The site of the Historical Court House in Kaiapoi, completely clear now. Wire fencing still bars off the entrance to the site, keeping people away.
The final remains of the historic Courthouse in Williams Street, Kaiapoi. A digger on the property is clearing the rubble away.
The driveway of a house on Avonside Drive. One of the concrete slabs has lifted and the owner has tried to fill the gap with blocks of wood. Unfortunately, these have come loose and are sticking out of the hole.
Blackwell's Department Store on the corner of Raven and Williams Streets in Kaiapoi. The top story of the building has collapsed into the bottom, as well as the awning into the street. A broken brick wall is visible above.
A photograph of silt from liquefaction and a cracked footpath near a drain on Gayhurst Road.
Broken pavement in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Silt from liquefaction can also be seen.
A resident on Moore Street demonstrates how her hand can fit inside a large crack caused by the earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sam Bowen (9) explores the huge cracks in the road surface in Raven Quay, Kaiapoi".
A photograph of UC Geology students inspecting cracks and liquefaction at a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. A child jumps in a crack in the road by Avonside Drive".
A man photographs a crack on the Bridge Street bridge where the bridge has moved relative to the road.
Cracks in the driveway and retaining wall of a residential property in Avonside, after the September 4th earthquake.
A photograph of cracks in a field indicating the location of the Greendale fault line. The fence has toppled.
Cracks in the driveway of a building on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. A girl sits in a crack in the road near Avonside Drive".
The line that runs across this picture is the subsidence line - everything this side of the line has sunk by about 50 cm.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sam Bowen (9) and Emmaleigh Bowen (4) play in a crack on Raven Quay in Kaiapoi".
Cracks in the path of a residential property on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach after the September 4th earthquake.
A man inspects a large crack in a footpath beside the river, where the land has slumped towards the water.
Cracks in the driveway of a residential property on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracking along the bottom of a house in Avonside Drive. The house has lifted a few centimetres off its foundations.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A photograph of cracks in the brickwork of a bridge at the corner of Sabys Road and Trices Road in Halswell.
Cracks along the base of the fence around the Waimak Dragon Boat Club, where the land has slumped towards the river.
Cracks along the base of the fence around the Waimak Dragon Boat Club, where the land has slumped towards the river.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.