A cracked and slumped containing wall that is ready to collapse.
A slumped drain in Avonside with a road cone on top to warn road users.
A photograph of the damaged Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road.
Three men digging silt out of storm water drains in Burwood.
Members of the Avonside Community walk down a road in Avonside. Silt from liquefaction has been cleared from people's properties and placed on the street in piles. Workers in the distance are collecting the silt to take to Bottle Lake.
A machine pumping sewage into the Avon River on Avonside Drive.
The north end of the Gayhurst Road bridge, cracked down the side, the posts bent inwards and the road buckled. Tape has been woven across the bridge.
The north end of the Gayhurst Road bridge, pulling away from the stone walls on the bank.
The north end of the bridge on Gayhurst Road. During the earthquake, the bridge was forced about 15 centimetres towards the river, the land falling away under the road. Fencing has been placed around the footpath, and the road filled and resealed so that it can still be used by traffic.
Workers digging up the road along Avonside Drive.
Extensive repairs being made to the sewerage infrastructure on Avonside Drive.
Extensive repairs being made to the sewerage infrastructure on Avonside Drive.
The north end of the Gayhurst Road bridge with buckled railings and torn up footpath now filled in.
Boarded up houses on Bowie Place.
Pomeroy's Brewery Inn on Kilmore Street viewed across the Avon River. The bar is green stickered meaning it safe to enter. As a brick building in this condition is fairly rare.
A crack next to the Avon River caused by the ground slumping after the 4 September earthquake. A blue pipe has been laid over the crack. Many kilometres of these temporary water pipes have been run overground in Avonside to supply houses with water.
One of many notices along Christchurch waterways, reading "Polluted water, please avoid contact, Christchurch City Council".
A photograph of road damage in Queensbury Street. The photographer says, "Many of the road disturbances are along the curb side requiring fill to level them".
Road damage between St Paul's School and Gayhurst Road bridge. The road has slumped near the curb, probably due to liquefaction.
Cracks along the footpath along Avonside Drive. In the distance workers are digging up the road. Road cones line the street and a "road closed" sign is visible.
The fixing of storm water drains on River Road in Avonside.
Cracking along the bottom of a house in Avonside Drive. The house has lifted a few centimetres off its foundations.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 14 September 2010, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which the cat is scared of the house".The entry was downloaded on 17 April 2015.
The University of Canterbury's E-Learning team's temporary office in the James Hight building. The photographer comments, "First looks at our new temporary (maybe) office space. Our group will stay here until April or May 2011, then will move to another floor in the Central Library. Foyer lifts etc. Female toilets are off the foyer to the left. These lifts start at Level 2 of the Library, and are heavily used by students. (Once the building is repaired after the earthquake; several floors are still in a mess)".
A photograph of the damaged Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road.
Cars slow for road works on Lineside Road, outside Kaiapoi, near the intersection with Revells Road. A truck is dumping gravel to fill cracks in the road surface.
Broken globe and fallen ornaments in an office in the Locke Building at the University of Canterbury.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Avon River at Kibblewhite Reserve".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Convent on Barbadoes Street post-earthquake".
A twisted bridge on Avonside Drive.