a wall has collapsed, exposing the interior.
Liquefaction on Gayhurst Road. The footpath has slumped, and a road cone has been placed in the hole. Behind, a low brick fence has cracked.
Badly cracked stone steps on a path to The Spur from Nayland Street in Clifton. Rocks from the retaining wall have fallen onto the footpath.
A view over the Avon River towards Oxford Terrace where the road is badly cracked and slumping towards the river. Road cones mark the uneven surface.
Damage to the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace. The brickwork has cracked, the corner crumbling onto the street below.
Damage to the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace. The brickwork has cracked, the corner crumbling into the street below.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Brick cladding is badly cracked and buckled, and some bricks have fallen. The photographer comments, "Brick walls still clinging on".
A photograph of the badly-damaged Metro Gold Cinema on Worcester Street. The top storey has almost completely caved in, and the bottom storey is badly cracked.