A photograph of the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. An excavator can be seen demolishing the bell tower.
Jacinda's daughter Sky, a heart stitching apprentice outside the library wearing a heart in her hair. The felt hearts were a healing outlet during the Canterbury earthquakes. The goal was to create beauty in the midst of chaos, to keep people's hands busy and their minds off the terrifying reality of the earthquakes, as well as to give a gift of love to workers and businesses who helped improve life in Lyttelton.
Black and red ribbons tied on to trees in the Christchurch. These were part of the memorial service held in Hagley Park.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged fence on Montreal Street. The top half of the wall has crumbled, the bricks spilling onto the footpath.
A photograph of damaged buildings along High Street, taken near the intersection with Colombo Street.
Scaffolding around the damaged Irish Pub in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a broken window in an earthquake-damaged building on Hereford Street.
A member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue team speaking with Tom Ewald, the Chief of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Urban Search and Rescue Team.
A photograph of the old post office building on the corner of Tuam Street and High Street which housed Alice in Videoland before the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Edward Gibbon building on Tuam Street. The building has been cordoned off with wire fencing and road cones and the footpath behind the fence is covered in fallen bricks.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the Crown Masonic Lodge on Wordsworth Street, also known as the Freemasons Centre. Sections of this brick wall at the front of the building have collapsed.
Members of the Lyttelton community sanding crates for seating at the Lyttelton Petanque Working Bee, a Gap Filler project to create a garden and petanque court in an empty site in Lyttelton.
Damaged workshops in the Red Bus depot on Fitzgerald Avenue. The brick walls have partially crumbled. In the background is the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, with its dome partly deconstructed. The photographer comments, "This photo was taken recently on Fitzgerald Avenue. Again, it's amazing how close you can get to buildings that look like they are about to collapse. In the background, you can see that work has begun to remove the dome on top of the damaged Cathedral of he Blessed Sacrament".
Liquefaction and road damage around properties on Ferry Road in Woolston.
University of Canterbury ICT staff members prepare to be escorted to buildings by Civil Defence members in order to retrieve computers from offices. The photographer comments, "ICT staff head out to retrieve computers from buildings".
Diggers demolishing the former Christchurch Girls' High building after it was damaged by the earthquakes.
Residents cleaning up following the February earthquake.
A view through cordon fencing to the corner of Manchester and Southwark Streets. In the foreground, a building has been demolished.
A photograph of Sullivans, Boogies Nights and Shooters on Manchester Street. Two skips sit outside for the collection of rubble and other debris.
The damaged Woolston Community Library building on Ferry Road. Part of the upper storey has collapsed.
Police and army personnel at a cordon checkpoint near the Casino. An armoured vechicle is parked beside the cordon. The photographer comments, "The army are doing a fine job manning the cordon around the city centre. It must be pretty dull work and the weather isn't that flash at the moment. It's still surreal to see armed vehicles guarding entrances to the city though".
Rubble on the road beside the old Magistrates Court bulding on Armagh Street.
Shoppers and tourists in the Re:Start mall. The photographer comments, "The new temporary city mall has been open in Christchurch now for a week. Buildings damaged in the earthquake have been demolished and replaced with cargo containers to create a new, temporary, Cashel Mall. I visited the mall yesterday and was quite impressed with what they have done. The cargo containers have been nicely converted, brightly painted and smartly branded to create some good looking stores".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of shops on Colombo Street. The front of the top storeys of the buildings have collapsed, and rubble has fallen onto the footpath below.
A photograph of parts of the Townsend Telescope recovered from the rubble of the Observatory tower. The telescope was housed in the tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. It was severely damaged when the tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of the site of the demolished Empire Hotel on London Street in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a badly-damaged building on the corner of Manchester Street and Gloucester Street. The front walls of the building have crumbled, and the bricks and wood have fallen onto the footpath in front. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Residents and workers preparing for cleanup. Some are wearing face masks to protect themselves from the dust from liquefaction silt.
Prime Minister John Key preparing for a photograph with Al Dwyer, leader of the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), and members of DART, outside the US headquarters in Latimer Square. Latimer Square was set up as a temporary headquarters for emergency managements personnel after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Next to a pile of bricks, spray-painted USAR codes on a footpath read, "Clear/R, 4 Mar".