A photograph of the front of the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. The Rose Window has been removed and steel bracing is holding up the remains of the front facade. A large pile of rubble from the partially-demolished tower can be see to the left.
A photograph looking west down Cashel Street towards the intersection with Manchester. On the right is a severely damaged building. Rubble from the top storey has fallen onto the street. In the distance, the Grand Chancellor can be seen, with the slump in the left side noticeable.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Gloucester Street across the demolition site of the Coachman and Canterbury Times (Christchurch Star?) buildings with Heritage Hotel on the left and Novotel in the centre".
A photograph of earthquake damage to the ChristChurch Cathedral in Cathedral Square. The tower has been partially demolished and a pile of rubble sits in front. A Daniel Smith Industries Ltd crane is sitting to the left.
A photograph looking south down Manchester Street from the intersection with Hereford Street. Wire fencing has been placed along the right-hand side of the street as a cordon. To the left, the Treehouse Bar, Sullivans and Boogie Nights can be seen with rubble in front.
A photograph of the inside of a fridge in a flat on Poplar Street taken during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The contents of the fridge have gone mouldy after being left in there for three weeks.
A camera man filming Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker and Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood. This was part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). A contractor is standing to the left.
Foam hearts with uplifting messages pegged to the fence surrounding Knox Presbyterian Church. The heart on the left reads, "We're all in this together. Christchurch, we love you! Xx". The heart on the right reads, "'We can do no great things; only small things with great love.' Mother Teresa
The many arts organisations left homeless by the Christchurch earthquake, including the Christchurch Arts Festival and the Symphony Orchestra, have received good news this week from Creative New Zealand. We hear from CEO of Creative New Zealand Stephen Wainwright, manager of the Christchurch Arts Festival Steph Walker, and James Caygill from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing in a car park in the Christchurch central city. In the background is the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The hotel has a noticeable slump on the left side.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view from Cambridge Terrace towards Cathedral Square. The partially deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor no longer dominates the sky line. Here it appears between the PricewaterhouseCoopers building on the left and the Novotel Hotel on the right".
A photograph of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings along Colombo Street near the intersection with St Asaph Street. On the left-hand side of the street cars have been crushed by falling rubble. The road has been cordoned off with wire fencing.
A photograph of looking south out a window of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building on Armagh Street. Notable landmarks include: New Regent Street in the bottom left of the photograph; the Rendezvous Hotel in the centre; and the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the background.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A detail from a larger aerial photograph showing Hereford Street running from the top left of the photo to the bottom middle of the photo. The Occidental Hotel used to be to the right of the blue building in the middle of the photo".
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing in a car park in the Christchurch central city. In the background is the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The hotel has a noticeable slump on the left side.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Caffe Roma on Oxford Terrace. Part of the top of the facade has collapsed, and the bricks have spilled onto the footpath below. Cracks have appeared on the left side of the building and some of the windows have smashed.
A photograph of the inside of a fridge in a flat on Poplar Street taken during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The contents of the fridge have gone mouldy after being left in there for three weeks.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of buildings in central Christchurch. The basement of the buildings have collapsed and the concrete blocks have spilled into the car park. Large cracks have also formed in between the blocks in the walls of the building to the left.
A photograph of a the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. An excavator is parked on the street to the left. Wire fencing has been placed around the buildings on the other side of the street.
A photograph looking west down Dundas Street. Rubble has been stacked on both sides of the street. Several earthquake-damaged cars, recovered from the Smiths City car park, have also been stacked on the left. In the background two excavators are sorting through the rubble.
Fire Service vehicles along Madras Street combating the fire at the Canterbury Television building. Behind them excavators can be seen digging through the rubble. On the left a St Johns Ambulance team member has put on a face mask to protect themselves from the smoke.
An aerial photograph of the Horseshoe Lake residential area. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The prominent street is Kingsford Street (bottom left to top centre), with Moncrieff Street off it at the top right and Tasman Place at the bottom. Horseshoe Lake".
An aerial photograph of Fitzgerald Avenue. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oxford Terrace on the left side of the River Avon and Fitzgerald Avenue on the right. The street running across the foreground of the photograph is Kilmore Street".
A photograph of buildings on Armagh Street, taken from behind a cordon. From the front, there is the Provincial Chambers building, the Craig's Investment Partners House, the Victoria Apartments, and the Forsyth Barr building. The PricewaterhouseCoopers building can also be seen to the left.
A photograph looking down Poplar Lane from behind the cordon on Tuam Street. Fallen bricks and building rubble litter the footpaths. To the left the earthquake damage to Plume can be seen. The front wall of the corner has crumbled, taking the awning with it. Mannequins can still be seen hanging in the window.
A damaged house with a red sticker on its front window. The sticker indicates that the building is unsafe to enter. To the side, the brickwork has crumbled and in the front the broken windows have been boarded up. A woman in a florescent vest can be seen to the left, inspecting the house.
The intersection of Colombo and High Streets with Hereford Street to the left. The 'Flour Power' statue stands in the centre of the intersection with wire fencing placed around it. Three cranes can be seen in the distance.
A portaloo ouside an apartment building, on the wall next to it is a red sticker, informing the public the site is dangerous and not to enter. On the other side are spray painted codes left by USAR after it had been cleared. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
A photograph of a carton of eggs inside the fridge of a flat on Poplar Street during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The contents of the fridge have gone mouldy after being left in there for three weeks.
A powhiri performed by Ngai Tahu elders to welcome workers of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). Reverend Peter Beck is standing in the centre and Earthquake Minister Gerry Brownlee to the left. The ceremony was held in Burwood Park.