A collapsed two-storey house. The photographer comments, "After we finally made it to our home in the Aranui and Bexley areas, we saw a different level of destruction. Some houses were badly damaged such as this one where the top floor had collapsed onto the ground floor".
Damage to the tile roof of a house in Kerrs Road.
Damage to the tile roof of a house in Kerrs Road.
A damaged house teeters on the edge of the cliff above Sumner.
A damaged house teeters on the edge of the cliff above Sumner.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lincoln House, 79 Lichfield Street".
Mark Lincoln stands on the damaged tile roof of a house in Kerrs Road. Tarpaulins cover holes where tiles have been shaken loose.
Damage to a chimney of a house in Kerrs Road. The bricks at the base of the chimney have spread apart, but the chimney is still standing.
A hand-made sign painted on the base of a banana box sits on the fence of a house on Kerrs Road. The sign reads, "Silt removal - help please".
Shipping containers protect the road from rockfall in Sumner. On the cliffs above, damaged houses teeter on the edge of the cliff. One of the containers has been decorated with an artwork.
A "no swimming" sign on the beach at Sumner. In the background are shipping containers protecting the road from rockfall, and above a damaged house teeters on the edge of a cliff.
A sign on a temporary fence erected across a garage entrance reads, "Danger, your house has a red placard. Do not enter. Please go to the Information Centre at the Old Christchurch Women's Hospital on Colombo Street (south of Bealey Ave)".
A sign on a temporary fence erected across a driveway reads, "Danger, your house has a red placard. Do not enter. Please go to the Information Centre at the Old Christchurch Women's Hospital on Colombo Street (south of Bealey Ave)".
Shipping containers protect the road from rockfall in Sumner. On the cliffs above, damaged houses teeter on the edge of the cliff. One of the containers has been decorated with an artwork, and another has been spray-painted, "Sumner rocks".
A partially deconstructed house in Bexley. The roof cladding and parts of the wall cladding have been removed. The photographer comments, "Today I took a drive around the residential area between Bexley and New Brighton. It was a stark reminder to be thankful for the situation we're in and perhaps not complain too much that our garden wall hasn't yet been rebuilt".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lincoln House, 81 Lichfield Street".
A residential property in Bexley with an overgrown garden. A spray-painted message on the wall of the house reads, "Thanks 4 the memories, 1997-2012, kia kaha". The photographer comments, "Today I took a drive around the residential area between Bexley and New Brighton. It was a stark reminder to be thankful for the situation we're in and perhaps not complain too much that our garden wall hasn't yet been rebuilt ... Saddest of all are the messages that have been scrawled on walls and garage doors by departing locals. At one end of the scale, thanking the family home for the memories, and at the other end of the scale cursing the looters which have made a bad situation that much more unbearable".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner of Lichfield and High Street, viewed from Alice in Videoland".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from north east to south west across the CBD".
