New Zealand Army TPR Royle and Singapore Air Force LCPL Low guarding a cordon in the city centre.
The entrance to the central Library on Gloucester Street has been boarded up and USAR codes have been spray-painted on the concrete pillar. A 'Library open' sign remains outside.
One twisted rectangular metal sign engraved with the words 'Pyne Gould Corporation' in black. Recovered from the Pyne Gould Corporation Building following the 22 February earthquake. The Pyne Gould Corporation (PGC) building, which was located on Cambridge Terrace in central Christchurch, collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake with 18...
A photograph of temporary street furniture outside the temporary Central Library on Tuam Street. The furniture was designed and fabricated by F3 Design for the Christchurch City Council.
A photograph of a volunteer from the Wellington Emergency Management Office ordering at a temporary café. The café was set up in a house in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of a volunteer from the Wellington Emergency Management Office ordering at a temporary café. The café was set up in a house in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team using a crowbar to open the door of a building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of the 'Arcades Project' on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets. The public sculpture was a collaboration between FESTA, Andrew Just, Ryan Reynolds and Life in Vacant Spaces.
Damage to Christchurch city following the 22 February earthquake 2011. A crack in the road where the asphalt has lifted, possibly due to liquefaction. Cones have been placed along the crack to warn drivers of the irregular surface.
A photograph of volunteers constructing the Life in Vacant Spaces headquarters.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of volunteers constructing the Life in Vacant Spaces headquarters.
A photograph of volunteers constructing the Life in Vacant Spaces headquarters.
A photograph of the broken windows of the Press House on Gloucester Street.
A photograph of emergency management personnel in Latimer Square. In the background is the USAID headquarters.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
An aerial photograph looking south west over the Christchurch CBD with the Avon River visible to the left and Hagley Park in the distance.
Aerial image of the Christchurch central city taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission. High Street can be seen in the middle of the image.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team using a sledgehammer to break open the window of a building in the Christchurch central city.
Members of the central and lower North Island Territorial Forces clearing silt from a resident's garden in Christchurch. Sapper Nelson Lambert from Palmerston North can be seen pushing a wheelbarrow.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in the Christchurch central city. The bricks walls of the building have collapsed and the bricks have spilt into the garden.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The lights are on at the new Press building, the first office workers to return to the central city red zone".
Fire Service Assistant Area Commander Dave Burford with LT Gore on the HMNZS in Otago. The ship travelled to Lyttelton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help in the relief effort.
Much of the CBD is still cordoned off and without power (as you should be able to spot) as a result of the damage caused by February's deadly earthquake.
This photo clearly shows the extent of the lean that the Hotel Grand Chancellor is now on. Apparently it is out by 1m at the top leaning east.
Demolition will start about mid June and is expec...
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The central city, with the Majestic Theatre in the centre of the photograph. Lichfield Street runs from bottom left diagonally up the photograph to the top right. The City Council building is prominent in the bottom left corner and Latimer Square in the top left corner".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The PricewaterhouseCoopers, Building, Forsyth Barr Building, and the Copthorne Hotel viewed from Cambridge Terrace".