A video of an interview with Terry Huggins about a boulder crashing into the side of his neighbour's house in Sumner. The boulder came lose from the cliffs above and smashed through the deck of the house into one of the supporting poles. It is the third large boulder to hit the house, with one also lodged in a bedroom.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lyttelton's Empire Hotel facade in danger of falling".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lyttelton's Empire Hotel facade in danger of falling".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Rock fall from Castle Rock following the Canterbury earthquakes".
A video of an interview with Mark Yetton, Engineering Geologist at the Port Hills Geotech Group, about their work to assess the risk of rock fall and cliff collapse on the Christchurch Port Hills.
Geoff Rice poses with his new book "All Fall Down" at the UBS book launch.
Geoff Rice poses with the new book "All Fall Down" at the UBS book launch.
Geoff Rice poses with the new book "All Fall Down" at the UBS book launch.
Geoff Rice with new book We All Fall Down - Christchurch's Lost Chimneys, published by CUP Canterbury University Press.
A car damaged by falling bricks, evident by the pile of bricks still on top of the car.
A brick garage has crumbled, exposing the inside furnishings and falling onto a car parked in the driveway.
Rocks were falling from the cliff at Whitewash Head near Scarborough in Sumner following the 23rd December 2011 aftershock.
Rocks were falling from the cliff at Whitewash Head near Scarborough in Sumner following the 23rd December 2011 aftershock.
Rocks were falling from the cliff at Whitewash Head near Scarborough in Sumner following the 23rd December 2011 aftershock.
Rocks were falling from the cliff at Whitewash Head near Scarborough in Sumner following the 23rd December 2011 aftershock.
A digitally manipulated image of a fallen headstone. The photographer comments, "Since the September 2010 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand a lot of the headstones have fallen, but sadly a lot have not been resurrected to their former places".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Recently orphaned Paris Hilton, whose mother was killed by a falling boulder on a Port Hills farm, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Recently orphaned Paris Hilton, whose mother was killed by a falling boulder on a Port Hills farm, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Recently orphaned Paris Hilton, whose mother was killed by a falling boulder on a Port Hills farm, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
Detail of damage to the former Princess Cinema in New Brighton. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the interior. The photographer comments, "This is the back of the old Princess Cinema in New Brighton after the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on 22 February. The bricks seem to be just on the edge of falling. This building has now been knocked down as it was so dangerous".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Grey Lynn resident Laura Caygill was visiting family in Christchurch on the weekend when the earthquake struck. She was injured by a falling chimney".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Grey Lynn resident Laura Caygill was visiting family in Christchurch on the weekend when the earthquake struck. She was injured by a falling chimney".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Grey Lynn resident Laura Caygill was visiting family in Christchurch on the weekend when the earthquake struck. She was injured by a falling chimney".
A video of an interview with Andy Cole, site supervisor at Geovert, about the procedure for blasting rocks in Hillsborough. The rock-blasting work was paid for by two Christchurch couples whose properties were red-zoned and red-stickered. The couples hope that the blasting work will encourage CERA to change their land zoning from red to green, allowing them to rebuild their homes on the same sites.
A video about the removal of 'Rocky', a 15-tonne boulder which tore through a house in Heathcote during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The video includes an interview with Jan Kupec, Chief Geotechnical Engineer at CERA, about the dimensions and path of the boulder. It also includes interviews with James McKenzie, the manager at the Mt Hutt Ski Area who purchased the rock, and Phil Johnson, the owner of the Heathcote property who put the rock on sale.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St. Mary's Anglican Church in Timaru is cordoned off due to the risk of falling masonry after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake centered near Darfield".
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.
A photograph of students falling through a bridge into the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2015 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of students falling through a bridge into the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2008 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.
A photograph of students falling through a bridge into the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2011 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.