A demolition site where loose cables hang from the roof. A small piece of concrete is attached to one of cables.
A demolition site where loose cables hang from the roof. A small piece of concrete is attached to one of cables.
A demolition site where loose cables hang from the roof. A small piece of concrete is attached to one of cables.
Demolition site in the CBD. The cordon fence is covered with banners and signs informing customer regarding businesses post-earthquake status.
The Manchester Securities House being demolished on Glouchester Street. Seen over a vacant site left after the demolition of a building.
A street cordon on Montreal Street. In the background a digger works on the demolition of the St Elmo Courts building.
Diggers working on an almost empty site after demolition of classrooms and other teaching facilities at Rangi Ruru Girls' High School.
A group of people watching the demolition work on the Brannigan's Building at the corner of Oxford Terrace and Gloucester Street.
A demolition site. In the background is the former Christchurch City Council building, cranes and the Westpac Building on the left.
Detail of some deconstruction work on the Crowne Plaza Hotel, close up with a digger on a pile of demolition rubble.
Autumn leaves on trees along the Avon river, a carpark converted from a demolition site can be seen across the river.
Autumn leaves on trees along the Avon river, a carpark converted from a demolition site can be seen across the river.
View down Colombo Street. Some damage to buildings can be seen to the left and a demolition site on the right.
Demolition site behind behind the cordon fence. Some graffiti on the wall and a crane can be seen in the background.
A vacant lot left by the demolition of a building on Latimer Square. In the background is the Newstalk ZB building.
A page banner promoting articles about a repair report for Christ Church Cathedral, and the controlled demolition of Radio Network House.
A Phoenis Palm (Phoenix canariensis) that was in someone's back yard prior to the demolition of houses post the 2011 earthquake.
Head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Roger Sutton is in our Christchurch studio .
A digitally manipulated image of building rubble.
From the time it opened in the 1920s, the Winter Garden ballroom was the place to go for debutante balls and big-band concerts in Christchurch. Queen Elizabeth II even dined there during her visit in 1954. But this special part of Christchurch's history is over and the Armagh Street building has been placed on the urgent demolition list because of earthquake damage. Tiny Kirk is the chairman of the Trade Union Centre which has owned the building since 1984.
More than ten weeks after being damaged beyond repair by the Christchurch earthquake, there is still no decision about how or when the Grand Chancellor Hotel will be demolished.
The spire of Christ Church Cathedral once stood 20 storeys high but was reduced to less than half that by last year's earthquake. Its temporary replacement's construction began yesterday with the first sod turned.
Warwick Isaacs is director of planning and transition for Civil Defence and as such has issued demolition orders for 128 buildings, 37 in the city. Gerry Brownlee has chosen the Government's 'demolition man' Warwick Isaacs to head the rebuild of central Christchurch. The buildings were damaged in the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
An incomplete page layout for the front page of The Press, featuring a story about the proposed demolition of ChristChurch Cathedral.
An exposed brick wall left after the demolition of the adjoining building. The internal wooden structure and cabling can now be seen.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Locals watch the demolition of shops on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
The intersection of Aberdeen and Manchester Street. Straight ahead is St Mary's Catholic Church and a demolition site is on the right.
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building at the corner of Worcester Street and Stanmore Road.
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building at the corner of Worcester Street and Stanmore Road.
A vacant site left after the demolition of a building. The adjoining building, which was part of Piko Wholefoods is still intact.