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.
A video about the Christchurch City Council housing complex on Conference Street in the Christchurch central city. The housing complex was unoccupied after the 22 February 2011 earthquake despite the housing shortage. Christchurch City Council said that the vacant units could not be lived in because of structural damage or damage to services. However, the building has been checked by structural engineers and many of the rooms have been deemed safe to occupy.
A digitally manipulated image of a broken window. The photographer comments, "There is hardly anything left of Christchurch's proud heritage buildings. Most older buildings were made of brick and though they should have had improvements to make them withstand a medium earthquake most did not. They were badly damaged when hit with a series of earthquakes that were up to 2.2g at the epicentre and 1.88g in the City".
A building on St Asaph Street has been demolished, exposing the interior structure of the adjoining building. The photographer comments, "The building that this one was part of has been demolished and the join looks very much like the exterior walls of an Anglo-Saxon house. It has been exposed due to the demolition of damaged buildings after the Christchurch earthquake".
Summary of oral history interview with Mary Hobbs about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
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".