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Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office walking down Kilmore Street near the intersection with Durham Street. To the left "no go" has been spray-painted on the Copthorne Hotel. A red sticker has been placed above this, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "People at the cordon on the corner of Durham and St Asaph Street, soldiers watching by. In the background is the Environment Court building at 83 Armagh Street, formerly the Canterbury Society of Arts. This building was added to the CERA demolitions list on 5 March 2012".

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of Rachel Young describing the changes that will be made to streets in the Christchurch central city, under the Accessible Transport Plan. The video includes time-lapse footage of a car driving down Durham Street, Tuam Street, Kilmore Street, Salisbury Street, and Rolleston Avenue. Young explains that Tuam Street will become a west-to-east one-way street, that a new bus exchange will be built on the block bordered by Tuam, Colombo, Manchester, and Lichfield Streets, that a super stop will be added at the hospital and on Manchester Street, and that Kilmore and Salisbury Streets will be turned into two-way streets. She also explains that the speed limit will be dropped to 30 km/h in the area bordered by Rolleston Avenue, St Asaph Street, Madras Street, and Kilmore Street.

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

Aerial footage of Christchurch recorded the day after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The footage shows damage to the Smith City car park, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, the CTV Building, the PGC Building, the Durham Street Methodist Church, the Lyttelton Timeball Station, the roads alongside the Avon River, and the ChristChurch Cathedral. It also shows New Zealand Army road blocks outside the hospital, crushed buses on Colombo Street, a Royal New Zealand Navy vessel in Lyttelton Harbour, rock fall on the Summit Road, collapsed cliffs in Sumner and Redcliffs, tents set up in a park, flooding in New Brighton, and liquefaction in QEII Park.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the entrance of the Crowne Plaza Hotel taken from inside the hotel. The front windows have smashed, the glass scattering across the courtyard and foyer. Sections of the ceiling have collapsed, the panels fallen onto the floor in front of the rotating doors.