A photograph of a damaged brick building on St Asaph Street. The bricks wall of the gable has collapsed, and the bricks have fallen onto the pavement below.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Gordon Harris building on Worcester Street. There are large cracks in the walls and the glass has fallen out of the windows.
Damage to the Visitors Centre in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. The foundations have lifted at the back of the building, giving it a forward lean.
Martin van Beynen, a reporter for The Press newspaper, photographing damage to Wave House (Winnie Bagoes Pizza Bar). Masonry from the building has collapsed onto several parked cars.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. The roof of the house has collapsed, bringing the top of the front wall down with it.
A brother and sister look through wire fencing at the damage to the central city. Temporary fencing like this was placed across streets and around buildings as cordons.
Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tim Manning, photographed in front of rubble from the damaged Cranmer Courts on Montreal Street.
A Civil Defence staff member completing a Level 1 Rapid Assessment inspection on a damaged house. The brickwork has crumbled and the broken windows have been boarded up.
Damage to the pavement along the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi. Wire fencing with tape and road cones have been placed along the bridge to keep people away.
A photograph of a badly-damaged shop on the corner of Colombo Street and Tuam Street. The footpath is covered in remains of fallen bricks and building rubble.
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.
Damage to St John's Anglican Church on Hereford Street. The brickwork around the entranceway to the church has crumbled inwards. Tape around the property reads, "Danger, keep out".
The badly damaged Cranmer Courts Building on the corner of Montreal and Kilmore Streets . The front window and archway has crumbled, rubble and debris littering the footpath below.
The badly damaged Cranmer Courts Building on the corner of Montreal and Kilmore Streets . The front window and archway has crumbled, rubble and debris littering the footpath below.
A photograph of a damaged building on the corner of Madras Street and Lichfield Street. Wire fences surround the building and Lichfield Street has also been closed off.
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.
Liquefaction silt which has been partly cleared from in front of businesses on Ferry Road. A damaged part of the footpath has also been filled in with gravel.
A photograph of a paste-up on an earthquake-damaged brick wall. The paste-up depicts a bandaid with a speech bubble reading, "I'll kiss it better".
A photograph of a block of earthquake-damaged shops on Colombo Street, between Gloucester and Armagh Streets. Piles of rubble from the shops lie on the street below.
A photograph of a damaged building on Manchester Street. To the left, coloured shipping containers are stacked in front of the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Colombo Street bridge, badly damaged in the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The large steel beams supporting the bridge are distorted".
A photograph of a damaged retaining wall of a garden. The wall has collapsed and is lying on the ground. Two cracks can be seen in the middle.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the entrance of the Bealey Denture Clinic. Tiles from the bottom of the building have broken and fallen to the footpath.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a store on Colombo Street. The front wall of the top two storeys has collapsed into the street, exposing the inside.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a store on Colombo Street. The front wall of the top two storeys has collapsed into the street, exposing the inside.
A photograph of a damaged building on Manchester Street. To the left, coloured shipping containers are stacked in front of the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A photograph of the back of badly-damaged buildings on High Street, taken from St Asaph Street. The old Post Office building can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of a damaged building on Manchester Street. To the left, coloured shipping containers are stacked in front of the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A photograph of a damaged building on Manchester Street. To the left, coloured shipping containers are stacked in front of the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on Manchester Street. In the foreground groups of emergency management personnel in hazmat suits are looking on.