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A photograph of a house at 7 Rees Street. The side of the house has been covered in plastic sheeting. Plywood has been used to board up the door. The number of the house has been spray-painted on the wall next to the door. The letterbox of the house next door also has its house number spray-painted on it.

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A photograph of a severely-damaged building on Armagh Street. The building's facade has completely fallen away, and the bricks have fallen onto the footpath in front. USAR codes have been spray painted on an exposed wall.

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A photograph looking south down Colombo Street towards The Crossing. USAR codes have been spray painted on the glass doors of buildings to the left and bricks along the footpath have been upturned.

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A photograph of a closed convenience store on Gloucester Street. The door has been boarded up and dead leaves litter the footpath. USAR codes can be seen spray painted to the footpath on the right.

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A photograph of an earthquake damaged house in Christchurch. USAR codes have been spray painted on the front wall. A red sticker in the window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

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A photograph of shops on Colombo Street, closed after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. USAR codes have been spray painted on the doors of the stores and bricks along the footpath have been upturned.

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A photograph of the street number and apartment numbers at 440 Oxford Terrace spray-painted on the footpath in front. The street number is written as 466 but this is the incorrect number for this site. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".

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Damaged shops on Manchester Street. The front wall of the top storey of these buildings has crumbled onto the street, crushing vehicles. Emergency personnel have spray painted the word "Clear" on the cars to indicate that they have been checked for trapped or injured people.

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Codes spray-painted by the North Shore City Council rescue team on the driveway of a house in Dallington. The cement blocks of the driveway have lifted in the background, creating a cracked and uneven surface.

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a hotel in the Christchurch central city. Cordon tape has been placed across the entrance to the hotel and USAR codes have been spray-painted on the footpath outside.