Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake cleanup in Dallington. Transport Minister Steven Joyce (right) and other officials inspecting damage on Avonside Drive at Dallington".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which also destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Multi-story building collapsed in Cambridge Terrace, 36 trapped".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Chimney repair work at a house on Hackthorne Road, Cashmere".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Day after the earthquake that rocked Christchurch. Damage to the road frontage in front of the Kaiapoi Fire Station".
A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of the badly-damaged Farmers car park building on Gloucester Street.
A view of Colombo Street looking south towards Cathedral Square. The Chalice and the badly damaged Cathedral can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake hits Christchurch. Damage to buildings after the 7.1 earthquake which hit Christchurch in the very early hours".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake hits Christchurch. Damage to buildings after the 7.1 earthquake which hit Christchurch in the very early hours".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake hits Christchurch. Damage to buildings after the 7.1 earthquake which hit Christchurch in the very early hours".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Damage to a structure on the side of the Avon River photographed from Dallington Terrace".
A photograph of Colombo Street taken through a car window. In the distance is the earthquake-damaged tower of ChristChurch Cathedral.
A photograph of the earthquake damage down New Regent Street. The tiles around the tram tracks have lifted all along the street.
The dome of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament silhoutted against the evening sky. The photographer comments, "Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament taken at sunset looking west".
A digitally manipulated image of a excavator claw tangled with reinforcing cable, with a damaged concrete building in the background. The photographer comments, "The monster destroying the earthquake broken buildings close to the Lyttelton tunnel".
A view through a gap in the partially-demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel to the Forsyth Barr building.
Building rubble from a partially-demolished building is piled behind and partly against a large display window.
A pigeon perches in the beams of a damaged building. The photographer comments, "The building next door was demolished after the Christchurch earthquake, which exposed the side of this building with it's very old corrugated iron walls. Some of the sheeting was damaged and exposed parts of the interior. The pigeon was sitting on a bit of wood with the beam above it had a very serious crack. I think you would be nervous as well".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield. (L to R on ground): Archdeacon Andrew Starky; Vicar Indrea Alexander and Concillor Ray Bennett watch as Craig Perkins and Kevin Deam are hoisted by crane to remove damaged spires from the church tower. (L to R): Builder Kevin Deam and St. Mary's parishioner Craig Perkins inspect a damaged spire on the church tower".
Flooding along Anzac Drive in Bexley. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Anzac Drive under reconstruction, adding about 40 cm to its elevation".
A photograph of the Speaker's Chair on display in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum. The Speaker's Chair stood at the southern end of the Stone Chamber of the Canterbury Provincial Chambers, and survived the 22 February 2011 earthquake despite the damage to the chamber.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Plume on High Street. The awning has completely collapsed, along with the walls near the corner of the building.
A photograph of a badly-damaged building on Colombo Street. The front of the top storey has crumbled, and rubble has fallen onto the footpath below.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged building, previously the site of Portobello Antiques on Tuam Street. The second storey wall has collapsed leaving the inside exposed.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged building in the Christchurch central city. Some of the windows have broken and have been covered with plastic and tape.
A photograph of a fire-damaged building in High Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Tuam Street and High Street shops, CBD. By Alice's".
A damaged dairy on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbadoes Street. Part of the brick facade has fallen, collapsing the awnings. Bricks litter the road.
A photograph of a woman walking past an earthquake-damaged building. Bricks from the building litter the footpath, which is cordoned off with chain-link fencing.
A photograph of a woman walking past an earthquake-damaged building. Bricks from the building litter the footpath, which is cordoned off with chain-link fencing.
A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on Lichfield Street. Many of the brick walls have collapsed, and the bricks have fallen onto the footpath and road.
