A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Gloucester Street with the Cathedral visible on the bottom left and Oxford Terrace to the right. Clarendon Towers has been demolished.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged car sitting amongst the rubble from the ANZ Bank building on the corner of Lichfield and High Streets.
A copy of an article extracted from page 3 of The Star newspaper, published on 7 December 1882. The article is titled, "The Transit of Venus".
A copy of an article extracted from page 8 of The Star newspaper, published on 13 May 1899. The article is titled, "Among the Stars: An evening with a telescope".
A copy of an article extracted from page 6 of The Press newspaper, published on 27 May 1891. The article is titled, "Mr Townsend's Telescope: A peep at the sun".
The Christ Church Cathedral viewed from north Colombo Street. The collapsed tower can be seen as well as emergency personnel, including members of the police and the fire service, working in the rubble.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to St John the Baptist Church on Hereford Street near Latimer Square. The top of the tower has crumbled, the masonry spilling onto the lawn in front.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team taking photograph through a car window. In the distance is the earthquake-damaged tower of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A photograph of a crane parked in front of the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. The tower of the Cathedral has been partially demolished and a pile of rubble is sitting in front.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View centered on the Millennium Hotel in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral Square with the Cathedral in the foreground, the Novotel Hotel behind and BNZ building under deconstruction on the right".
St John the Baptist Church on Latimer Square. The masonry of the bell tower has crumbled onto the lawn, exposing the inside. Damage to the roof and the tip of the gable can also be seen.
The back of St John the Baptist Church on Hereford Street near Latimer Square. The tower has crumbled revealing the inner structure. The fallen bricks have been stacked on pallets, some still lying in the grass.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD. Looking north between Colombo and Manchester Streets".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The clock tower of Science Alive, formerly the Christchurch Railway Station, on Moorhouse Road. The clock has stopped at 4.36 am on 4 September 2010 and has been left that way".
A photograph of emergency management personnel in hazmat suits standing on Lichfield Street. In the background a excavator is parked on the rubble from the collapsed ANZ Bank building.
St John's Anglican Church in Hororata with a broken bell tower. Unfortunately the top fell through the church roof. A high fence topped with barbed wire has since been erected to keep the souvenir hunters away.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street viewed from Alice in Videoland".
A photograph of detail of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The tower on the south-west corner has partly crumbled, leaving the inside space exposed. A door can be seen propped up against the interior wall.
Colombo Street looking south from Kilmore Street. Wire and concrete fencing has been used as a cordon. In the distance a drill and a crane can be seen, as well as the damaged tower of the Cathedral, the Forsyth Building and the BNZ Building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD looking east along Cashel Streets. Brightly coloured containers in the new Cashel Mall at centre left".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south between Madras and Manchester Streets. Latimer Square is at the lower left".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD from Armagh Street to Cashel Street with the cathedral in the centre".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north along Cambridge Terrace and Durham Street from St Michael and All Angels Church".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This manikin has been retrieved from the remains of the support from the Octagon Live tower. The body was from the cyclist and the head was from the kayaker. Oxford Terrace".
The Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Church) on Worcester Street. Bracing has been placed on the tower to limit further damage from aftershocks. Sculptures of a cyclist, bungee jumper , rock climber and kayaker can be seen on the bracing posts.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The centre of the city with the Christ Church Cathedral in the middle. Worcester can also be seen, sandwiched between Gloucester and Hereford Streets".
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Cathedral Square with the Christchurch Cathedral, the Post Office Building and the Chalice visible. The Holiday Inn has been demolished and the demolition of Clarendon Towers is almost complete.
A photograph taken from the top of the BNZ building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A group of people on top of the Millennium Hotel with the Pacific tower to the left of the photo".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The damaged Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Congregational Church), on the corner of Manchester and Worcester Street. The bell tower, badly damaged on September 4, completely collapsed during the February 22 earthquake".