Police and army personnel at a cordon checkpoint.
Army and police personnel guard a cordon checkpoint.
Looking west up Hereford Street from the cordon checkpoint.
Army personnel on duty at a cordon checkpoint on Manchester Street.
Army personnel at a cordon checkpoint on Colombo Street, north of Cathedral Square.
Army personnel at the cordon checkpoint on Armagh street beside the Canterbury Provincial Chambers.
Security checkpoint at the cordon on Manchester Street. In the background the Grand Chancellor is on a noticeable lean.
A member of the New Zealand Army chatting to a woman with her dog at a cordon checkpoint on Armagh Street.
Army personnel at a cordon checkpoint on Colombo Street, north of Cathedral Square. The Forsyth Barr building is in the background.
Army personnel guarding cordon checkpoint on Manchester Street. Sign reads "No public access past this point! Please stay off the road".
Military personnel sit outside a security checkpoint tent. In the background, the stone cladding of a gable end on the Cranmer Courts building has collapsed, exposing the wooden framework beneath.
The cordon checkpoint at the intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets. In the background, people stand in a section of walkway opened up to allow the public a view of Cathedral Square.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "One of the Army personnel who staff the cordon and check people and vehicles travelling in and out of the cordon standing in front of one of the cordon huts".
Police and army personnel at a cordon checkpoint near the Casino. An armoured vechicle is parked beside the cordon. The photographer comments, "The army are doing a fine job manning the cordon around the city centre. It must be pretty dull work and the weather isn't that flash at the moment. It's still surreal to see armed vehicles guarding entrances to the city though".
A police officer talks to a cyclist at a cordon checkpoint near the Casino. An armoured vechicle is parked beside the cordon. The photographer comments, "The army are doing a fine job manning the cordon around the city centre. It must be pretty dull work and the weather isn't that flash at the moment. It's still surreal to see armed vehicles guarding entrances to the city though".