A photograph of an excavator demolishing the front of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing the front of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
The partially-demolished Henry Africa's building cordoned off with safety fencing and road cones.
A photograph of the partially-demolished former City Council Civic Offices on Manchester Street.
The partially-demolished Henry Africa's building cordoned off with safety fencing and road cones.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing the side of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A photograph of the interior of the partially-demolished Odeon Theatre. The top of the walls have been demolished, and a nearby building on Manchester Street is visible in the background. Elephants have been painted on the closest wall of this building.
The former Ozone Dressing Sheds in North New Brighton, with broken and boarded-up windows. The photographer comments, "This is the Ozone as it was before it was demolished. It appeared to have been in the process of being redecorated internally, but the February Christchurch earthquake seems to have caused its demise".
A video showing part of the demolition of the Ozone Hotel in New Brighton. Steve Taylor comments "She put up a good fight. The Ozone in New Brighton was damaged in the February earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. Here is the main corner of the structure being, as they say, deconstructed. At the end there is a reverent bow by the excavator. Just before this the claw had caught on the floor/ceiling and the whole building shook from side to side, but it still stayed in place."
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
A photograph of an excavator in front of a partially-demolished building on Cashel Street.
A photograph of excavators clearing rubble from the site of the partially-demolished Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of excavators clearing rubble from the site of the partially-demolished Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a piece of masonry still attached to the partially-demolished Cranmer Centre.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Spectators watch as the Lincoln Hotel is demolished after earthquake damage".
An excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts on the corner of Hereford and Manchester Streets.
A view looking north down Montreal Street towards a crane demolishing the St Elmo Courts.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
An excavator demolishes a building. Cabling has been exposed and hangs from the concrete beams.
A man cutting up lengths of rebar from demolished buildings for Gap Filler's Playtime project.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
A worker in a digger, clearing rubble from a demolished building in the central city.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
A photograph of a pile of rubble from a demolished building at 183 Victoria Street.
A photograph of a large excavator next to a partially-demolished building on Hereford Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".