Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Flowers have been put on the fence in front of the cathedral.
Damage to Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. A member of the public looks through the fences with diggers at work.
A photograph of houses with damaged roofs. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lower slopes at McCormacks Bay".
A photograph of houses with damaged roofs. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lower slopes at McCormacks Bay".
A photograph of a pile of liquefaction-damaged carpets. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "20 Waygreen Avenue".
A photograph of the focus assembly from the Townsend Telescope. The assembly was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of a house with a damaged roof. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "25 Mount Pleasant Road".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "5 Poplar Street with damage from 23 December 2011 on the second floor".
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Detail of a photograph of the cathedral taken prior to the earthquakes.
The Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace, which housed the Retour Restaurant. Severe damage to the pillars can be seen.
The front of Christ Church Cathedral showing its broken tower. Bracing has been placed on the front wall to limit further damage.
A company helping to demolish earthquake damaged buildings in Christchurch, has come to the rescue of the heritage-listed Peterborough Centre.
Canterbury University has been heavily reshaped by the earthquakes. It suffered damage to buildings, and also a significant drop in enrolments.
A story submitted by Phil Bell to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Philip Cockburn to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Tommaso to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Trisha Gwatkin to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Karena to the QuakeStories website.
Damaged footpath outside a house in a residential area. Next to the fence is a road cone decorated with coloured tinsel.
Wilsons carpark on Peterborough Street behind cordon fence, with damaged buildings in the background. Sign on fence reads "Extreme danger, keep out".
View down Colombo Street. Some damage to buildings can be seen to the left and a demolition site on the right.
A view through the cordon fence of a building damaged in the CBD. The building rubble is still inside the building.
Transcript of Karina's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
For people in Christchurch who have to temporarily leave their earthquake damaged home, two housing villages are filling the accommodation gap.
A new temporary housing village for residents with earthquake-damaged homes in Christchurch has opened in the east of the city.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A new building replacing a damaged and demolished historic hotel at 192 Moorhouse Avenue".
A photograph showing a brick building with severe damage where the brick exterior has collapsed to show the steel framing behind.
A photograph of graffiti on the side of a damaged building. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Colombo Street, Sydenham".
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "12 Jean Batten Place, Horseshoe Lake, Burwood".
Summary of oral history interview with Mary Hobbs about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.