The front of Christ Church Cathedral showing its broken tower. Bracing has been placed on the front wall to limit further damage.
A close up of a broken stained-glass window of Christ Church Cathedral. Gaps in stonework can be seen around the window.
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of the foundation has been broken up. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A photograph of broken traffic light in front of a badly-damaged building on the corner of Colombo Street and Tuam Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mosaic artist Sarah Rutland creates art work from broken objects and hopes to create art from Canterbury's rubble".
Plywood sheeting covers a broken window in the Gallery Apartments building. On the wall in front is spray-painted "All off, water".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Ann Brower survived a bus being crushed, suffering broken bones and cut tendons in her hand."
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mosaic artist Sarah Rutland creates art work from broken objects and hopes to create art from Canterbury's rubble".
A photograph of cordon fences, police tape and road cones around the Concrete Club on Manchester Street. Broken glass covers the footpath.
The broken Regent Theatre dome still attached to the building, but with most of its facade fallen away after the June earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mosaic artist Sarah Rutland creates art work from broken objects and hopes to create art from Canterbury's rubble".
A photograph of cordon fences, police tape and road cones around the Concrete Club on Manchester Street. Broken glass covers the footpath.
A close-up photograph of the top of the Rendezvous Hotel on Gloucester Street, showing cracks in the building and broken windows.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mosaic artist Sarah Rutland creates art work from broken objects and hopes to create art from Canterbury's rubble".
Plywood sheeting covers a broken window in the Gallery Apartments building. On the wall in front is spray-painted "All off, water".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mosaic artist Sarah Rutland creates art work from broken objects and hopes to create art from Canterbury's rubble".
A sign on the fence surrounding Knox Presbyterian Church reading, 'Broken but still beating. The heart of Christchurch is people like us!'.
Damage to Catholic Cathedral College. Stones and bricks have fallen from the parapets and gable ends of buildings, and windows are broken.
A photograph of the front of Crack'd for Christchurch's partially-completed armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "We took quotes from some of the letters sent to us and a local ceramicist, Cecelia Freire De Mance, donated her time and wonderful skills to turn these into ceramic tiles to be broken up for the chair. This one reads, 'treasures in our everyday living...'."
The South New Brighton Domain jetty into the Avon-Heathcote Estuary. A new jetty replaced an older one about 6-8 years ago, then the earthquakes happened! Before the earthquakes it was straight and level and open!
A photograph of a flower mosaic on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A lovely detail from the chair, with the opus outline but no grout yet."
A photograph of Helen Campbell working on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Bit by bit the opus goes on."
A digitally manipulated image of the word 'Lyttelton' made out of damaged bricks. The photographer comments, "This shows the courage and humour of the earthquake wrecked port of Lyttelton. There is lots of little things that make you smile that the locals and volunteers from around the area have created".
A photograph of Kathryn Innes working on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Finishing edges and fine details before grouting."
A photograph of Katherine O'Connor and Helen Campbell adding grout to Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "The very first grout goes on and suddenly the chair comes alive."
The damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. In the foreground is a vehicle that has been partly crushed by the collapse of the corner of the building.
Damage to the front of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Large cracks are visible in the stonework, and one side is supported by shipping containers and hay bales. The photographer comments, "The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament has a lot of cracking on the exterior and one column appears to be leaning to the right. To my non-expert eye it does look like the front could easily give way. Notice the broken supporting beam".
A large crack in the concrete floor slab of a building in Barbadoes Street. The photographer comments, "This is a picture of the cracked concrete floor in a shop in the Christchurch CBD. I have a similar crack in my home, but I have not lifted the carpet to look".
Broken stained glass in a window of the ChristChurch Cathedral. The photographer comments, "I only managed to get one picture of the badly earthquake damaged Christchurch Cathedral and I did not want to get the buttresses holding it up like some Medieval siege engine, so I thought this one was perfect. Looking through the window notice that the adjacent wall has gone and the blue windows belong to an office block across the road".
Dried liquefaction silt in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "The day before this was liquefaction pouring out of the ground, but within a day it has dried up and will soon turn into a gritty dust".
