A sign on a cordon fence at the corner of Manchester and St Asaph Street. The sign reads, "Extreme danger, Keep Out".
Soldiers stationed at the edge of the cordon on the corner of Montreal and Peterborough Streets.
The Clarendon Tower viewed from Cambridge Terrace, across the Avon River near the Worcester Street Bridge.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "People gathered at the cordon fences to gaze and record what they saw (looking towards High Street)".
Soldiers guarding an entrance to the red zone restricted area at the Worcester Street bridge.
A photograph of a cordoned-off building on Armagh Street.
A photograph of High Street taken from across Tuam Street. Wire fencing has been placed across the entrance to High Street and a USAR team member is standing in front of this cordon as a guard. Building supplies have been stacked on the left side of the road, behind the cordon.
A photograph of rubble from a number of earthquake-damaged buildings on Bealey Avenue. Bricks from the building in the distance have spilled onto the footpath in front and wire fencing has been used to cordon it off. In the foreground, rubble from a demolished house can be seen. Cordon tape reading "danger keep out" has been draped across the fence.
A photograph of Shooters on the corner of Manchester and Cashel Street. Yellow stickers on the door indicate that access to the building is restricted. To the left, road cones and cordon tape have been used to close off Manchester Street. On the right, there is wire fencing along both sides of Cashel Street.
A photograph of a piece of plywood sitting on top of a pile of bricks from the Carlton Hotel. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the wood. In the foreground, metal fencing, cordon tape and a road cone have been used to cordon off the building.
Army personnel secure the cordon in the central city.
A photograph of cordon fences around the damaged Knox Church.
Army personnel secure the cordon in the central city.
Army personnel secure the cordon in the central city.
Army personnel on duty at a cordon checkpoint on Manchester Street.
A photograph looking south-east across Gloucester Street, taken from the Cambridge Terrace intersection. The road has been cordoned off ahead, and many excavators and cranes can be seen in the distance. A soldier is guarding the cordon.
A photograph looking east down Gloucester Street, taken from the Cambridge Terrace intersection. The road has been cordoned off ahead, and many excavators and cranes can be seen in the distance. A soldier is guarding the cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Pretty Things on Colombo Street. Wire fencing, road cones and Civil Defence tape have been placed around the buildings as a cordon.
A photograph of residents walking down London Street in Lyttelton. In the background, the earthquake damage to the Ground Culinary Centre can be seen as well as a number of cordon fences.
A photograph looking east down Hereford Street from the intersection with Durham Street. In the distance, members of the New Zealand Army are guarding a cordon fence.
A photograph of rubble and glass on the footpath outside Manchester Courts on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets. The photograph is taken through the wire of a cordon fence.
A map of the CBD cordons, showing expected dates for the cordon to be reduced.
Army personnel at the cordon checkpoint on Armagh street beside the Canterbury Provincial Chambers.
Army personnel at a cordon checkpoint on Colombo Street, north of Cathedral Square.
Soldiers on duty at the cordon on Tuam Street, outside Office Max.
View through the cordon fence, looking down High Street with the Grand Chancellor in the background.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team walking down Gloucester Street towards Latimer Square. To the right, shipping containers have been stacked beside the square. A cordon of wire fences and road cones have also been used to cordon off the street in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Crowne Plaza from the cordon".
A photograph of a woman walking past a cordon fence on Colombo Street in Sydenham.
A photograph of a woman walking past a cordon fence on Colombo Street in Sydenham.
