A member of the New Zealand Police with a skateboard extracted from the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street Behind him, emergency personnel can be seen searching the rubble for trapped people. Above the workers is the arm of an excavator which has been used to shift rubble.
Aerial footage of the Christchurch central city, taken in April 2011, several months after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The video shows damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Manchester Street, the Press building, the Octagon Live restaurant, St Elmo Courts, Cashel Mall, the Regent Theatre, the Arts Centre, Woolsack Lane, and the Farmers Building car park. It also shows USAR members meeting in Cathedral Square.
A view down New Regent Street. Several of the buildings have had their verandahs propped with steel poles, and scaffolding has been constructed on the facade of one of the buildings.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The lights are on at the new Press building, the first office workers to return to the central city red zone".
A photograph of a pile of rubble from a demolished building at 183 Victoria Street.
A photograph of a pile of rubble from a demolished building at 245 Kilmore Street.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble from the Fullers Brother Building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble from the Fullers Brother Building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of a pile of rubble from the demolished building at 423 Durham Street.
A photograph of the TSB Bank Building on the corner of Colombo and Hereford Streets.
A photograph of the TSB Bank Building on the corner of Colombo and Hereford Streets.
A photograph of the TSB Bank Building on the corner of Colombo and Hereford Streets.
A photograph of the TSB Bank Building on the corner of Colombo and Hereford Streets.
A photograph of the TSB Bank Building on the corner of Colombo and Hereford Streets.
A member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team clearing a piece of steel at the site of the CTV building.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams cutting through the steel at the site of the CTV building.
A member of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue team using wire cutters to cut through steel at the site of the CTV building.
Damage to buildings along Norwich Quay in Lyttelton. To the left is the Lyttelton Hotel with a crumbled top. Bricks have fallen on the awning and all along the footpath. To the right is a cafe that was damaged severely in the earthquake. The front wall of the top storey has crumbled onto the street, crushing a car. Wire fencing and road cones have been used to create a cordon around the buildings.
Damage to buildings along Norwich Quay in Lyttelton. To the left is the Lyttelton Hotel with a crumbled top. Bricks have fallen on the awning and all along the footpath. To the right is a cafe that was damaged severely in the earthquake. The front wall of the top storey has crumbled onto the street, crushing a car. Wire fencing and road cones have been used to create a cordon around the buildings.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition underway on the Manchester Courts Building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition underway on the Manchester Courts Building".
A graphic giving the status of significant buildings in central Christchurch.
An infographic showing a possible scenario for the CTV Building collapse.
The left-hand section of a timeline of the CTV building.
A page banner promoting an article titled, "(Re)building your future".
A graphic showing the types of building damage caused by earthquakes.
A map showing the locations of tall buildings to be demolished.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition underway on the Manchester Courts Building".
An infographic giving the status of Canterbury District Health Board buildings.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "R.G. Bell building in Charles Street".