A rescue worker carries the dead body of a woman out of the crumbled remains of a building. Nearby is a copy of the 'Building Code'. Context - there are questions being asked about whether some of the buildings that collapsed too readily in the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011 had been subject to stringent enough building code regulations. The Department of Building and Housing said the vertical shaking in the central business district was both extreme and unusual and early indications suggest it was much more violent than designed for in the building code standards which are based on the kind of shaking expected to happen every 500 years.
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An infographic showing the causes of the CTV building collapse.
Emergency personnel using a sheet of corrugated plastic to slide pieces of rubble of the collapsed Canterbury Television Building.
Damaged buildings and empty demolition sites. The building on the left has had tarpaulins placed on it to prevent weather damage to the inside of the building.
The Regent Theatre with a digger in the front taking down the building, and the interior of the building visible.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cranes dominating the sky in the central city".
A logo for a feature titled, "CTV inquest".
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A photograph of the Domo furniture store, Whites Building and the Edison Building on Tuam Street shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Members of the public can be seen walking down the road as they attempt to leave the central city.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. On the right, a sheet of corrugated plastic is being used to slide pieces of debris off the building. Smoke is billowing from the ruins, which are still partly on fire.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. On the right, a sheet of corrugated plastic is being used to slide pieces of debris off the building. Smoke is billowing from the ruins, which are still partly on fire.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View centered on the Millennium Hotel in Cathedral Square".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to The Press building in Cathedral Square. The top storey of the building has collapsed into the storey below, some of the masonry falling onto the pavement below. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A building on the corner of Madras Street and Hereford Street, with the Canterbury Television Building visible in the background. Masonry from this building has crumbled onto the footpath below. Fire engines can be seen along Madras Street, combating the fire.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD, New Regent Street (lower left), Cathedral Square (left centre) and Provincial Council Chambers (right centre)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The BNZ building on Armagh Street with the PWC building under construction and Copthorne Hotel being demolished behind. The Forsyth Barr building can also be seen".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The ground floor of the IRD building on the corner of Cashel and Madras Streets, taken through the Madras Street window. The book market inside the building is almost undisturbed while next door, the CTV building collapsed.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Forsyth Barr Building on the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets with PricewaterhouseCoopers Building to the left and Marque Hotel in the distance".
An aerial photograph of the Forsyth Bar building near Victoria Square. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Forsyth Barr building at 764 Colombo Street, with Victoria Square behind. This building is staying".
A photograph of the southern end of the Provincial Chambers Building taken through a car window. The roof and the wall of the building have collapsed on the right.
Damaged buildings on Hereford Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Tuam Street. The NewstalkZB building on Worcester Street can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street car park building, which is a listed heritage site. Viewed from Manchester Street".
An aerial photograph of the historic BNZ building on Williams Street in Kaiapoi.
A photograph of a red sticker taped to the Government Life building in Cathedral Square, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged building. The brick wall on the right hand side of the building has come away from the building, bricks falling into the street.
A photograph of earthquake-damaged buildings on Worcester Street. Rubble and scaffolding cover the road. The NewstalkZB building stands in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across the demolition site of Brannigans towards Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "IRD building, viewed across the empty site where the CTV building was".