Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) setting up a tent in Latimer Square after their early-morning arrival in Christchurch. Latimer Square was set up as a temporary headquarters for emergency management personnel after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) which helped out in Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on the Smiths City car park, which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Prime Minister John Key talking to Al Dwyer, the leader of the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), outside the US headquarters in Latimer Square. John Key is visiting to thank DART for their efforts in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Prime Minister John Key talking to members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) outside the US headquarters in Latimer Square. John Key is visiting to thank DART for their efforts in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Canterbury Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee is standing behind him.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on the Smiths City car park, which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the Crown Masonic Lodge on Wordsworth Street, also known as the Freemasons Centre. The brick wall on one side of the building has collapsed, exposing the interior.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the Crown Masonic Lodge on Wordsworth Street, also known as the Freemasons Centre. Sections of the brick wall at the front of the building have collapsed. The entranceway is supported with wooden bracing.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the Crown Masonic Lodge on Wordsworth Street, also known as the Freemasons Centre. Sections of the brick wall at the front of the building have collapsed. The entranceway is supported with wooden bracing.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and Fire and Rescue New South Wales, eating lunch in their temporary headquarters in Latimer Square.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue Team conferring in a tent full of equipment in Latimer Square. Latimer Square was set up as a temporary headquarters for emergency management personnel after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on the Smiths City car park, which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on the Smiths City car park, which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A member of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on the Smiths City car park, which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Damage to the northwest corner of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
Shoppers and tourists in the Re:Start mall. The photographer comments, "The new temporary city mall has been open in Christchurch now for a week. Buildings damaged in the earthquake have been demolished and replaced with cargo containers to create a new, temporary, Cashel Mall. I visited the mall yesterday and was quite impressed with what they have done. The cargo containers have been nicely converted, brightly painted and smartly branded to create some good looking stores".
A damaged car sits on top of the rubble of the Bealey Pharmacy. The photographer comments, "Bealey Avenue is open to traffic, as are many of the side streets, and the damage to buildings along this street is quite impressive and perhaps just a small taste of the damage that lies beyond the cordon ... A new feature now also appears to be a large pile of rubble with a new looking red Holden placed on top. Weird".
A photograph of a red sticker notice on the Community Trust House building, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of the fallen dome from the collapsed Tower Chambers building lying upside down on Lichfield Street. The photograph was taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of Hutt City Emergency Response team members posing with Emergency Operation Centre staff members on Salisbury Street.
A photograph of a member of the New Zealand Army eating an ice cream on the corner of Gloucester Street and Rolleston Terrace while guarding a cordon.
A building where the brick walls have crumbled has been cordoned off. Handwritten notes and poems in a heart shape adorns the fence.
A crowd outside the cordon fencing in the CBD. Looking down Colombo Street from the corner of Colombo and St Asaph Street.
A photograph of mud and liquefaction in Hagley Park following the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing a building on Colombo Street, near the corner of Armagh Street.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged building on the corner of Tuam and High Streets. Three mannequins can be seen hanging in the window display.
Crowds at the opening of the Re:Start Mall, a temporary shopping mall built from shipping containers.
A damaged building on Bealey Avenue still has a For Sale sign in front of it. The building has been cordoned off with emergency tape.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Octagon Live Restaurant on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets. The masonry around the gable has crumbled, falling onto the footpath in front.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Oxford Terrace, including Portofino Italian restaurant and Caffe Roma.