
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on the corner of Hereford and Madras Street. Sections of the façade have crumbled, bricks spilling onto the road in front. Wire fencing has been used to block off half of Madras Street. In the background, emergency management personnel are working through the rubble of the CTV building site. A digger and a crane are parked on the site.
A photograph of members of the Clandeboye Emergency Response Team and the Red Cross Team working on High Street near the intersection with Manchester Street. In the background is a large pile of rubble from the ANZ Bank building. In the foreground the members have placed their bags on a group of outdoor chairs and tables still on the footpath.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Cycle Trading store on Manchester Street. The gable of the store has collapsed, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the footpath in front. A car parked on the street has been crushed by the fallen rubble. The word "Clear" has been spray-painted on the front of the car. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing in front of an earthquake-damaged building on Lichfield Street. A section of the roof and the façade on the top storey of the building have collapsed and the bricks and other rubble have spilled onto the footpath and street below. USAR codes have been spray-painted on one of the bottom-storey windows and the front door.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Café Valentino on Colombo Street. The façade of the closest section of the building has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the awning below. The same section of the awning has broken under the weight of the bricks and is resting against the ground. Bricks and other rubble cover the other sections of the awning and have spilled onto the footpath and street in the distance.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team working in Christchurch central city. In the background, a digger is clearing rubble.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team working in Christchurch central city. In the background, a digger is clearing rubble.
A colour photograph of a digger beside the rubble of the former Union Centre Building, with the Colombo Street Copthorne Hotel in the background.
Fire Service vehicles along Madras Street combating the fire at the Canterbury Television building. Behind them excavators can be seen digging through the rubble.
Detail of building rubble and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
A view down the High Street Mall from Cashel Street, looking towards Colombo Street. Rubble from a collapsed building is visible on the right.
A view down the High Street Mall from Cashel Street, looking towards Colombo Street. Rubble from a collapsed building is visible on the right.
A photograph of a member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue team searching through the rubble of Ward's Brewery on Fitzgerald Avenue.
Detail of building rubble and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
A photograph of the damaged Kenton Chambers building on Hereford Street. The windows have been broken and rubble from the building covers the footpath.
A photograph looking west down Worcester Street towards the ChristChurch Cathedral. Fences surrounding damaged buildings and rubble can be seen in the distance.
A tangle of metal pipes and a roof beam on the footpath outside the Durham Street Methodist Church.
Wood and pink insulation batts on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. This construction material has been stripped from the exterior of a house.
The fenced-off remains of the Forbes' Store building on Norwich Quay, one of the earliest commercial buildings built from permanent materials in Lyttelton.
A splintered doorway in the remains of the Durham Street Methodist Church. A pile of broken masonry is sitting in front.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A collapsed building on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets".
Fallen bricks lie below a damaged awning at the intersection of Bedford Row and Manchester Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "141-149 Manchester and 116 Lichfield Streets (south-west corner of Manchester and Lichfield Streets)".
A tangle of metal pipes and a roof beam on the footpath outside the Durham Street Methodist Church.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Armagh Street. The outer walls of the building have collapsed, the bricks spilling onto the footpath in front.
A colourful tarpaulin is draped over a hole in the Lyttelton Museum on Norwich Quay. The building was constructed in 1911 to house the Seamen's Institute.
Water has swept grit and splinters of wood onto the footpath outside the Durham Street Methodist Church. In the background of the photograph a piece of one of the church's roof beams with its steel brace can be seen.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of shops on Colombo Street. The top section of the shops have collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the footpath and road below.
A partially-demolished house on Peterborough Street. The photographer comments, "I think the owners have moved elsewhere".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral".