An aerial photograph of the Forsyth Bar building near Victoria Square. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Forsyth Barr building at 764 Colombo Street, with Victoria Square behind. This building is staying".
A photograph of the southern end of the Provincial Chambers Building taken through a car window. The roof and the wall of the building have collapsed on the right.
Damaged buildings on Hereford Street.
A photograph of a red sticker taped to the Government Life building in Cathedral Square, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged building. The brick wall on the right hand side of the building has come away from the building, bricks falling into the street.
A photograph of earthquake-damaged buildings on Worcester Street. Rubble and scaffolding cover the road. The NewstalkZB building stands in the background.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke is billowing from the ruins.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Former Government Life building, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Press Building, Cathedral Square. Top floor collapsed during the February 22 earthquake".
A photograph of the east side of the badly-damaged Press building on the edge of Cathedral Square. The Novotel building can be seen behind.
A photograph of earthquake-damaged buildings on Worcester Street. Rubble and scaffolding cover the road. The NewstalkZB building can be seen in the background.
St John Ambulance personnel preparing an oxygen mask while standing over a stretcher loaded with medical supplies. Behind them, emergency personnel can be seen searching the ruins of the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street for trapped people. Over their heads, a member of the Fire Service in a cherry picker is spraying water on the fire burning in the building. Smoke is billowing from the building.
A St John Ambulance personnel preparing an oxygen mask while standing over a stretcher loaded with medical supplies. Behind him, emergency personnel can be seen searching the ruins of the collapsed Canterbury Television Building for on Madras Street for trapped people. Fire Service personnel have sprayed a jet of water onto the fire burning in the intact section of the building. Smoke is billowing from the building.
An aerial photograph of Cathedral Square. Captions added by BeckerFraserPhotos identify the demolition sites of key buildings.
A Civil Defence personnel member speaking with an injured survivor from the collapsed Pyne Gould Corporation building near the base of the building.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins.
The badly-damaged Strategy building on Victoria Street. The outer walls on the bottom two stories have collapsed into the building below.
The site of a demolished building on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street where steel has been laid for the foundations of a new building.
Damage to the Kenton Chambers building. Diagonal cracking between the windows shows that the building has suffered major structural damage.
Damage to a building on Manchester Street. The large diagonal cracks between the windows indicate the building has suffered serious structural damage.
The demolition of an apartment building on Peterborough Street. A long-reach excavator is being used to tear the building down.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Former Government Life building on the left, Cathedral Square".
Damage to the Kenton Chambers building. Diagonal cracking between the windows shows that the building has suffered major structural damage.
Emergency personnel lifting a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street during their search for trapped people.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This building labelled Poplar Crescent was one of a group of buildings paid for by Thomas Edmonds and was initially used to store band instruments when the Edmonds Rotunda was used for band concerts. Cambridge Terrace".
A photograph of the Brannigans Building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace. Broken glass litters the footpath in front of the building. An excavator is parked in front. Emergency tape has been draped around the building as a cordon.
A photograph looking south down Manchester Street from the intersection of Gloucester Street. Bricks from an earthquake-damaged building cover the footpath. Wire fences have been placed around the building as a cordon. The SBS building can be seen in the distance.
A damaged building on Riccarton Road near Deans Avenue. The front wall of the building has crumbled onto the footpath in front. Wire fencing and road cones have been placed around the building as a cordon. Flowers on the fence suggest that somebody lost their life in this building.