Road cones and barriers divert traffic along New Brighton Road.
The corner of Manchester Street and Hereford Street. On the right is a sprinkler system used to spray rubble carried by trucks out of the CBD, in order to keep dust levels down.
A view of Hereford Street, looking east. On the road is a sprinkler system, used to spray rubble carried by trucks out of the CBD, in order to keep dust levels down.
A view of the High to Hereford food court building from Hereford Street.
The cracked foundations of a house on Charles Street in Kaiapoi. Planks have been removed from the front decking to allow access to the foundations.
The garage of a house on Charles Street in Kaiapoi. The angle of the roof and doors show how its foundations have moved.
Weather proofing on the apex of the gable of St Luke the Evangelist Church on Manchester Street.
A section of masonry from the apex of the gable of St Luke the Evangelist Church on Manchester Street resting at the base of the church.
The Oxford Terrace Baptist Church showing severe cracks in its facade. Metal beams have been used to prop up the building and its base is enclosed by a safety fence.
Bricks that have fallen from the A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston that have been piled in a car park beside the building and enclosed in a safety fence.
A flatbed truck parked on St Asaph Street. Road cones have been laid around the truck to keep traffic away.
Scaffolding that has been constructed on the Manchester Street face of the Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Church), which is being repaired. Masonry has fallen from one of the building's gables, and the resultant gap has been weather proofed with plywood and a tarpaulin. The site has been enclosed in a safety fence that cuts off one lane of the road.
An old open fireplace that has been exposed during demolition of the Hillary and Marshall Limited building on Manchester Street.
A sculpture of a rock climber that has been installed on the steel bracing that has been placed on the tower of the Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Church).
A view down New Regent Street. Several of the buildings have had their verandahs propped with steel poles, and scaffolding has been constructed on the facade of one of the buildings.
A concrete slab blocking access to the Medway Street footbridge. The footbridge was badly warped in the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Someone has spray painted graffiti on the concrete block. Behind the concrete is a section of safety fence further blocking access.
An empty house on Avonside Drive. The overgrown lawn indicates that the house has been unoccupied for some time as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A view over the Avon River to the Medway Street footbridge linking Avonside Drive and River Road. The bridge has been badly warped as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A large crack in the ground at Sullivan Park in Avonside. A large deposit of liquefaction has dried around it, and plants are growing up through the crack.
A pair of see-saws at Sullivan Park in Avonside. Dried liquefaction silt can be seen in the lower section of the photograph.
A large crack in the ground at Sullivan Park in Avonside. A large deposit of liquefaction has dried around it, and plants are growing up through the crack.
A damaged house on Manchester Street. One of the building's chimneys has fallen through its roof and the resulting hole has been covered with a black tarpaulin. The stump of its other chimney can also be seen.
A damaged house on Manchester Street. A section of wall where masonry has collapsed has been weather proofed with a black tarpaulin. The building's chimney has fallen on to its roof.
The remains of Simply Catering Cafe on the corner of Salisbury and Madras Streets, which have been cordoned off by a safety fence. The business' owners have spray painted on the back wall of the building, "We'll be back". Behind the building an orange tarpaulin can be seen draped over a roof.
A view across the intersection of Salisbury and Manchester Streets to the National Library of New Zealand building.
Plants growing through a pile of bricks in the car park of the SRS Ayurveda Clinic on Ferry Road in Woolston.
The A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Bricks from the top section of the building have fallen away. Signs advertising two businesses housed in the building, Superheat and Junk and Disorderly, can be seen sitting in front of it. The footpath is covered with brick dust and small pieces of masonry from when the larger pieces were cleared away.
A bent drain pipe supporting a section of collapsed masonry on the A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston.
A pile of bricks in the car park of the SRS Ayurveda Clinic on Ferry Road in Woolston. The bricks have been enclosed in a safety fence.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.