Computer screens toppled and belongings abandoned in the James Hight Library.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A car sits abandoned in a fissure in Kaiapoi".
An abandoned house on Avonside Drive. A red sign taped to the window states that the house is "Unsafe" to enter.
A shoe lies abandoned at the corner of Gloucester and Manchester Streets. In the background, police tape cordons off the street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Abandoned armchairs outside flats in South Brighton after tenants having suddenly been told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Abandoned armchairs outside flats in South Brighton after tenants having suddenly been told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Abandoned flats in South Brighton after tenants having suddenly been told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Abandoned flats in South Brighton after tenants having suddenly been told by the council they have to move out after initially been given green stickers after the Christchurch earthquake".