A photograph of badly-damaged shops on Victoria Street.
A photograph of a shop window of Peaches and Cream on the corner of Tuam and Manchester Streets. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the glass, including the message, "Danger" and arrows pointing up, left and right.
A scorched building on Worcester Street. An electrical fire started in this building after the 4 September earthquake.
The dairy on the corner of Woodham and Gloucester Street. The top wall has collapsed onto the footpath, the hole covered by a tarpaulin. Road cones and fencing have been placed around the building.
A photograph of a badly-damaged shop on Victoria Street.
A photograph of a block of earthquake damaged shops on Manchester Street. The front brick wall of the closest shop has crumbled and the bricks have fallen onto the pavement below, taking the awning with them. Plastic fencing has been placed along the street as a cordon.
A shop on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton with damage to the roof.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of shops on Manchester Street.
A photograph of the rubble from a block of demolished shops on Cranford Street.
A photograph of the rubble from a block of demolished shops on Cranford Street.
A photograph of the rubble from a block of demolished shops on Cranford Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a group of shops on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Edgeware Road. The second storey of the shops has collapsed, and the bricks have fallen to the footpath, taking the awnings with them. Police tape and road cones have been placed around the buildings as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a group of shops on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Edgeware Road. The second storey of the shops has collapsed, and the bricks have fallen to the footpath, taking the awnings with them. Police tape and road cones have been placed around the buildings as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a group of shops on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Edgeware Road. The second storey of the shops has collapsed, and the bricks have fallen to the footpath, taking the awnings with them. Police tape and road cones have been placed around the buildings as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a group of shops on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Edgeware Road. The second storey of the shops has collapsed, and the bricks have fallen to the footpath, taking the awnings with them. Police tape and road cones have been placed around the buildings as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Peaches and Cream shop's sign on Tuam Street.
A photograph of the Painted Room shop on Colombo street. Most of the building has collapsed.
A photograph of a group of shops on Manchester Street with cordon tape draped in front.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged shop on the corner of Manchester Street and Struthers Lane, near Sol Square.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged shop on the corner of Manchester Street and Struthers Lane, near Sol Square.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged shop on the corner of Manchester Street and Struthers Lane, near Sol Square.
A digger clearing away the rubble of Revival Upholstery and Furniture Care, a single storey brick shop on Barbadoes Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a shop on the corner of Manchester Street and Struthers Lane, near Sol Square.
The damaged Haralds building in Papanui has a tarpaulin covering the roof, but still has an Open sign displayed and a sale bin of fabric displayed outside the shop.
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office sitting on a fence around a group of earthquake-damaged shops on Manchester Street.
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office sitting on a fence around a group of earthquake-damaged shops on Manchester Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of shops on Manchester Street. Plastic fencing has been placed along the street as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of shops on Manchester Street. Plastic fencing has been placed along the street as a cordon.
A demolished shop on Riccarton Road, now a pile of bricks and other rubble. Wire fencing has been placed along the entire footpath, keeping people away.
Damage to a building on Manchester Street, where the front wall of the upper two storeys has fallen away. A real estate sign on the shop next door reads "Watch this Hotspot!".