A partially demolished building on Durham Street. The side wall has been demolished, exposing the inside space. A digger sits amongst the rubble.
View down an alley between two buildings, where the brick wall on the left building has partially toppled, blocking the alley with rubble.
Detail of hay stacks and demolition rubble that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
Marian Johnson has spent years helping build businesses out of the rubble following Christchurch's earthquakes as Chief Executive of the Ministry of Awesome.
Prime Minister John Key tells the Minister for Earthquake recovery, Gerry Brownlee, to 'fill it in before it climbs back out!' Gerry Brownlee is sweeping rubble into a deep pit. The rubble represents many of the problems that New Zealand faces like Pike River, earthquakes, the Rena, child abuse, Winston Peters, gas pipeline damage and so on. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A partially-demolished house on Peterborough Street. The photographer comments, "I think the owners have moved elsewhere".
Detail of building rubble and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
A photograph of a member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue team searching through the rubble of Ward's Brewery on Fitzgerald Avenue.
Detail of building rubble and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
A house which has been damaged by the earthquakes and is on a noticeable lean. Building rubble and furniture are sprawled out on the yard.
The Chalice in Cathedral Square with a crane and the BNZ building in the background. A pile of rubble can be seen on the left.
The Triton Dairy has been operating out of a metal shipping container on Colombo Street. The garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.
The Canterbury earthquakes succeeded in all but destroying modern-day Christchurch, but from the rubble has emerged a surprising bonus - an insight into the city's history.
The families of some of those killed by falling rubble in February's Christchurch earthquake are desperate to know why buildings that had been deemed safe collapsed.
Today marks one week since the devastating earthquake struck Christchurch and overnight, the death toll from the rubble has risen. 154 bodies have now been recovered.
The removal of rubble from the earthquake-stricken centre of Christchurch will start again today, once the worst of the ice in the central city melts.
Damage to the Mona Vale Homestead which has been cordoned off. Building rubble has been sorted and piled in front of the building, behind the fence.
Detail of building rubble, road cones and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
Detail of a garden project initiated by Greening the Rubble in a vacant lot on Colombo Street. A branch is adorned with crocheted leaves and spiders.
Damage to the Mona Vale Homestead which has been cordoned off. Building rubble has been sorted and piled in front of the building, behind the fence.
Detail of a garden project by Greening the Rubble, with plants decorated with crocheted leaves and spiders. This was in a vacant lot on Colombo Street.
A demolition site with the words "No Go" spray painted on a fence that has been mostly demolished. Demolition rubble is still contained within the grounds.
The partially demolished Ozone Hotel in New Brighton, with a digger in the background.
Damage to TJ's Kazbah in New Brighton. The east and north walls and part of the upper floor have collapsed, tipping rubble and the contents of the rooms out onto the street. The photographer comments, "The occupants of the business and rooms all managed to escape alive. A digger was used to make the building safe and then used to sift through the rubble for any surviving belongings. It was a very emotional time for the ex-occupants".
A fence around a residential property where the side wall has collasped, exposing the interior structures and fixtures. Piles of building rubble are contained in the fencing.
A view of the corner at the intersection of Derby and Stoneyhurst Streets. In the background a pile of brick rubble can be seen on the footpath.
The Canterbury earthquakes damaged the facility beyond use, and almost six years after it was demolished, a new facility known as Taiora QE2 has risen from the rubble.
A bed of sunflowers growing in the garden surrounding the Coffee Zone kiosk, with some sweet peas behind. The garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.
A bed of sunflowers growing in the garden surrounding the Coffee Zone kiosk, with some sweet peas behind. The garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.
A bed of sunflowers growing in the garden surrounding the Coffee Zone kiosk, with some sweet peas behind. The garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.