A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Settlers Crescent behind Sand Bar, after February 2011 earthquake".
Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tim Manning, working with the Red Cross in the Christchurch Art Gallery after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The Art Gallery was used as the Civil Defence headquarters after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
One end of the Arts Centre photographed shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The gable of the building has crumbled and fallen to the ground, collapsing an awning. A large crack can be seen in the corner tower. Blue ties can be seen at the top of the tower, used to brace the structure after the 4 September 2010. This has probably limited the damage caused by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
The damaged Cranmer Centre on the corner of Montreal and Armagh Streets shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The east wall of the building has crumbled onto the street and a man in a hard hat and high-visibility vest is directing people around it. There is scaffolding on the south side of the building from repair works after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The gable in the background has also collapsed.
Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tim Manning, working with the Red Cross in the Christchurch Art Gallery after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The Art Gallery was used as the Civil Defence headquarters after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Two men carry backpacks and shopping bags along Tuam Street, stepping over emergency tape that lies across the road. Brick dust covers the street where fallen bricks have been cleared. The photographer comments, "Two members of our office carrying gear through the cordon. This was taken shortly after the 4th September earthquake. Police allowed us free access past the cordon and simply advised us to watch out for falling masonry. The access situation was much different after the February aftershock".
A digitally manipulated image of a high-reach excavator demolishing a building. The photographer comments, "After the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand the demolition of most of the City Centre began. After two years the government thought that the progress was far too slow, so began the start of the automatic demolition. Luckily when the solar powered demolition machines started to cause indiscriminate death and destruction they were isolated to the South Island and unable to cross the seas".
A photograph of members of Massey University's Veterinary Emergency Response Team (VERT) working in the central city red zone after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. VERT travelled to Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake in order to assist with caring for animals. Each member is wearing a hard hat, face masks, and a head lamp.
Caption reads: "I lived in London all through the Blitz, you get used to these things. Living here after the earthquakes didn’t bother me. I had a small battery operated radio and the neighbour lent me her generator. Initially I used it to run the fridge but after a while I couldn’t get it started. I don’t want to move, to be quite honest. There’s nothing that will be able to replace the life I built here."
A map showing the extent of liquefaction after the 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 earthquakes.
The University of Canterbury Mace is safe in its box, after being rescued from the Registry Building.
The Shelley Common Room, previously a social space, converted into a study space after the September earthquake.
The collapsed shop front of 176 High Street after the February and June earthquakes.
Liquefaction-damaged carpets removed from a residential propoerty in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake.
A student in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
A document outlying the initial evaluation process for building occupancy on campus after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of window details on the Excelsior Hotel, taken after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
An empty jar of marmite. Marmite supplies ran out after earthquake damage to Sanitarium's factory.
A large crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
A large crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
A large crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Damage to a fence on a residential property in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake.
Damage to a residential property on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake
Damage to a residential property on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake
Damage to a residential property on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake
A photograph of the Cramner Courts tacked on the wall, taken after the September 4th earthquake.
A damaged car pulled from the liquefaction it had been embedded in after falling into a sink hole.
A damaged car pulled from the liquefaction it had been embedded in after falling into a sink hole.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Canon Hill Crescent, Mount Pleasant, after a southerly".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Canon Hill Crescent, Mount Pleasant, after a southerly".