A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of shops on Manchester Street. Plastic fencing has been placed along the street as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of shops on Manchester Street. Plastic fencing has been placed along the street as a cordon.
A photograph looking north up Colombo Street from the intersection of Gloucester Street. Wire fencing has been used to cordon off buildings on both sides.
A police officer and soldier talk with a demolition contractor on Victoria Street. Tape has been placed across the street to create a temporary cordon.
The Rolleston Avenue side of the Arts Centre, cordoned off. The turret from one of the towers is on the ground to prevent further damage.
The Royal Hotel on the corner of Canterbury Street and Norwich Quay in Lyttelton. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Seen through the cordon fence on Tuam Street, shipping containers support the facade of the Excelsior Hotel, the only part of the hotel still standing.
Bricks littering the street below the former Sumner Borough Council building. The building is cordoned off, and shipping containers protect the street from further falling masonry.
Bricks littering the street below the former Sumner Borough Council building. The building is cordoned off, and shipping containers protect the street from further falling masonry.
Colombo Street south from the Moorhouse Avenue overbridge. Plastic and wire fencing has been used to cordon off damaged buildings and make a path for cars.
Seen through the cordon fence, a digger sits on a mound of dirt, and water fills the former basement of the ANZ building on Hereford Street.
A sign on the fence cordoning off High Street. It reads "Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, Month 4, Month 5, Month 6. When is the recovery starting?
A yellow-stickered building in Papanui, cordoned off with danger tape and a crowd barrier. The windows have been partly boarded up and are spray-painted with USAR markings.
Jane's Bar in the Henry Africa's building is cordoned off with danger tape. The photographer comments, "My local bar is unsafe and can't open. Sad".
Damage to the Aranui Community Hall on Breezes Road. Large sections of the double-brick walls have collapsed, and a cordon fence has been erected around the building.
A view of Cashel Street from the High Street intersection. An empty demolition site where a building once stood has been cordoned off with security fencing.
Reinforcement steel protrudes from a bank which is supporting a walkway on Sumner Road. The area has been cordoned off with road cones and security fencing.
A photograph of the word "Hope" spelt out in Christmas tinsel on a cordon fence. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cunningham Terrace, Lyttelton".
A photograph of The Devon Bed and Breakfast on Armagh Street. Civil Defence tape has been placed around the front of the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the Brannigans building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Gloucester Street. Broken glass can be seen on the footpath behind the cordon.
CPL Goh Kokchun, Singapore Air Force, and PTE Te Herbert 2/1RNZIR guarding a cordon on the corner of Armagh and Durham Streets at dusk.
A view over cordon fencing towards the damaged Ground Culinary Centre and cafe. Bricks have crumbled from the walls and remain piled up on the footpath.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Canterbury Provincial Council buildings, taken from Durham Street.
A view down Worcester Street towards Cathedral Square. The street has been cordoned off with wire fencing. In the background, the front of Christchurch Cathedral can be seen.
A photograph of a city centre map attached to a cordon fence. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, corner Kilmore and Victoria Streets. Demolition".
Liquefaction surrounds a car on Hendon Street in St Albans, near the corner with Hills Road. In the background, 'keep clear' tape cordons off the front of a property.
A man takes a photograph over the top of the cordon fence by the viewing windows into the Red Zone at the east end of the Re:Start mall.
A photograph of a religious pamphlet attached to a cordon fence. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, corner Kilmore and Victoria Streets. Demolition".
A sign on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site shows the CTV logo and the faces of the staff who died, with the words "Always remembered".
Police tape cordons off large cracks in the road beside large piles of liquefaction dug from people's houses on a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.