A building on Lichfield Street with damage to the top storey facade and roof. Fabric has been strapped to the roof and windows have been boarded up to prevent weather damage to the inside of building. Fencing has been placed around the exterior of the building.
A building on Manchester Street near High Street. The front wall has partially crumbled around the windows, bricks fallen out.
St Pauls Trinity-Pacific Presbyterian Church on the corner of Cashel and Madras Streets. Scaffolding has been placed around the left dome of the building which was damaged during the 4 September earthquake. Plastic has also been placed over the dome to protect the inside from weather damage.
Road seal along a street in Avonside which has been lifted by the earthquake.
Water Tankers spraying the roads in Burwood to keep the sand and silt from entering the air and blowing around the neighbourhood.
A misaligned brick wall in front of a property with silt still piled up around it. During the earthquake, liquefaction drove silt to the surface where it erupted out of the ground like a volcano and formed a pile like the one seen here.
A concrete water tank in Hororata. The top half has moved off the pillars and is resting precariously against a tree.
The war memorial in Hororata, thrown three metres from its pedestal.
St John's Anglican Church in Hororata. The top of the bell tower has collapsed into the roof of the church, some falling onto the ground below where it still lies.
The bell tower of St John's Anglican Church in Hororata. The top of the tower has collapsed, and many of the bricks have crumbled along the side into the roof of the church. A skip has been lifted up by a crane next to the tower with a man inside.
A broken barbeque behind the Hororata Hotel in Hororata.
St John's Anglican Church in Hororata. The top of the bell tower has collapsed into the roof of the church, some falling onto the ground below where it still lies.
A typical "sand volcano" caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
Steel bracing supporting the broken facade of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
Cracks on the facade of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church. Bracing has been placed against the facade to support the building and limit further damage from aftershocks.
One of several containers now on the Halswell School grounds while reconstruction takes place.
St John's Church on Hereford Street. The damaged bell tower is partially demolished. It has been taken apart by hand, the stonework carefully sorted and laid out on the grass.
Stonework from St John's Anglican Church where it fell during the 4 September earthquake. It is October and the daffodils have almost died.
Fuze Restaurant and Cafe on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton.
A shop on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton with damage to the roof.
A buckled bridge on Avonside Drive.
Portaloos along Avonside Drive.
The Coastal Living design store on London Street in Lyttelton, still open and buzzing after the 4 September earthquake.
The Empire Hotel on London Street in Lyttelton. Bracing has been placed on the front of the building to keep it together and limit further damage from aftershocks. Fencing around the building has been used to cordon it off.
The Empire Hotel on London Street in Lyttelton. Bracing has been placed on the front of the building to keep it together and limit further damage from aftershocks. Fencing around the building has been used to cordon it off.
A seat on the corner of London and Canterbury Streets looking west up London Street.
The Lyttelton Historical Museum on the corner of Norwich Quay and Donald Street
The British Hotel on the corner of Oxford and Norwich Quay in Lyttelton.
A buckled bridge on Avonside Drive.
A precarious chimney on the roof of a house. Most of the bricks have broken away and fallen into the roof of the house, the rest still holding together. It will need to be deconstructed and removed.