Detail of some earthquake damage inside the cordon.
Octagon Live Restaurant cordoned off after the earthquake.
Octagon Live Restaurant cordoned off after the earthquake.
Flowers on the cordon fence on Hereford Street.
A photograph of a trailer loaded with items from the Residential Access Project being driven down High Street. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 27 February 2011 entitled, "Day 6, 3pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 4 March 2011 entitled, "Day 11, 4pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 26 February 2011 entitled, "Day 5, 1pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 March 2011 entitled, "Day 8, 5am - inside the Christchurch cordon".
A photograph of an excavator demolishing Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Wire fencing has been placed around the house as a cordon.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Wire fencing has been placed around the house as a cordon.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Wire fencing has been placed around the house as a cordon.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing Doug Sexton's garage at 378 Oxford Street. Wire fencing has been placed around the house as a cordon.
A map showing changes to the Red Zone cordon.
A map showing changes in the red zone cordon.
Maps showing the progress of the Red Zone cordon reduction.
Demolished buildings on Cashel Street, surrounded by a cordon fence.
Detail of a demolition site, seen through the cordon fence.
Detail of an apartment complex that has been cordoned off.
Detail of an apartment complex that has been cordoned off.
Damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers, seen through cordon fencing.
A section of Tuam Street that has been cordoned off.
A view down Colombo Street towards a cordon check point.
A garage which has crumbled and has been cordoned off.
Detail of an apartment complex that has been cordoned off.
Demolished buildings on Cashel Street, surrounded by a cordon fence.
Damaged buildings on Fitzgerald Avenue, seen through the cordon fence.
A man walks past the cordon fence around the CBD.
Cordon fence around a damaged building in the central city.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 March 2011 entitled, "Day 8, 6pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".