Diggers clearing a demolition site in Cathedral Square, seen from Worcester Street.
Two excavators demolish a building on Hereford Street.
UC CEISMIC team members Han Li, Lucy-Jane Walsh and Chris Thomson walk along the cordon fence on Oxford Terrace.
The partially demolished BNZ building on Armargh Street, seen from Gloucester Street.
Autumn leaves piled up outside the boarded-up doors to the Central Library on Gloucester Street.
The north side of the Cathedral, seen from Colombo Street.
The partially demolished BNZ building on Armargh Street, seen from New Regent Street.
Recipe books fallen off a shelf in a house in Burnside. There was no other damage to the house.
Fallen bookshelf and scattered books in a postgrad common room in the Locke Building at the University of Canterbury.
Colombo Street, north of the Square, looking north. Although many buildings have been demolished, large parts of the street are still behind cordons.
The Crowne Plaza has a noticeable split down the middle, where windows and balconies don't quite line up. Photograph taken from Victoria Street.
A graffiti-style advertisement for the NZ Police on the side of a building on Colombo Street, showing a police officer comforting a frightened woman. Text reads "You too can do something extraordinary. Become a cop".
A red-stickered house on Peterborough Street is on a noticeable lean.
A digger on the site of a demolished building on Colombo Street. Looking south towards the Square.
People peering through the cordon fence surrounding the CBD. Despite the sunny day, the mood at the fence was very quiet and somber. Many people seemed to be making a pilgrimage around the cordon, stopping at every viewpoint.
Looking down Worcester Boulevard towards the Cathedral. Photograph was taken outside the museum.
Liquefaction silt and portaloos on Peterborough Street in Christchurch Central.
Looking through cordon fence by the Bridge of Remembrance to Cashel Mall, now mostly demolished.
Old tyres on this demolition site near the Casino have been decorated with artificial flowers.
The floor plate covering the gap between the Locke and Logie buildings was buckled by the force of the movement during the 23 December 2011 earthquake.
The floor plate covering the gap between the Locke and Logie buildings was buckled by the force of the movement during the 23 December 2011 earthquake.
Fallen potplants and jumbled paving bricks outside Stewart Dawsons in Cashel Mall. A public walkway down Colombo Street to a small viewing area in the Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
Looking east down Hereford Street from Colombo Street. A public walkway down Colombo Street to a small viewing area in the Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone. The partially demolished Grand Chancellor is visible in the background.
Looking down High Street from Colombo Street. A public walkway down Colombo Street to a small viewing area in the Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone. The partially demolished Grand Chancellor is visible in the background.
Weeds growing through the paving outside the old Post Office building in Cathedral Square. A public walkway through to a small viewing area in the Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
Looking down High Street from Colombo Street. A public walkway down Colombo Street to a small viewing area in the Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
Warped bike stands and liquefaction silt on the corner of High, Colombo and Hereford streets. A public walkway down Colombo Street to a small viewing area in the Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
Looking down High Street from Colombo Street. A public walkway down Colombo Street to a small viewing area in the Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
Looking down High Street from Colombo Street. A public walkway down Colombo Street to a small viewing area in the Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
Andrew Dean, Christopher Thomson and Liz Grant celebrate the opening of the UC CEISMIC programme's new office.
