Colour photograph of a red brick building that is the rear of 146 High Street, with cars parked beside it. Photographed before the earthquakes.
The Flexi Weld Plastic Welding Specialists Building on St Asaph Street with a collapsed top storey, the bricks fallen to the pavement and the roof buckled.
The Flexi Weld Plastic Welding Specialists Building on St Asaph Street with a collapsed top storey, the bricks fallen to the pavement and the roof buckled.
A pile of bricks on the roof of The Christchurch Club, the remains of its collapsed chimney.
The Oxford Terrace Baptist Church with major cracking to the front facade. Tape has been placed around the building to warn people to stay away.
Detail of the cracking in the facade of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
A man talking to two soldiers in front of a cordon on Worcester Street. 'Emergency Police' tape has been placed across the street.
A braced chimney on a house in Cashmere which has also been waterproofed with tarpaulins, plastic sheeting and blankets.
A seat on the corner of London and Cambridge Streets in Lyttelton, looking east along London Street.
A house at 118 Hackthorne Road.
Magnolia blooms in a private garden on the Cashmere hills.
A Christchurch City Council/Canterbury District Health Board/ECan sign on a tree next to the Heathcote River reads, "Warning, contaminated water. Due to sewage overflows this water is unsafe for human contact and activity and is a public health risk. Please keep all people and pets out of contact with the water and do not consume any seafood or shellfish collected from this area.".
A house with a damaged roof and gutters on Waipara Street in Cracroft. The chimney has been removed and placed on the lawn in front.
A precarious chimney on the roof of a house. The bricks have pulled apart from each other but the chimney is still holding together. It will need to be deconstructed and removed.
A precarious chimney on the roof of a house. Most of the bricks have broken away and fallen into the roof of the house. The rest are still holding together. It will need to be deconstructed and removed.
A gap between two walls at Halswell Primary School. The gap was caused by two buildings separating during the 4 September earthquake.
The roof of the right tower on the Durham Street Methodist Church. Part of the stonework on the left has broken and fallen off the building.
The roof of the right tower on the Durham Street Methodist Church. Part of the stonework on the left has broken and fallen off the building.
A house on Dorset Street with a damaged retaining wall. The concrete blocks have been stacked on the footpath in front.
The Methodist Church of Durham Street with wire fencing around the building. A red sticker on the front door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
A sand volcano in the Halswell Primary School grounds near the playground. Sand volcanoes were caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
A private driveway off Halswell Road with extensive cracking. The driveway has slumped into the creek due to liquefaction from the earthquake.
Weather proofing on the apex of the gable of St Luke the Evangelist Church on Manchester Street.
A red car parked on a rooftop garden in Lyttelton. Beyond it the the port can be seen.
The A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Bricks from the top section of the building have fallen away, and can be seen piled in the car park beside it. A safety fence encloses the base of the building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Norwich Quay".
Damage to one of the gables of the Music Centre of Christchurch building on Barbadoes Street. The gaps left by the collapse of the building's masonry have been weather proofed with a tarpaulin.
St Joseph's Catholic Church on Winchester Street in Lyttelton. The front wall of the church has collapsed, and the gates have been wrapped in red tape reading, 'Danger keep out'.
Damage to the Music Centre of Christchurch building on Barbadoes Street. Tarpaulins have been used to weather proof gaps in the building's gables from where masonry has fallen.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lyttelton School".