A photograph of members of the New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Army guarding the cordon on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Moorhouse Avenue.
A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church. The parapet at the tip of the front gable has come loose and is leaning towards the road. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Hagley Hostel on Riccarton Avenue. A crane and an excavator are parked in front of the building. Wire fences and shipping containers have been placed around the outside as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Kenton Chambers on Hereford Street. Large cracks have formed between the windows, the brick crumbling onto the footpath below. Steel fences have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers. The top section of the building has crumbled, the masonry spilling onto the footpath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A solider setting up a cordon on Madras Street near Moorhouse Avenue after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. In the distance, smoke from the CTV Building can be seen.
A photograph of buildings on Armagh Street, taken from behind a cordon. From the front, there is the Provincial Chambers building, then Craig's Investment Partners House, the Victoria Apartments, and the Forsyth Barr building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Quinns of Papanui Road. The front walls of the store have crumbled, exposing the rooms inside. Wire fencing and road cones have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph looking across High and Tuam Street to the earthquake-damaged Domo furniture store on Tuam Street. Wire fences have been used to cordon off High Street and the garden between the streets.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged buildings and rubble on Colombo Street near the intersection of St Asaph Street. The walls of the top storey of the buildings to the left have crumbled, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the footpath and road below. Wire fencing and police tape have been placed across the street as a cordon. An excavator from Daniel Smith Industries Ltd is parked in front of the fence.
A photograph of Pretty Things on Colombo Street, with damage to the front wall, and road cones, tape and fencing around the building. A red sticker can be seen on the front door, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
The tram stop in Cathedral Square seen through a cordon fence.
A map of the CBD cordon as of 22 March 2011.
Weeds and broken glass in front of a cordoned-off restaurant.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Destruction in the cordoned off red zone".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Destruction in the cordoned off red zone".
Cordon on Manchester Street in central Christchurch following the September earthquake.
A photograph of a building on Oxford Terrace behind cordon fencing.
A photograph of the Bridge of Remembrance surrounded by cordon fencing.
A photograph of signs on the cordon fence around Knox Church.
A "Road Closed" sign outside the City cordon on Colombo Street.
Tributes left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site.
Tributes left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site.
A child's artwork hanging from the cordon fence on Gloucester Street.
TimeZone and McDonalds inside the cordon on Colombo Street.
A damaged house inside the CBD cordon seen through a fence.
Cordon fence at the corner of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace.
View down High Street, with building on the left cordoned off.
Damage to the Mona Vale Homestead which has been cordoned off.
Damage to the Mona Vale Homestead which has been cordoned off.
