A photograph of an excavator demolishing Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace.
A photograph of Robin Duff standing on the porch of his house at 386 Oxford Terrace. There is a sign in the window to his left depicting a bulldozer with a line through it. The photographer comments, "Avon Loop resident Donna Allfrey made this sign for Duff".
A photograph of the house number spray-painted on the footpath in front of the Locke family's property at 392 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".
A photograph of the street number and apartment numbers at 440 Oxford Terrace spray-painted on the footpath in front. The street number is written as 466 but this is the incorrect number for this site. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".
A photograph of Mark Osborne, a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office, outside the office block of St Paul's School in Dallington.
A photograph of large cracks in the pavement in front of St Paul's School in Dallington. Liquefaction silt can also be seen. Police tape has been draped across the entrance of the building to the left.
The dome of the Isaac Theatre Royal covered in sheeting and suspended in the backstage area. In the foreground, a small digger sits on the bed of a truck, and a crane is visible to the left. The photographer comments, "This is the 'dome' of the Isaac Theatre Royal's heritage stage. The front section of the theatre has stayed and so has the back, but the middle has been completely demolished. The best way to hide a secret is in plain sight. Could this really be an ancient UFO stored secretly in the old theatre for decades and now exposed by the earthquake? Is the waiting crane and transporter ready to whip it away to another secret location in the dead of night?".
A photograph looking through the door of the front room in Donna Allfrey's house at 406 Oxford Terrace to the lounge and kitchen. A bed has been placed in the middle of the lounge.
A photograph of Donna Allfrey's house at 406 Oxford Terrace. A green sticker on the front door indicates that the house has been inspected and it is safe to enter.
Liquefaction and flooding in Waitaki Street, Bexley. The photographer comments, "Waitaki Street a week after the Christchurch Earthquake. Because of the damage to the drains and liquefaction in the area the streets are not drying out".
A worker repairs a leaning power pole in Bexley. The photographer comments, "I was told that this electricity pole in Bexley always leans after every big earthquake. Maybe it might take more than a one man and one shovel to put 'straight'".
A photograph of the kitchen in Donna Allfrey's house at 406 Oxford Terrace. Graffiti has been scrawled on the walls to the left and right.
A photograph of the house at 9 Rees Street. The end of a Weet-Bix cereal box has been placed over the mail slot in the front door.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Highlight House, 173-177 Manchester Street with the Hotel Grand Chancellor behind".
A photograph of Robin Duff standing on the porch of his house at 386 Oxford Terrace. There is a sign in the window to his left depicting a bulldozer with a line through it. The photographer comments, "Avon Loop resident Donna Allfrey made this sign for Duff".
A photograph of Doug Sexton's garden at 378 Oxford Terrace, now overgrown. The photographer comments, "Sexton's garden was once published in Small Gardens".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 8 January 2013 entitled, "Venturing into the central city....".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "3 Meadow Street, Kaiapoi. This side of the street is blue-green (Technical Category 3) and the opposite side is red zoned".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Amy Johnston Bray outside her red-stickered Avonside home due to the earthquake. She is frustrated at how long the EQC process is taking".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Amy Johnston Bray outside her Avonside home, red-stickered due to the earthquake. She is frustrated at how long the EQC process is taking".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Donna Moot (turtle lady) with a 5 year old red ears slider turtle named 'Peanut' which became homeless after the Christchurch earthquake".
A photograph of a window of Piko Wholefoods on Barbadoes Street. A red sticker has been taped to the window, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Donna Moot (turtle lady) with a 5 year old red ears slider turtle named 'peanut' which became homeless after the Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Amy Johnston Bray outside her Avonside home, red-stickered due to the earthquake. She is frustrated at how long the EQC process is taking".
Public bus tours of Christchurch's red zone will start off with a warning that the passengers could be trapped by an earthquake and may not make it out alive.
A story submitted by Megan to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Elizabeth to the QuakeStories website.
A photograph of 7 Peacock Street. A red sticker can be seen on the fence, as well as a notice of power removal, and the spray-painted words 'No go'.
A photograph of the sign next to the entrance of the Lancaster Hotel on Ferry Road. A red sticker on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
A public walkway down Colombo Street to a viewing area in the Cathedral Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.