A photograph of a hole in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building. A remaining wall of the building previously housing Sergio's Menswear is still standing on the left.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Press. Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. This power pole in Kingsford Street sunk a good metre or so into the ground".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Broken ground caused by the earthquake in a residential area near Kaipoi".
A photograph of the badly-damaged buildings on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. The corner has been cordoned off with wire fences, and fallen bricks lie on the ground behind.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged house on Montreal Street. Part of the front wall has crumbled, the bricks falling to the ground. Tape has been stretched along the driveway as a cordon.
A large crack in the ground at Sullivan Park in Avonside which has resulted from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Remnants of liquefaction silt can be seen around the edges of the crack.
A photograph of holes in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building. A remaining wall of the building previously housing Sergio's Menswear is still standing on the left.
A dock by the riverbank walkway alongside New Brighton Road which has been closed off to the public. The area has flooded at high tide due to ground subsidence".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New reconstruction where it is planned to add a new ground floor to this basement in Lichfield Street and then build the building".
A photograph of one of The Friars lying on the ground in a Re:START mall car park. The Friars are large-scale puppets created for FESTA's Canterbury Tales event,
An abandoned residential property at 35 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. Weeds are growing through the cracks in the ground and the yard has become overgrown. The number 35 has been spray-painted onto the entrance of the house.
Bare patches of ground at Sullivan Park in Avonside. The bare patches mark where liquefaction covered the grass after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Damage to the footpath and road on Galbraith Avenue can also be seen.
A large crack in the ground at Sullivan Park in Avonside which has resulted from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Remnants of liquefaction silt can be seen around the edges of the crack.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John's Church on Hereford Street. The bell tower, partly collapsed during the September 4 earthquake, is now a pile of rubble on the ground".
A misaligned brick wall in front of a property with silt still piled up around it. During the earthquake, liquefaction drove silt to the surface where it erupted out of the ground like a volcano and formed a pile like the one seen here.
A precarious chimney on the roof of a house. Most of the bricks at the base of the chimney have broken away and fallen to the ground. The rest are still holding together. It will need to be deconstructed and removed.
A large crack in the ground at Sullivan Park in Avonside which has resulted from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Remnants of liquefaction silt can be seen around the edges of the crack.
Part of the forecourt at the Shell Shirley petrol station has lifted above the rest, after the underground petrol tanks were pushed upwards by liquefaction. Liquefaction silt covers the lower part of the forecourt. The photographer comments, "Tanks at Shell Shirley floated out of the ground".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield. Damaged spire-tops lie on the ground after being removed from the church tower".
A photograph of a removed roof on the ground on the corner of Tuam Street and Manchester Street. A stack of shipping containers can be seen in the distance, against the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A photograph of a seating area on the ground floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Dust and other debris is scattered across the carpet. A plate has fallen off the table and broken on the floor.
Cracks in a pathway beside the Avon River in New Brighton, caused by the land slumping towards the river. The photographer comments, "On the left of the picture the ground has dropped down half a metre".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Winnie Bagoes building on Gloucester Street. Large sections of the building have collapsed, the bricks and other rubble spilling onto the ground in front.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Winnie Bagoes building on Gloucester Street. Large sections of the building have collapsed, the bricks and other rubble spilling onto the ground in front.
An abandoned residential property at 22 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. Weeds are growing through the cracks in the ground and the yard has become overgrown. A security fence has been placed on the left-hand side of the property.
The outdoor area of the Coffee Corner at the Arts Centre photographed shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The gable of the building crumbled during the earthquake, falling to the ground and bringing an awning down with it.
St Mary & St Athanaslos Church on Edgeware Road. The gable at the front of the church has crumbled (as well as in the building behind). The bricks can still be seen along the ground.
A motion-blurred photograph of houses, with the Port Hills in the background. The photographer comments, "This I hope gives you a feel of what it feels like in an earthquake. When you spend your whole life thinking that you and your home are built on solid ground, it can be quite a shock when you find it is not. You can feel the house shaking like a dog with a toy, rising up violently underneath you or the most gentle form which is when the ground moves gently like a wave moving under a rowing boat. It is not just the movement, you often get a rumbling sound which can precede a violent shake or can result in no movement at all. This means that some vehicles can sound like the rumbling initially and in the early days would get your heart racing. Another form of stress is when big excavators as heavy as a tank move as you can feel the ground shake from streets away, but you do not always hear the engine. For most of us the problem when the shaking starts, is wondering if this is the start of an extremely violent earthquake or will it peter out".
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing outside St Paul's School on Gayhurst Road. There are cracks in the asphalt in front, and liquefaction on the ground.
Looking along this previously unknown faultline that runs through this paddock, note how the ground had heaved and subsided; magnitude 7.1 earthquake in mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.