A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Christ Church Cathedral looks uncharacteristically unkempt".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A section of Avonside Drive shows how the infrastructure is no longer maintained to the same level, with regard to roading, sewage and water services. Even the grass on the banks of the River Avon is no longer mown as regularly".
A long-reach excavator on a demolition site in the central city.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sumner with its long snake of containers".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sumner with its long snake of containers".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Long snake of containers protecting the Main Road, Sumner".
The partially-demolished Henry Africa's building. The photographer comments, "Janes Wine Bar still stands, but not for long".
The partially-demolished Henry Africa's building. The photographer comments, "Janes Wine Bar still stands, but not for long".
A long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Inside Ballantynes, taken with a long lens from the doorway, Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Inside Ballantynes, taken with a long lens from the doorway, Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Inside Ballantynes, taken with a long lens from the doorway, Colombo Street".
Debra points at the beginnings of a sand volcano not long after the big earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "In the window of 144 Lichfield Street (Lichfield Lanes in effect no longer exist)".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The inside of Ballantynes taken with a long lens from the Colombo Street entrance".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The inside of Ballantynes taken with a long lens from the Colombo Street entrance".
A long line of cars on Shirley Road. While the centre of the road is clear, there is flooding and liquefaction along the edges.
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Neither of these buildings will be there for much longer".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking west across Linwood Avenue (long row of trees) to the CBD and Hagley Park behind".
Long grass on the cordon side of the river beside the Worcester Boulevade bridge contrasts with the mown lawn on the publicly accessible opposite bank.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A plaque on the site of the long-demolished Cambridge Terrace Methodist Church".
The Town Hall viewed from Victoria Square. The Ferrier Fountain is no longer running and weeds have grown in its bed.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The view along Cashel Street towards the All Seasons Hotel. The Hotel Grand Chancellor no longer dominates the view".
The demolition of an apartment building on Peterborough Street. A long-reach excavator is being used to tear the building down.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Long summer grass surrounds the fallen stone on the south side of ChristChurch Cathedral".
A photograph of a sign on London Street in Lyttelton, reading, "It doesn't matter how slowly you go, as long as you don't stop!