A photograph of street art on a wall near the intersection of Colombo Street and Battersea Street. The artwork was created by Richard Van Den Berg in 1988, and exposed by the demolition of the neighbouring building.
A photograph of street art on a wall near the intersection of Colombo Street and Battersea Street. The artwork was created by Richard Van Den Berg in 1988, and exposed by the demolition of the neighbouring building.
A photograph of a damaged brick building on High Street. In the background, Ronnie Van Hout's installation 'Comin' Down' is visible on the roof of the Alice in Videoland building.
A photograph of street art on a wall near the intersection of Colombo Street and Battersea Street. The artwork was created by Richard Van Den Berg in 1988, and exposed by the demolition of the neighbouring building.
A photograph taken from a corner of the Barbadoes and Worcester Streets intersection. On the opposite corner a building has collapsed, crushing three parked cars. To the right a rural fire van is parked on Worcester Street.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office lining up outside a Maggi van which is distributing soup. The van is parked outside Cowles Stadium on Pages Road, which was set up by Civil Defence as temporary accommodation for those displaced by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Evacuees from Christchurch boarding a United States Antarctic Program van to be transported to the C-130 Hercules.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office lining up outside a Maggi van which is distributing out soup. The van is parked outside Cowles Stadium on Pages Road, which was set up by Civil Defence as temporary accommodation for those displaced by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the entrance of a driveway on Glenarm Terrace. A large hole in the foreground has had a road cone placed inside it. Other large cracks and liquefaction can bee seen. A man in overalls has parked his van next to the damage.
A photograph taken from a corner of the Barbadoes and Worcester Streets intersection. On the opposite corner a brick building has collapsed, crushing three parked cars. To the right a rural fire van and a fire truck are parked on Worcester Street.
A photograph of a member of an emergency management team walking down Cashel Street. In the background is a crushed van, piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings, and partially-collapsed scaffolding. Wire fences have been placed in front of the buildings as cordons.
Geologists say the South Island is likely to be hit with another, even larger, earthquake sometime in the next 50 years. Teams of earthquake experts are in Canterbury studying the previously undetected fault responsible for Saturday's 7.1 magnitude earthquake and dozens of aftershocks.
Santarium is cutting 36 jobs in Christchurch as it pulls out of manufacturing Weetbix in the city. The final engineering report on the site says the factory's tower block is an earthquake risk, and demolition starts tomorrow.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. New Brighton resident Stefan Van Nieff outside his home on Waitaki Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. New Brighton resident Stefan Van Nieff outside his home on Waitaki Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. New Brighton resident Stefan Van Nieff outside his home on Waitaki Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. New Brighton resident Stefan Van Nieff outside his home on Waitaki Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. New Brighton resident Stefan Van Nieff outside his home on Waitaki Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. New Brighton resident Stefan Van Nieff outside his home on Waitaki Street".
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 6 September 2010 showing earthquake damage to a van caused by red bricks from the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church, 165 Papanui Road. The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road sustained severe damage during the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Constructed from unreinforced red br...
A photograph looking east down Cashel Street towards the intersection of Colombo Street. A section of one of the buildings on the left has collapsed and the rubble has spilled onto the street. A van has been crushed by the fallen rubble. The message, 'clear', has been spray-painted on the windscreen of the van. In the foreground signs from several shops are still on the street. There is also earthquake damage to the building on the right. Sections of this building's facade have crumbled and the bricks have spilled onto the street below, damaging the awning.
Lydia Baxendell, Art Collections curator at the University of Canterbury loads a painting into a van, saved from the Registry Building.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Anita van der Velden of Rangiora has written a quake poem she wants to share with readers".
Peter Townsend is the Chief Executive of the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce. He is part of the official reconstruction group. Geert van de Vorsten Bosch is the emergency Centre Supervisor at Linwood High School which has been turned into an evacuation centre. Dr Ramon Pink is the Canterbury medical officer of health. Metservice duty forecaster Heath Gullery speaks about the possible weather issues Canterbury may soon experience.
The Southern Espresso Rescue coffee van, which sold coffees to the audience at Gap Filler's "Film in the Gap!" project in Beckenham.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lyttelton Timeball station".