A mobile disaster response unit parked in a supermarket car park on Moorhouse Avenue.
Pipes visible along the footpath of the Williams Street Bridge in Kaiapoi.
Daffodils in Hagley park. The earthquake had not destroyed spring in the garden city.
Diggers work to clear the rubble from a demolished building on Victoria Street.
The entrance to Sol Square on Colombo Street, barred off with wire fencing and plastic walls.
A pile of bricks on the roof of The Christchurch Club, the remains of its collapsed chimney.
Workers digging up the road along Avonside Drive.
A footpath in Halswell where the pavement has cracked and uplifted due to liquefaction.
Spring flowers among the rubble of St John's Church, Latimer Square, Christchurch.
The wooden foot bridge over the Kaiapoi River. Slumping between the abutments can be seen.
Sewage continues to be pumped into the river while the damaged sewerage system is repaired.
A man sits in an armchair in the ruins of his house with his wife beside him. A man carrying a briefcase marked 'EQC' has come to make an insurance assessment and says 'Unfortunately, this is a North Canterbury collapse - so you'll only get your first $100,000 back'. Context; the Christchurch earthquake of 4th September and the collapse of the South Canterbury Finance Company. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker smiles smugly from the top of a cliff while Jim Anderton, his chief rival for mayor in the local body elections to be held on 9th October 2010, lands with a bump as the ground on which he was standing, collapses. Refers to the unexpected and advantageous public exposure gained by the incumbent mayor because of the Christchurch earthquake of the 4th September. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Among the deformation features produced in Christchurch by the September 4th Darfield Earthquake were numerous and widespread “sand volcanoes”. Most of these structures occurred in urban settings and “erupted” through a hardened surface of concrete or tarseal, or soil. Sand volcanoes were also widespread in the Avon‐ Heathcote Estuary and offered an excellent opportunity to readily examine shallow subsurface profiles and as such the potential appearance of such structures in the rock record.
A post on the NZ Raw blog written by Mark Lincoln on 4 September 2010. Mark says, "This is the first [blog post] I wrote on 4th Sept. I always remember an announcer on the radio having the first on-air interview with Geonet/EQC (obviously only 1 or 2 staff members at that stage!). The announcer asked if the aftershocks would carry on for much longer and the Geonet guy said they could carry on for a few weeks. Radio announcer seemed shocked".
Cracks along the driveway and lawn of a property on Avonside Drive.
Detail of the cracking in the facade of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
A braced chimney on a house in Cashmere which has also been waterproofed with tarpaulins, plastic sheeting and blankets.
Shops on Hills Road in Edgeware. The verandas on these store collapsed, bringing down the parapets as well.
Shops on Hills Road in Edgeware. The verandas on these store collapsed, bringing down the parapets as well.
Emergency Police tape placed over a footpath. The footpath is covered in broken glass from a smashed window.
PDF slides from a presentation given by Dr. Thomas Wilson from the UC Geology department on 26 November 2010. The presentation was delivered at a public talk for the Rolleston community.
Corcoron French Lawyers on Williams Street in Kaiapoi. Liquefaction has caused the building to sink on the right side. This is shown by the fence which now sits at an angle.
Damage to the top of the gable of the Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly the Trinity Congregational Church) on Manchester Street.
The old Railway Station clock tower on Moorhouse Avenue with plywood and steel reinforcement covering two sides, a crane hanging over top. The brickwork suffered extensive cracking during the earthquake making it in need for reinforcement. The clock has stopped at around 16:35, the time of the earthquake.
Detail of the side of the front wall of St Mary & St Athanaslos church on Edgeware Road. The edge of the wall has separated from the bricks and is threatening to topple. Cracks can be seen running diagonally through the brick wall, the rest of the wall missing above.
Detail of the side of the front wall of St Mary & St Athanaslos church on Edgeware Road, right side. Cracks can be seen running diagonally between the bricks. The top of the wall has crumbled onto the pavement below.
No progress has been made on clearing the debris from Blackwell's Department Store on Williams Street. During the earthquake, the top story of the building collapsed into the bottom, as well as the awning into the street.
The footpath on Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi. Since the earthquake, it has been re-instated after new pipes were laid.
The old Railway Station clock tower on Moorhouse Avenue with plywood and steel reinforcement covering two sides, and a crane hanging over top. The brickwork suffered extensive cracking during the earthquake making it in need of reinforcement. The clock has stopped at around 16:35, the time of the earthquake.