A photograph of a small wooden hut at the entrance to the Ministry of Justice car parks.
A photograph of a small wooden hut at the entrance to the Ministry of Justice car parks.
A photograph of 100 Bealey Avenue. Plastic fencing has been nailed across the gate as a cordon.
A photograph of a house on Peterborough Street with USAR codes spray painted on the gate posts.
A photograph of USAR codes spray-painted on the gate posts of a property on Peterborough Street.
A photograph of USAR codes spray-painted on a gate post of a property on Peterborough Street.
NZ Fire Service tape around a damaged property. A sign in front of the gate reads "Stay away".
A photograph of part of a damaged fence on Highfield Road in Darfield. The fence has been separated from the gate.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Talking to an army guard at the Gloucester Street bridge cordon gate. Rydges Hotel behind".
A reassuring sign hangs on the gate at Lyttelton Main primary school. It reads, 'School is safe, have a good day'.
A photograph of part of a damaged fence on Highfield Road in Darfield. The fence has been separated from the gate.
A photograph of 'All Righties' jumping up and down outside the gates to the 2014 SCIRT World Buskers Festival in Hagley Park.
A photograph of 'All Righties' jumping up and down outside the gates to the 2014 SCIRT World Buskers Festival in Hagley Park.
Tape reading, "Danger Keep Out" on the gate to Halswell Primary School. A sign has been stabled to the tape reading, "No unauthorised entry".
A sign on the gate of a building on St Asaph Street. The sign reads, "Let us in now to save building and business. Do not demolish".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Chris Lamb surveys the damage across his lawn in Christchurch after the earthquake on Saturday".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Chris Lamb surveys the damage across his lawn in Christchurch after the earthquake on Saturday".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Faye McKay on Waitaki Street in New Brighton in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake".
A photograph submitted by Bettina Evans to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The gate of the Convent of Mercy, Lyttelton, cnr. Canterbury Str./Exeter Str., Sept. 2011".
A view into a residential property, looking through the gate. The house has sunk to one side, the roof has collapsed and cracks can be clearly seen in the wall.
A view into a residential property, looking through the gate. The house has sunk to one side, the roof has collapsed and cracks can be clearly seen in the wall.
A digitally manipulated photograph of a 'Danger, Keep Clear' sign.
St Joseph's Catholic Church on Winchester Street in Lyttelton. The front wall of the church has collapsed, and the gates have been wrapped in red tape reading, 'Danger keep out'.
St Joseph's Catholic Church on Winchester Street in Lyttelton. The front wall of the church has collapsed, and the gates have been wrapped in red tape reading, 'Danger keep out'.
An abandoned residential property at 34 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The front of the section is overgrown with weeds and silt from liquefaction. Cushions lie on the footpath outside the gate.
Detail of spray painted codes on a gate outside a house, left after it had been cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
A photograph submitted by Francis Vallance to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The gate of the Convent of Mercy, Lyttelton. The convent was destroyed in the September 2010 earthquake as this earlier image shows".
A large crack running through a propery in Avonside after the September 4th quake, creating a gap in the drive way and front of the house, as well as buckling on the gate.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A unit of about 15 New Zealand Territorial Army soldiers prepare to sandbag a broken pumping station in New Brighton to stop water pouring into neighbouring properties. The pumping station on the corner of Palmers Road and New Brighton Road was badly damaged and water was pouring onto both streets".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Waitaki Street resident Mark Gilbertson shovels silt. The crater on the New Brighton street is where the pavement collapsed, bursting the mains and flooding the street".
