Damage to a brick building. Earthquake-strengthening ties have prevented the gable end from collapsing, but large cracks are still visible.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workers removing a brick chimney and tiles from an old building on the Sullivan Avenue Polytech".
A house close to the edge of a cliff in Clifton. Much of the house's brick work has fallen away.
A pile of bricks, mortar, concrete and rusty metal constituting the remains of the Beckenham Baptist Church on Colombo Street.
A digger clearing away the rubble of Revival Upholstery and Furniture Care, a single storey brick shop on Barbadoes Street.
A damaged brick building. Walls on two sides of the upper storey have collapsed, but the roof is still standing.
A damaged brick building. Walls on two sides of the upper storey have collapsed, but the roof is still standing.
A building on Manchester Street near High Street. The front wall has partially crumbled around the windows, bricks fallen out.
The damaged Excelsior Hotel. Parts of the brick facade has collapsed, and there are large cracks running through what remains.
A photograph of a brick from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church. A frog stamp reading, "W N" can be seen.
Damage to the Music Centre of Christchurch. Leadlight windows are warped and broken, and bricks have fallen from the wall.
Damage to the Edgeware Law building on Colombo Street. A brick wall has collapsed into the carpark exposing a bathroom.
Damage to a row of residential properties. Brick has fallen from some secton and covered up with a timber board.
A photograph of bricks suspended from the roof of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote".
A photograph of a brick from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church. A frog stamp reading, "W N" can be seen.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged chimney on a house in Christchurch. The bricks have crumbled to reveal the flue.
A damaged building on Lichfield Street. The brick facade has fallen from the upper storeys, exposing the wooden framing beneath.
Damage to the Knox Church. The brick walls of the church have collapsed, but the woodwork ceiling is still intact.
Damage to the Knox Church. The brick walls of the church have collapsed, but the woodwork ceiling is still intact.
Very sad - was a nice looking building. These cracks are right through the bricks on several of the main columns.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Major Hornbrook Road, Mt Pleasant".
Damage around the entrance to the Kenton Chambers building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of 173 Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St Andrews Hill Road".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "753 - 757 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "753 - 757 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Yard behind 134 Armagh Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Crichton Cobbers, Fitzgerald Avenue".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Crichton Cobbers, Fitzgerald Avenue".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Crichton Cobbers, Fitzgerald Avenue".