Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The new Christchurch Council building has suffered only cosmetic damage in the September 4th earthquake. Construction workers abseil down the side of the civic building checking for any damage".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street between Worcester and Gloucester Streets, looking across where the old Civic Centre was".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Protest spokesman Ross Gray speaking at the protest outside the new civic office today, trying to save the Manchester Courts building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Protest spokesman Ross Gray speaking at the protest outside the new civic office today, trying to save the Manchester Courts building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Protest spokesman Ross Gray speaking at the protest outside the new civic office today, trying to save the Manchester Courts building".
A tent on Worcester Street set up for the soldiers stationed around the cordon. In the background, the damaged Our City O-Tautahi Building can be seen with steel bracing holding up the front.
A view of the intersection of Cambridge Terrace and Worcester Boulevard. From the left are the Police station, Christchurch City Council's Civic Offices, the HSBC Tower and the Harley Building on the right.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Aerial view of the centre of the city, with the cathedral in the centre, and the art gallery in the foreground".
Looking down Montreal Street, with the Christchurch Art Gallery on the left, and the sculpture "Reasons for Voyaging", a collaboration between Canterbury sculptor, Graham Bennett and architect, David Cole. Behind it is the new Christchurch City Council Civic Offices building.