A photograph of the badly-damaged Winnie Bagoes building on Colombo Street. The left side of the building has collapsed and a metal pole anchored to a concrete block is holding up the remains.
Flooding along Avonside Drive. The power poles along the road are on an outward lean due to liquefaction at the base. Concrete blocks have been pushed up against them to keep them upright.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Scott Vincent, front, and Michael Small of Sicon assess the Kaiapoi River bank for damage. The concrete under the bank had bulged and presented a possible threat to the bank."
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team inside a building in the Christchurch central city. Silt and water from liquefaction has covered large sections of the concrete floor.
Plastic barriers and fencing around a demolition site at the corner of Cranford and Westminster Streets. Different types of building rubble have been sorted into piles, and a concrete block still remains on-site.
A red-stickered house in Avonside. This means the house is unsafe to enter. A crack can be seen running through the lawn and a slab of concrete in the driveway has lifted up.
Cracks in the concrete foundation and wooden walls of a house on Avonside Drive. The photograph shows where the metal frame of the house's conservatory has come apart, and shards of glass from it can be seen on the footpath.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site of the Allan McLean building, on the corner of Colombo Street and Oxford Terrace".
A digitally manipulated image of a excavator claw tangled with reinforcing cable, with a damaged concrete building in the background. The photographer comments, "The monster destroying the earthquake broken buildings close to the Lyttelton tunnel".
A view through a gap in the partially-demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel to the Forsyth Barr building.
Building rubble from a partially-demolished building is piled behind and partly against a large display window.
The front entrance of the Durham Street Methodist Church. The door is blocked by a safety fence and large concrete blocks, which have been used to secure the steel bracing supporting the front wall of the building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site of Allan McLean building, corner of Colombo Street and Oxford Terrace".
A photograph of people filling in the base of a shed with concrete, at Agropolis urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Agropolis was the venue for several events throughout FESTA 2013.
A photograph of people filling in the base of a shed with concrete, at Agropolis urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Agropolis was the venue for several events throughout FESTA 2013.
Colombo Street looking south from Kilmore Street. Wire and concrete fencing has been used as a cordon. In the distance a drill and a crane can be seen, as well as the damaged tower of the Cathedral, the Forsyth Building and the BNZ Building.
A broken driveway on Avonside Drive. The concrete slabs on the driveway have lifted during the earthquake, creating a large crack in the driveway. The crack has been filled with tiles and wood but the rubbish bins have still fallen in.
A photograph of a flower mosaic on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A lovely detail from the chair, with the opus outline but no grout yet."
A concrete block wall with a large diagonal crack running through it. The photographer comments, "This wall has fascinated me. It has cracked across in a dead straight diagonal line during one of Christchurch's many earthquakes. How could this have occurred?".
A photograph of Jennie Cooper polishing one of Crack'd for Christchurch's mosaic flowers. The flower has been attached to their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "And each flower is polished."
A photograph of a flower mosaic on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A lovely detail from the chair, with the opus outline but no grout yet."
A photograph of a flower mosaic on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A lovely detail from the chair, with the opus outline but no grout yet."
A photograph of a flower mosaic on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A lovely detail from the chair, with the opus outline but no grout yet."
A red-stickered building on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. The building's facade has been propped up with timber, steel and concrete block bracing, and one of its windows has been weather proofed with plywood. Wire fencing has been place around the building as a cordon.
The steps from Cambridge Terrace up to the Bridge of Remembrance. The terracotta tiles on the highest step have chipped off. The gaps that can be seen on the concrete wall to the right shows how far the steps have moved from their original position.
The driveway of a house on Avonside Drive. One of the concrete slabs has lifted and the owner has tried to fill the gap with blocks of wood. Unfortunately, these have come loose and are sticking out of the hole.
A photograph of signs under the rear section of the Forsyth Barr building. The signs reads, "Danger drop zone". In the background is rubble from an earthquake-damaged building . Steel bracing has been constructed around a concrete pillar to the right.
A photograph of Marie Hudson attaching a flower mosaic to Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork. Below, Jenny Cooper is polishing another flower mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Marie makes it look easy."
A photograph of Marie Hudson attaching a flower mosaic to Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork. Below, Jennie Cooper is polishing another flower mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Marie makes it look easy."
The top of a corner tower from St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square that has been set between two buttresses at the church's base. Bracing made of steel beams and concrete blocks can be seen fixed to the wall on the right of the photograph.