Submission of the then New Zealand Historic Places Trust to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rose Historic Chapel, Colombo Street".
A view across Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
City Council notices are stuck to the gate of the Rose Historic Chapel.
A view across Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
An excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts on the corner of Hereford and Manchester Streets.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Salvaged windows from the historic Warners Hotel, Cathedral Square".
Workers from the South Island Organ Company deconstructing the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Rose Historic Chapel, formerly St Mary's Convent Chapel, Colombo Street".
A view from the corner of Manchester Street and Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
A view from the corner of Manchester Street and Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
A view from the corner of Manchester Street and Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
A photograph of the timber section of the historic Provincial Council Chambers. The clock tower has collapsed onto the road.
A photograph of the timber section of the historic Provincial Council Chambers. The clock tower has collapsed onto the road.
Scaffolding inside the Durham Street Methodist Church that has been constructed to allow workers to remove the church's historic and valuable organ.
The remains of a historic building housing The Ruptured Duck Pizzeria and Bar, and Harcourts Real Estate, on Wakefield Avenue in Sumner.
The remains of a historic building housing The Ruptured Duck Pizzeria and Bar, and Harcourts Real Estate, on Wakefield Avenue in Sumner.
Scaffolding inside the Durham Street Methodist Church that has been constructed to allow workers to remove the church's historic and valuable organ.
The historic Te Koraha building at Rangi Ruru Girls' School under going significant restoration to bring it up to the new building code.
The historic Kaiapoi Railway Station building, which can be seen leaning towards the river. Its foundations were damaged in the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Pipes from the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ, which workers from the South Island Organ Company have been dismantling for removal.
The upper section of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Scaffolding has been constructed to allow workers to retrieve the church's valuable and historic organ.
A collapsed historic house on Centaurus Road, which was built circa 1880. The building has been red stickered meaning it is unsafe to enter.
A component of the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ, which workers from the South Island Organ Company have been deconstructing for removal.
The foundations of the historic Kaiapoi Railway Station building, which were damaged in the 4 September 2010 earthquake causing the building to lean towards the river.
The pulpit of the Durham Street Methodist Church. The scaffolding around it has been constructed to allow workers to remove the church's historic and valuable organ.
Parts of the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ, which have been wrapped in brown paper and stacked on the church floor to be transported.
A view down Armagh Street from the corner of Durham and Armagh Streets, showing rubble from the historic Canterbury Provincial Council buildings that have collapsed onto the street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A piece of rock from the Sydenham Historic Church under his arm. The church was demolished on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets".
An authority granted by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, providing the authority to carry out earthquake repair work that may affect archaeological sites within the Lyttelton area.