A crane with a wrecking ball demolishing St Elmo Courts on Hereford Street. Behind it is the Christchurch City Council Building.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke is billowing from the ruins.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street with bracing to support the facade".
A photograph of a mound of liquefaction in the middle of Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The street is red zoned.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on the corner of Snell Place and Halberg Street in Dallington".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kenton Chambers, Liverpool Street. This side view shows much less damage than the front view".
A photograph of workers clearing rubble from a partially-demolished wall. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on the corner of Porritt Place and Halberg Street in Dallington".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on the corner of Snell Place and Halberg Street in Dallington".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An excavator demolishing the Contours Gym on the corner of Durham and Armagh Streets".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Two giant nibblers demolishing the last of the Hotel Grand Chancellor car park, Cashel Street".
A photograph of detail of the Cashfields building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Street - Southern Star building".
A photograph of detail of the Cashfields building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Street - Southern Star building".
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. View of the Cathedral from Colombo Street".
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.
The site of a demolished building on Colombo Street, where the Gap Filler Community Chess Board is going to be built.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Redcliffs. One of the streets that have been evacuated from homes in Redcliffs".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Steve Mateer from The Lyttelton Coffee Co in Lyttelton sets up business in London Street".
A photograph looking east down Armagh Street, taken from the corner of Oxford Terrace. In the distance, the PricewaterhouseCoopers building can be seen.
A view through a safety fence to excavators working on the demolition of the Hillary and Marshall Limited building on Manchester Street.
A sign reading, "For sale by tender" outside an empty lot on Manchester Street. A building has been demolished and cleared from the site.
Looking down Kilmore Street, three fire engines can be seen in the temporary structure being used by the Fire Service after the fire station was damaged.
With many people in Christchurch still without power and water and the streets covered in a thick layer of silt, getting clean clothes is proving difficult.
A photograph of a red sticker notice on the Community Trust House building, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
A cordon check point on Durham Street. The demolition site was a building that housed Laycock Collision Repairs. The Christchurch Casino can be seen in the background.