A photograph of a sign from the TVNZ Building on the building's demolition site. Also visible are a fire extinguisher, hose and other rubble from the building.
Rescue workers search the still-burning CTV building.
A photograph of the former Theatre Royal on Gloucester Street, next to the new Press Building. Wooden beams have been placed under the awning for support.
A digger demolishing the former Ozone Hotel in New Brighton. The photographer comments, "The bulldozers are starting circling the Ozone in New Brighton, Christchurch. Taking bits of flesh from the mortally wounded building".
A member of the New Zealand Fire Service in a cherry picker spraying water at the fire burning in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building. Smoke is billowing out of the intact section of the building. Below, emergency personnel are searching the rubble for trapped people. A piece of corrugated plastic is being used to slide pieces of debris off the site.
Members of the New Zealand and Japanese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams working on the site of the CTV Building.
A member of the New Zealand Search and Rescue Team (USAR) guiding a digger on the site of the CTV Building.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams working on the site of the CTV Building.
Members of the New Zealand and Japanese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams working on the site of the CTV Building.
Members of the Police and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams digging through rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
Three members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team taking a break at the site of the CTV Building.
The Pier cafe and the New Brighton Public Library building at the start of the New Brighton Pier.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing the Fuller Brothers Building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing the Fuller Brothers Building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 231 Kilmore Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 220 Kilmore Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 231 Kilmore Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Fuller Brothers Building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing the Fuller Brothers Building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing the Fuller Brothers Building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing the Fuller Brothers Building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing the Fuller Brothers Building on Tuam Street.
A close-up photograph of bricks and building rubble outside the Cranmer Courts.
A photograph of a detail of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a detail of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a detail of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a window of the factory building at 5 Olliviers Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 421 Cashel Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 421 Cashel Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 469 Colombo Street.