Christchurch City Council workers placing planters on Colombo Street in preparation for its re-opening.
Christchurch City Council workers placing planters on Colombo Street in preparation for its re-opening.
A memorial plaque in a garden in Re:Start mall reads, "In memory of those who lost their lives in City Mall during the earthquake of 22 February 2011".
The partially-demolished BNZ building, with the former site of the ANZ in the background.
A group of people on the Gap Filler "Dance-o-mat" dance floor in Re:Start mall.
A large roller-door on the second storey of a building is inaccessable following the demolition of the adjoining building.
A girl walks across the Gap Filler "Dance-o-mat" dance floor in Re:Start mall. The photographer comments, "She was dancing, but when she saw my camera she got shy and ran back to her friends".
Broken windows on a building on Hereford Street.
A patch of brickwork from a demolished building remains on the concrete wall of the adjoining building.
A digger sits on a mound of dirt in the former site of the ANZ building on Hereford Street.
Members of the UC CEISMIC team, Lucy-Jane Walsh, Han Li and Chris Thomson peer through the cordon fence towards Cathedral Square.
Seen through the cordon fence, a digger sits on a mound of dirt, and water fills the former basement of the ANZ building on Hereford Street.
Seen through the cordon fence, water fills the former basement of the ANZ building on Hereford Street.
Members of the UC CEISMIC team, Lucy-Jane Walsh, Han Li and Chris Thomson peer through the cordon fence towards Cathedral Square.
People walk down the newly re-opened Colombo Street. In the distance, Mike Hewson's installation "Deconstruction" can be seen on the walkway between Ballantynes and The Crossing. This artwork gives the illusion that the walkway has been removed.
The rear of the old City Council building on Tuam Street, seen from Cashel Street.
A large mound of gravel sits beside a building on High Street. In the background, excavators continue to demolish buildings.
Two excavators demolish a building on Hereford Street, seen from High Street.
Two excavators demolish a building on Hereford Street, seen from High Street.
A digger clearing the site of a demolished building on Cashel Street.
Students from the newly opened Avonmore Tertiary Institute sit in the sunshine on High Street.
A view down High Street, looking south-east from the Cashel Street intersection.
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.