New Zealand Army TPR Royle and Singapore Air Force LCPL Low guarding a cordon in the city centre.
New Zealand Army TPR Royle and Singapore Air Force LCPL Low guarding a cordon in the city centre.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Edward Gibbon building on Tuam Street. The building has been cordoned off with wire fencing and the footpath behind the fence is covered in fallen bricks.
A photograph of a badly-damaged brick building on the corner of Madras Street and Lichfield Street. Lichfield Street has been cordoned off and fallen bricks lie behind a wire fence.
A photograph of the entrance to Cathedral Junction on Worcester Street. The facade of the building to the right has almost completely fallen away, and shops on the left side have been cordoned off.
A photograph looking west along Tuam Street from near the intersection with Colombo Street. Buildings on the left hand side have been cordoned off with wire fencing as well as the intersection in the distance.
A photograph looking west along Tuam Street from near the intersection with Colombo Street. Buildings on the left hand side have been cordoned off with wire fencing as well as the intersection in the distance.
A photograph looking east down Gloucester Street, towards the intersection of Manchester Street. On-lookers are surveying earthquake damage from behind the cordon. The Christchurch City Council parking building can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of Oxford Terrace taken from behind a cordon fence near Hereford Street. In the distance, the partially-deconstructed Clarendon Towers can be seen, with two cranes in front.
A photograph of the Westpac Trust Building taken from behind a cordon fence on High Street. The building is under deconstruction, with many of the windows removed. In the background, cranes are filling the skyline.
A photograph of the cordon on the Gloucester Street bridge near Cambridge Terrace. Wire fencing has been placed across the bridges with signs reading, "Extreme danger, keep out" and "Warning, no public access beyond this point".
PTE Tea Glbert 2/1RNZIR and CFC Ng Evan, Singapore Air Force, guarding a cordon on the corner of Tuam and Durham Streets at dusk.
A photograph of a member of the New Zealand Army eating an ice cream on the corner of Gloucester Street and Rolleston Terrace while guarding a cordon.
View down Gloucester Street at a cordon access point, with a cordon station on the left and road cones to divert traffic in front. In the background, diggers sit on the demolition site where the Brannigans building was.
Damage to the Gayhurst Road bridge. The road has buckled due to the bridge's movement, and the bridge is cordoned off. Liquefaction covers part of the street, and in the background St Paul's Church is also cordoned off.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 2 March 2011 entitled, "Day 9, 10am - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 3 March 2011 entitled, "Day 10, am - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 28 February 2011 entitled, "Day 7, 2pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 26 February 2011 entitled, "Day 5, 3am - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 27 February 2011 entitled, "Day 6, 7am - inside the Christchurch Cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 2 March 2011 entitled, "Day 9, 5pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 5 March 2011 entitled, "Day 12, 5am - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 April 2011 entitled, "Day 49 - last day behind the cordon".
New Zealand Army TPR Royle and Singapore Air Force LCPL Low guarding a cordon in the city centre.
An image from a Navy Today April 2011 article titled, "Cordon Patrols in Lyttelton". The image is of Canterbury sailors at work removing fallen bricks from between buildings in Lyttelton.
A photograph of the intersection of Durham and Kilmore Streets, with the Copthorne Hotel on the left. Kilmore Street has been cordoned off with cones and tape.
People peering through the cordon fence surrounding the CBD. Despite the sunny day, the mood at the fence was very quiet and somber. Many people seemed to be making a pilgrimage around the cordon, stopping at every viewpoint.
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing outside an earthquake damaged building on Lichfield Street. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph looking east down Wilmer Street from the intersection with Montreal Street. Emergency tape and road cones have been placed across the road as a cordon.
A photograph of the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Main North and Harewood Roads. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.