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A yellow sticker on the door of a house in Worcester Street reading, "Restricted use. No entry except on essential business. Warning: This building has been damaged and its structural safety is questionable. Earthquake aftershocks present danger. Enter only at own risk. Subsequent events may result in increased damage and danger, changing this assessment. Reinspection may be required. The damage is as described below: partial collapse of longitudinal walls". Following on from this are the specific conditions that must be complied with to enable entry into the property, the inspector's identification details, and the date and time the building was inspected. At the bottom the form reads, "Do not remove this placard. Placed by order of the territorial authority Christchurch City Council".

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes has heard evidence questioning the measure used to judge how resistant a building is to earthquake damage. It's come on the second day of hearings into why unreinforced masonry buildings collapsed in Christchurch during the February 22nd earthquake, killing 40 people.

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Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tim Manning, photographed in front of rubble from the damaged Cranmer Courts on Montreal Street.

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A digitally manipulated image of a broken window on Spicer House. The photographer comments, "One of the office blocks in Christchurch City, New Zealand. As the window has not been fixed I am presuming that this building will be slowly demolished at a later date".

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Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) standing on the edge of the Smiths City car park, which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) sitting on the edge of the Smiths City car park, which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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Damaged facade? That's the decorative mural of this restaurant located on Manchester Street in Christchurch!

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A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on Manchester Street, between Tuam Street and St Asaph Street. The businesses have been cordoned off with wire fencing and many of their facades have collapsed.