A photograph submitted by Philip Broderick Willis to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Eastgate Mall just after the carpark was demolished.".
A photograph submitted by Philip Broderick Willis to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "This building got worse on a daily basis.".
A photograph submitted by Philip Broderick Willis to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Fitzgerald Ave – You forget how far in the liquefaction actually went until you see a photo like this.".
A photograph submitted by Philip Broderick Willis to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Central City Cordon".
A photograph submitted by Philip Broderick Willis to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "A truck being swallowed into a sink hole in Linwood.".
A photograph submitted by Philip Broderick Willis to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Central City Cordon".
A photograph submitted by Philip Broderick Willis to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The shops up close.".
A photograph submitted by Philip Broderick Willis to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Linwood".
A photograph submitted by Ross Williamson to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Halberg Street house in flood photo, designated rebuild, under demolition, in green zone, other side of the street is red zone, go figure !".
A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Central Christchurch after cleanup".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph submitted by Ross Williamson to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Halberg Street house flooding from liquefaction".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Mannequins suspended in an open frontage gently twisting in the breeze – unmolested for weeks. Bottom of High St and Manchester St".
A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Line flushing and CCTV inspection of sewers and storm water drains. An endless task that had to be done".
A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Our chimney was capped the day after the September Quake. This little fella served as our chimney for two winters until an expert came along and disconnected our gas fire.".
A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "This little one became my main shit truck. It wore out clutch mechanisms at a great rate. Several drivers were sacked for buggering it up. When having the little truck serviced I checked up on its history. It had had incessant clutch problems BEFORE it was allocated to the TransPac shit-collectors!".
A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Service men – and women – controlled access to inner city Red Zone. They seemed to enjoy the somewhat boring task and were more effective than the police".
A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Liquefaction in Maces Rd, Bromley".
A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Sometimes you had to take a closer look – City pump station out New Brighton way".
A photograph submitted by Sam Langley to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Rubble from the Quinns facade in Merivale. The lights and alarms stayed on for days after the quake. Nobody dared go in to switch them off.".
A photograph submitted by Matt Pickering to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The army on hand, helping prepare for the demolition of the Strategy Building".
A photograph submitted by Jo Reid to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The clock on the intersection of Montreal St, Victoria Street and Salisbury Street just after February 22nd. The time froze.".
A photograph submitted by Sam Langley to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "USAR graffiti on Knox Church.".
A photograph submitted by Jo Reid to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "An office in the process of demolition. They stripped the building and then carefully deconstructed it to make sure the buildings around were safe.".
A photograph submitted by Jo Reid to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Strategy Building coming down, the final push..".
A photograph submitted by Raymond Morris to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "‘Highway Lodge’ 121 Papanui Rd. A picturesque boutique hotel, a painting by Raymond Morris of earthquake demolished buildings.".