A view looking west down Tuam Street across the High Street intersection. Road cones line the street. The photographer comments, "This was taken shortly after the 4th September earthquake. Police allowed us free access past the cordon and simply advised us to watch out for falling masonry. The access situation was much different after the February aftershock".
A photograph of a pile of books in an office in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The book at the top is called, "Wellington After the 'Quake: The Challenge of Rebuilding Cities".
Damaged buildings on Manchester Street, seen from the Tuam Street intersection. Police emergency tape cordons off the street. The photographer comments, "This was taken shortly after the 4th September earthquake. Police allowed us free access past the cordon and simply advised us to watch out for falling masonry. The access situation was much different after the February aftershock".
A flowering fruit tree provides spring colour after the September earthquake.
A police officer talks to the driver of a NZ Post truck at a cordon across Tuam Street. Military personnel stand nearby. The photographer comments, "this was taken shortly after the 4th September earthquake. Police allowed us free access past the cordon and simply advised us to watch out for falling masonry. The access situation was much different after the February aftershock".
An army truck in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Bealey Pharmacy cordoned off with danger tape after the parapet collapsed onto its awning.
Cracks on the road in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Liquefaction in the drains in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks across the road in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks across the road in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Water surging out of a drain after the September 4th earthquake.
A lopsided powerline pole in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks in a road in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
People walk along Tuam Street carrying bags and boxes. Brick dust covers the street where fallen bricks have been cleared, and on the left emergency tapes cordons off Manchester Street. The photographer comments, "This was taken shortly after the 4th September earthquake. Police allowed us free access past the cordon and simply advised us to watch out for falling masonry. The access situation was much different after the February aftershock".
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks along the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Buckling on a fence in Pines beach, after the September 4th earthquake
Cracks in the Coastguard Building in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in a skatepark in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in a road in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Damage to a house in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake.
Large cracks in the ground in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Liquefaction and flooding in a street in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks and liquefaction on a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.