Damage to a house in Richmond. The brick wall is badly cracked and twisted, and some bricks have fallen, exposing the lining paper and framing below. The photographer comments, "These photos show our old house in River Rd and recovery work around Richmond and St Albans. I think it's broken".
A man takes a photograph in the kitchen of a damaged house in Richmond. Behind him, large cracks are visible above the doorway. The photographer comments, "Revisiting our abandoned house. Kitchen cracked, bench on a lean. (My brother Ross from Invercargill was visiting, he's in several of these)".
A man takes a photograph in the kitchen of a damaged house in Richmond. Behind him, cracks are visible in the walls. The photographer comments, "Revisiting our abandoned house. Kitchen and dining area. (My brother Ross from Invercargill was visiting, he's in several of these)".
A Civil Defence staff member completing a Level 1 Rapid Assessment inspection on a damaged house. The brickwork on the outer walls have collapsed.
A house on Avonside Drive that has been abandoned due to damage from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Its front garden has become overgrown.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Wharetiki on Colombo Street. One of the side walls has buckled and pulled away from the house.
20110821_1708_1D3-280 Six months on A house in Bexley damaged in the February earthquake still looks like this six months later.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Orari Street, Bexley. Look at the angles of the lamp-posts in this street and the size of that pot hole!".
Scaffolding in front of the damaged building that housed Satchmo Hairdressing on Victoria Street. The street has been cordoned off with Police and Army personnel guarding the entrace.
Iroquois Flying Over Our House (02.03.2011) Woolston Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand © 2011 Phil Le Cren Photo Taken With: Canon EOS 1000D + Canon EF/EF-S lenses + 10.1 effective megapixels + 2.5-inch TFT color LCD monitor + Eye-level pentamirror SLR + Live View shooting. + EOS Built-in Sensor cleaning system + ...
A Christchurch couple who fled to Auckland after the earthquakes are now assessing damage at their new house, after a tornado tore through their suburb.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Grenadier House on Madras Street. The glass windows have shattered and the section of wall between has buckled.
A Civil Defence staff member placing a red sticker on the window of a damaged house. The sticker indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Brick cladding is badly cracked and buckled, and some bricks have fallen. The photographer comments, "Brick walls still clinging on".
Damage to a house in Richmond. Stucco underneath a window has cracked, and the foundation appears to be on a lean. The photographer comments, "These photos show our old house in River Rd and recovery work around Richmond and St Albans. The bay window of our bedroom has jumped off the foundations, cracking the stucco".
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged house in Linwood. The front wall of the church has collapsed inwards, exposing the interior of the church, now full of bricks.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Bricks have fallen from the walls onto the driveway. The photographer comments, "More movement caused the brick cladding to fall off the building".
A damaged residential property has been cordoned off with tape, and in front are the words "stay out!' written on a board. Piles of brick can be seen around the house.
Damage to properties on Peterborough Street. The wall on a house has crumpled revealing the inside of the building. Fencing has been placed along the footpath to contain the building rubble.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Stucco cladding is badly cracked around the foundation. The photographer comments, "Stucco cladding was broken around the bay window, next to the foundations".
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged to a house in Christchurch. The far wall has collapsed and many of the concrete blocks have spilled into the garden in front. Emergency tape has been draped in front of the wall as a cordon. A red sticker has also been stuck on the furthest window, indicating that the house is unsafe to enter.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 15 June 2011 showing earthquake damage to the former Canterbury Hotel and adjoining row of shops on Oxford Street. This photograph was taken on Oxford Street and shows the collapsed façade of the row of shops behind safety fencing, the interior of the building is exposed. Shadbolt House is visib...
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team in the kitchen of an earthquake-damaged house. Broken crockery litters the floor.
A woman standing beside a house on Avonside Drive that has been abandoned due to damage from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Its front garden has become overgrown.
A woman standing beside a house on Avonside Drive that has been abandoned due to damage from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Its front garden has become overgrown.
A photograph of a woman digging in the garden of a property with a damaged side fence. In the background, the house next door has its side wall missing.
Damage to the Cathedral. The Cathedral Square Police Station is on the right, and in the background are MFL House (left), the Forsyth Barr building (right) and the Camelot Cathedral Square Hotel (centre).
A photograph of a woman digging in the garden of a property with a damaged side fence. In the background, the house next door has its side wall missing.
A view down Gloucester Street in the aftermath of the February 2011 earthquake, showing damage to Wave House (formerly the Trade Union building). In the sky above a helicopter can be seen carrying a monsoon bucket that was used to put out flames in the Canterbury Television building.
A house on Avonside Drive showing damage from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Numerous cracks in the masonry can be seen, and several sections of brick have fallen off the walls. The building's porch has also collapsed. A pile of dried liquefaction is visible in the driveway.