The ground floor of the Central Library on Gloucester Street. Books have fallen off the shelves and are in piles in the aisles.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Canterbury University. Steven Joyce Tertiary Education Minister's visit to Central Library. Earthquake damage to books, shelves and ceiling".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Canterbury University. Steven Joyce Tertiary Education Minister's visit to Central Library. Earthquake damage to computers and shelves and ceiling".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Canterbury University. Steven Joyce Tertiary Education Minister's visit to Central Library. Earthquake damage to computers and shelves and ceiling".
Words and drawings of the shelves of a bookcase in the Words of Hope project. A message reading, "Build Christchurch better - Olivia" can be seen.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Canterbury University. Steven Joyce Tertiary Education Minister's visit to Central Library. Earthquake damage to computers and shelves and ceiling".
Damage to the interior of a house in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Revisiting our abandoned house. Sagging walls have pulled the stereo shelves out of line".
A photograph of the Canterbury Cultural Recovery Centre's main floor. Signs indicate shelves containing collections from the Lyttelton Museum, Order of St John and the Canterbury Rugby Football Union.
A photograph of rubble outside Mod's Hair on Victoria Street. Earthquake damage can also be seen inside the building with bricks on the floor and hair products fallen off the shelves.
A photograph of baking on the shelves of a bakery on Hereford Street. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This has definitely gone off in the five months it's been sitting here".
A photograph of the store room of Quinns on Papanui Road. The front walls of the building have crumbled, exposing the rooms inside. Shelves of shoes can be seen, many of them collapsed.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Men's undies are in high demand, while EFT-POS traffic is slow. Jill McDavitt, owner of Haydn's Menswear in the Bush Inn Centre, prices up some new undies to hit the shelves".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Men's undies are in high demand, while EFT-POS traffic is slow. Jill McDavitt, owner of Haydn's Menswear in the Bush Inn Centre, prices up some new undies to hit the shelves".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Mens undies are in high demand while EFT-POS traffic is slow. Jill McDavitt owner of Haydn's Menswear in the Bush Inn Centre prices up some new undies to hit the shelves".
A video about people buying marmite from the Fresh Choice supermarket in Merivale. The supermarket has a secret stash of marmite which they have made available to customers in exchange for a bank note. The bank notes will be donated to the Christchurch Women's Refuge. Marmite went missing from supermarket shelves across the country after the 22 February 2011 earthquake damaged the factory in Christchurch.
A photograph of a bookcase in the Civil Suite at the University of Canterbury after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The photograph was taken on the day when the staff were allowed to return to the building. The shelves of the bookcase have been removed, exposing damage along the sides where they knocked against the back panel. Some books have been left on the bottom shelf.