A shipping container being lifted over the roof of a house.
A tree that has been uprooted and fallen onto nearby shipping containers following the February earthquake.
A tree that has been uprooted and fallen onto nearby shipping containers following the February earthquake.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
A view into the Red Zone from Colombo Street, looking through cordon fencing. Some shipping containers and diggers can be partially seen in the background.
A video of people shopping on the opening day of Re:Start Mall. Re:Start Mall is a container mall set up in Cashel Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. It is made up of shipping-container shops, with the Ballantynes Department Store reopening as a retail anchor.
Houses teetering on the edge of the cliff above Sumner, which collapsed, taking one house with it. Below, a line of shipping containers protect the road from falling rocks.
Earthquake damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Shipping containers support the front of the building to prevent further damage, and workers are suspended from a crane above the remains of the dome.
A view of an empty site that is now covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction. On the site is a digger and two shipping containers. In the background, demolition work on the Manchester Securities House can be seen.
A view of an empty site that is now covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction. On the site is a digger and two shipping containers. In the background, demolition work on the Manchester Securities House can be seen.
A video of Mayor Bob Parker and Prime Minister John Key speaking at the opening of Re:Start Mall which has been set up on Cashel Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Re:Start mall is made up of shipping-container shops, with the Ballantynes Department Store reopening as a retail anchor.
Damage to the Victoria Street clock tower which stopped at the time of the 22 February earthquake. Sections of the base have been covered by black plastic sheeting and shipping containers protecting the road from the danger of it falling.
A view down Montreal Street where a section of the street has been cordoned off. On the right the Victoria Street clocktower has been blocked off with shipping containers, and a crane is in the front of the Strategy Building.
Damage to the front of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Large cracks are visible in the stonework, and one side is supported by shipping containers and hay bales. The photographer comments, "The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament has a lot of cracking on the exterior and one column appears to be leaning to the right. To my non-expert eye it does look like the front could easily give way. Notice the broken supporting beam".
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament after the dome was removed. Large cracks are visible in the walls and in the dome's supporting structure, and the facade is supported by haybales and shipping containers. The photographer comments, "The main dome of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament became unsafe after the February Christchurch earthquake - workmen have slowly been dismantling it. Now we are just left with the cracked and twisted walls that supported the beautiful dome".