Holes looking like war damage on this shop along Manchester Street; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
It's day four of the massive clean-up operation in Canterbury. Hundreds of shops and offices in the region are being assessed to check if they're safe.
People walking past the shops around the Merivale Mall area which have been cordoned off. Dust cloud coming from a collapsed building can be seen in the background.
It is midday on the busy intersection of Manchester, High and Lichfield Streets when this photograph was taken from the corner of Bedford Row c. 1904. The street is full of activity as shoppers mak…
This shop on Riccarton Road was badly damaged in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010, and had to be demolished.
This shop at the Colombo Street / Tuam Street corner lost its side wall in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
This shop at the Colombo Street / Tuam Street corner lost its side wall in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Liquefaction at the St Martins Shopping Centre and New World supermarket in St Martins, Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A chandelier is recovered by a Southern Demolition excavator operator from a damaged shop, Shrimpton Radcliffe Design on Victoria Street, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Liquefaction at the St Martins Shopping Centre and New World supermarket in St Martins, Christchurch".
Damage to a row of shops on Barbadoes Street. The brick facades have collapsed, crushing the awnings. The building is cordoned off with road cones and police tape.
The Dick Smith Electronics shops at St Asaph Street / Colombo Street was extensively damaged in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The Dick Smith Electronics shops at St Asaph Street / Colombo Street was extensively damaged in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The Dick Smith Electronics shops at St Asaph Street / Colombo Street was extensively damaged in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The Dick Smith Electronics shops at St Asaph Street / Colombo Street was extensively damaged in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Matt Brown is a barber - but he does much more than cut hair. After the Christchurch earthquakes he set up a barber shop - in a shed in his backyard.
A row of damaged shops on Victoria Street at the intersection with Bealey Avenue. The street has been cordoned off with road cones and a sign that says 'road closed'.
View down Tuam Street. On the left is the building housing the Real Groovy music shop, which relocated there after the September earthquake. Beside it is the former Odeon Theatre.
Oscar von Sierakowski’s factory and shop was built on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets in 1906. It boasted that it was the largest wire work factory in the colonies, producing decorati…
The facade of this shop on Manchester Street was reduced to a heap of rubble during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Our last guest is one half of the duo known in Christchurch as the Brilliant Bagshaws Dr Sue Bagshaw has worked in the youth health sector for 30 years. She's set up and been involved in so many organisations benefitting young people it would make your head spin. She chairs the Korowai Youth Well-Being Trust running the Youth One Stop Shop 298 Youth Health, where she runs teaching clinics and is in the process of setting up the Christchurch Youth Hub - Te Hurihanga o Rangatahi, a collaboration of health and social services and transitional housing for youth. Dr Bagshaw established the 198 youth one stop shop in 1995 and helped run it for 15 years. She's advised a network of similar organisations around the country, now known as the Network of Youth One Stop Shops. Following the Christchurch earthquakes, she brought together 16 youth organisations to form the first youth hub in Barbadoes Street in 2012. Colin: Dr Bagshaw is now Dame Susan Bagshaw. I asked her if she thinks she'll ever get used to being called Dame Susan
A digitally manipulated photograph of a shop security shutter. The photographer comments, "Sometimes before you feel the ground rolling any metal shutters around start their rattling noises as if someone is shaking them".
Damage to a row of shops in Shirley. The parapets and awnings have collapsed, and the footpath is littered with rubble. The building has been cordoned off with police tape.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Richard Loffhagen, owner of Simply Catering, outside his temporary caravan shop that stands on the old site on the corner of Madras Street and Salisbury Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Fred Arnesen from Beckenham Footwear and Engraving has had to move his business due to the earthquake damage to a much newer shop with higher rent".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Fred Arnesen from Beckenham Footwear and Engraving has had to move his business due to the earthquake damage to a much newer shop with higher rent".
A photograph of two shipping containers on Colombo Street. One is being used as a temporary dairy, and the other as a display space for a frame and mirror shop.
A photograph of two shipping containers on Colombo Street. One is being used as a temporary dairy, and the other as a display space for a frame and mirror shop.
A photograph of two shipping containers on Colombo Street. One is being used as a temporary dairy, and the other as a display space for a frame and mirror shop.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Amanda Hackett with a chandelier recovered by a Southern Demolition excavator operator from her damaged shop, Shrimpton Radcliffe Design on Victoria Street, following the Canterbury earthquakes