Chaplain Tom Innes performing a blessing for the new buildings in the Kirkwood Village.
Chaplain Tom Innes performing a blessing for the new buildings in the Kirkwood Village.
A photograph of chalked messages on the side of a building in New Brighton.
An aerial photograph of new rowing club buildings along the Avon River in Wainoni.
The old Bank of New Zealand building in Kaiapoi, cordoned off with warning tape.
Chaplain Tom Innes performing a blessing for the new buildings in the Kirkwood Village.
Chaplain Tom Innes performing a blessing for the new buildings in the Kirkwood Village.
A photograph of tagging on a building in New Brighton, seen from Hawke Street.
The old Bank of New Zealand building in Kaiapoi, cordoned off with warning tape.
The old Bank of New Zealand building in Kaiapoi, cordoned off with warning tape.
The old Bank of New Zealand building in Kaiapoi, cordoned off with warning tape.
A photograph of the new Press Building on Gloucester Street under construction. To the right, the former Theatre Royal can be seen with wooden beams placed under the awning for support.
A view of the ICTS building at the University of Canterbury, seen from level 7 of 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. We look down on the IT Building, which is doomed. The ugly draughty IT building is going to be demolished in the next campus revamp. The 'Butterfly Building' behind, originally the mainframe computer centre, will remain, as it's architecturally significant, apparently".
Copy of a file photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The New Zealand Express Company's new building, corner of Hereford Street and Manchester Street. Electric lighting, pumping, elevators, May & Otway's fire alarms, bells and telephones, supplied by Messrs Turnbull & Jones Ltd. Manchester courts MLC building from The Weekly Press 'New Zealand Exhibition Year Special Industrial & Commercial Number' December 1906".
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from demolished buildings at 385-395 Worcester Street.
A photograph of earthquake damage to 154 Manchester Street. Rubble from the building covers the footpath.
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from demolished buildings at 385-395 Worcester Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 191 Armagh Street, exposing the inside of the building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 191 Armagh Street, exposing the inside of the building.
A photograph of a digger clearing the remains of a demolished building at 468 Colombo Street.
A photograph of a digger clearing the remains of a demolished building at 468 Colombo Street.
A photograph of a digger clearing the remains of a demolished building at 468 Colombo Street.
A photograph of a pile of bricks from the earthquake-damaged building at 158 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a pile of bricks from the earthquake-damaged building at 158 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a pile of bricks from the earthquake-damaged building at 158 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Fuller Brothers Building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of street art on the Work and Income New Zealand building in New Brighton. The artwork depicts a musician.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Armagh Street, Madras Street, Latimer Square, St John's Anglican Church, Hereford Street, the Octagon Live restaurant, the Design and Arts building, the High Street mall, and the Grand Chancellor Hotel. It also includes footage of construction workers cutting up metal beams, and clearing rubble from a building on Manchester Street.
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes continues today with the focus on the Pyne Gould Corporation building, where 18 people were killed.
The country's building regulator admits it needs a major overhaul after years scrambling just to react to leaky homes and the Canterbury and KaikÅura earthquakes.