A digger sits on a mound of dirt in the former site of the ANZ building on Hereford Street.
Members of the UC CEISMIC team, Lucy-Jane Walsh, Han Li and Chris Thomson peer through the cordon fence towards Cathedral Square.
Seen through the cordon fence, a digger sits on a mound of dirt, and water fills the former basement of the ANZ building on Hereford Street.
Seen through the cordon fence, water fills the former basement of the ANZ building on Hereford Street.
Members of the UC CEISMIC team, Lucy-Jane Walsh, Han Li and Chris Thomson peer through the cordon fence towards Cathedral Square.
People walk down the newly re-opened Colombo Street. In the distance, Mike Hewson's installation "Deconstruction" can be seen on the walkway between Ballantynes and The Crossing. This artwork gives the illusion that the walkway has been removed.
The rear of the old City Council building on Tuam Street, seen from Cashel Street.
A large mound of gravel sits beside a building on High Street. In the background, excavators continue to demolish buildings.
Two excavators demolish a building on Hereford Street, seen from High Street.
Two excavators demolish a building on Hereford Street, seen from High Street.
A digger clearing the site of a demolished building on Cashel Street.
Students from the newly opened Avonmore Tertiary Institute sit in the sunshine on High Street.
A view down High Street, looking south-east from the Cashel Street intersection.
Diggers clearing a demolition site in Cathedral Square, seen from Worcester Street.
Two excavators demolish a building on Hereford Street.
UC CEISMIC team members Han Li, Lucy-Jane Walsh and Chris Thomson walk along the cordon fence on Oxford Terrace.
The partially demolished BNZ building on Armargh Street, seen from Gloucester Street.
Autumn leaves piled up outside the boarded-up doors to the Central Library on Gloucester Street.
The north side of the Cathedral, seen from Colombo Street.
The partially demolished BNZ building on Armargh Street, seen from New Regent Street.
Recipe books fallen off a shelf in a house in Burnside. There was no other damage to the house.
Fallen bookshelf and scattered books in a postgrad common room in the Locke Building at the University of Canterbury.
Colombo Street, north of the Square, looking north. Although many buildings have been demolished, large parts of the street are still behind cordons.
The Crowne Plaza has a noticeable split down the middle, where windows and balconies don't quite line up. Photograph taken from Victoria Street.
A graffiti-style advertisement for the NZ Police on the side of a building on Colombo Street, showing a police officer comforting a frightened woman. Text reads "You too can do something extraordinary. Become a cop".
A red-stickered house on Peterborough Street is on a noticeable lean.
A digger on the site of a demolished building on Colombo Street. Looking south towards the Square.
People peering through the cordon fence surrounding the CBD. Despite the sunny day, the mood at the fence was very quiet and somber. Many people seemed to be making a pilgrimage around the cordon, stopping at every viewpoint.
Looking down Worcester Boulevard towards the Cathedral. Photograph was taken outside the museum.
Liquefaction silt and portaloos on Peterborough Street in Christchurch Central.