The collapsed shop front of 176 High Street after the February and June earthquakes.
Damage to the front of the Cathedral. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.
Colour close up photograph of windows and balconies on the Crowne Plaza; it can be seen that they are no longer perfectly aligned.
The former mayor of Christchurch, Gary Moore, speaking to a woman at the Rally for the Cathedral in Cranmer Square. The rally protested the proposed demolition of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
The Octagon Live restaurant, seen from Hereford Street.
The Christchurch City Council coat of arms above the doorway of Our City O-Tautahi.
The old Public Trust Office building on Oxford Terrace.
Colour photograph of shops on 146-152 High Street, with a corner of the building completely damaged and shop mannequins still inside.
Colour photograph showing the remaining wall of the CTV building after the deadly February earthquake 2011.
Broken windows on the old Public Trust Office building on Oxford Terrace have been covered with plastic sheeting.
Large cracks running down the mud brick chimney of Deans Cottage. The chimney has been supported by wooden bracing.
The Regent Theatre with a digger in the front taking down the building, and the interior of the building visible.
People signing the petitions during the Rally for the Cathedral in Cranmer Square. The rally protested the proposed demolition of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
Colour photograph of fallen debris on Manchester Street, against the background of destroyed buildings.
A black and white historic photograph of a group of cyclists lining up outside Warner's Hotel before a race leaving from the hotel, [May 1904].
A colour photograph of the west facade of the Excelsior Hotel, taken after the September 4th earthquake.
Colour photograph showing the damaged shop front of Apex Car Rentals, with broken windows and fallen bricks.
Colour photograph of the vacant lot left after the demolition of St. Elmo's Courts.
People gathering at the cordon fence on Worcester Boulevard during the Rally for the Cathedral. The rally protested the proposed demolition of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A colour photograph, probably from the 2000s, of the ANZ Bank Chambers. The presence of the gift shop Inspirations and the lack of a massage parlour indicate that the photograph was taken after the purchase of the building by Andrew Hodge and Craig McWilliams.
Black-and-white photograph of the Regent Theatre (then known as the Royal Exchange Building) under construction. Photograph taken c1905.
A derelict Perry's Occidental Hotel which has been fenced off and ready for demolition.
Copthorne Hotel after the February 2011 earthquake; the opened windows showed the impact of the shaking.
Colour photograph of a half-demolished Copthorne Hotel with a crane in front.
The building at 128-130 Lichfield Street after the earthquake with a large crack visible in the middle of the building.
A colour photograph taken from above Cathedral Square, with two old buildings of Christchurch, the Post Office and the Regent Theatre, in the centre and the hills beyond, taken after the September earthquakes but prior to February 22.
Colour photograph of rubble and partial remains of the Chancery Chambers, with 3 diggers at work.
Colour photograph of the Stewart Dawson building on the corner of High and Cashel streets after the February earthquake.
A frontal view of the Hotel Grand Chancellor through the arc of the Bridge of Remembrance after the June aftershock.
Colour photograph of the north side of St. Elmo's Courts after the 4 September 2010 earthquake, during which it suffered extensive structural damage.