Emergency and security staff members prepare to enter the 6th floor of the Registry building to retrieve work from the offices there.
Emergency and security staff members prepare to enter the 6th floor of the Registry building to retrieve work from the offices there.
A photograph of an office in the Diabetes Centre. Files have fallen off the bookcase and lie on the floor.
A photograph of an office in the Diabetes Centre. Files have fallen off the desk and lie on the floor.
A photograph of the shop in the Diabetes Centre. Products have fallen off the shelves and lie on the floor.
The ANZ Bank Chambers on the corner of High and Lichfield Streets. WORLD, a clothing store, was housed on the ground floor.
Damage to an apartment complex on Durham Street. The building has collapsed on the ground floor level, and the concrete block fence collapsed.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Second floor of The Press building".
Tools laid out on the concrete floor of the partially constructed Pallet Pavilion. Extension cords have been laid behind them.
A photograph of a building on Cashel Street. Some of the windows on the bottom floor have been boarded up with plywood.
A member of the emergency team climbing the stairs on the first floor of the Registry Building, on the way to retrieve important items.
The former Government Life building in Cathedral Square. A couple of windows have been broken and a window on the ground floor has been boarded up.
A photograph of a room in the Diabetes Centre. Boxes and files have fallen off the bookcases and spread out across the floor.
A photograph of a room in the Diabetes Centre. Boxes and files have fallen off the bookcases and spread out across the floor.
A photograph submitted by Gaynor James to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "DTZ building going, 20 July 2011. A small crowd watches the demolition …There is an eerie silence- no excited buzz – people watching yet another part of their history turning into rubble. The wrecking ball, delicately positioned, drops and is followed by the cracking and rending of floor after floor and the debris tumbles down … It starts to clear and an extraordinary sight greets us. Hundreds and hundreds of sheets of paper drift down like giant confetti.".
A back room of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster from the walls and ceiling can be seen littering the floor.
Volunteers adding black thermal paper to the floor of the 10 square metre office building, soon to be Gap Filler Headquarters.
A photograph of the interior of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The bar tenders' floor".
Objects lie on the floor of a shop where they have fallen. Reflected in the windows is the damaged brickwork of buildings opposite.
A photograph showing damage to the building at 110 Lichfield Street. Part of the interior of The Mexican Cafe on the upper floor is visible.
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.
A photograph of a bathroom in the Diabetes Centre which has been prepared for repairs. A tarpaulin has been used to cover the floor.
A photograph of an office in the Diabetes Centre. Several filing cabinets have toppled, and the files have spilt across the floor.
A photograph of an office in the Diabetes Centre. Boxes and files have fallen off the bookcases and desks and lie on the floor.
Vice Chancellor Rod Carr preparing to enter and retrieve his work from the 6th floor of the Registry Building, with an emergency and security staff member.
A digitally manipulated image of the word 'Lyttelton' made out of damaged bricks. The photographer comments, "This shows the courage and humour of the earthquake wrecked port of Lyttelton. There is lots of little things that make you smile that the locals and volunteers from around the area have created".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Press news room staff relocated in the 2nd floor of the Novotel Hotel Cathedral Square".
Sheets of wood waiting to be painted. These will be used to make the dance floor of Gap Filler's "Dance-O-Mat".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Press news room staff relocated in the 2nd floor of the Novotel Hotel Cathedral Square".
