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Damage to one of the front towers of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Some masonry from the corner of the tower has collapsed, and the structure has been secured by blue straps.

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Sections of the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ that have been put in boxes and labelled by workers from the South Island Organ Company who have been removing the organ.

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A stack of letter tiles resting on a bench inside the Durham Street Methodist Church. The bench has been covered with dust and chips of plaster that have come off the building's walls.

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The tip of the gable on the Durham Street Methodist Church. The stone work has cracked and is leaning forward. Bracing can be seen at the back, holding the stonework in place.

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A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church on Durham Street. The church has almost completely collapsed and only a small section of the structure is still standing. Masonry and other rubble has spilled onto the footpath and street in front.

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Workers from the South Island Organ Company deconstructing the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ.

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Windows of the Durham Street Methodist Church that have been braced and weather proofed with timber. The plaster around them is badly cracked, and a section has fallen away, revealing the brick work underneath.

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A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church blocked off by wire fencing. The tip of the façade is damaged, and bracing holds it up from behind.

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A photograph of the collapsed Durham Street Methodist Church viewed from the side. All that is left is a pile of masonry and a vague indication of where the walls used to be.

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A view of the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church hall. The floor has been coated with plaster from the walls and ceiling, and items of furniture have been stacked up around the walls.

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The front entrance of the Durham Street Methodist Church. The door is blocked by a safety fence and large concrete blocks, which have been used to secure the steel bracing supporting the front wall of the building.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The link between Morley House and Durham Street Methodist Church".

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A tangle of metal pipes and a roof beam on the footpath outside the Durham Street Methodist Church.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "All that remains of the front doorway of Durham Street Methodist Church".

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Scaffolding inside the Durham Street Methodist Church that has been constructed to allow workers to remove the church's historic and valuable organ.

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A tangle of metal pipes and a roof beam on the footpath outside the Durham Street Methodist Church.

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Components of the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ, which have been labelled and stacked inside the church. Workers from the South Island Organ Company have been deconstructing the organ so that it can be removed.

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The Durham Street Methodist Church Roll of Honour, commemorating soldiers who died in World War One. The wall it is set on to is badly cracked and sections of plaster have chipped away revealing the stone work underneath.

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The Durham Street Methodist Church Roll of Honour, commemorating soldiers who died in World War One. The wall it is set on to is badly cracked and sections of plaster have chipped away revealing the stone work underneath.

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A stack of letter tiles resting on a bench inside the Durham Street Methodist Church. The bench and the floor around it has been covered with dust and chips of plaster that have come off the building's walls.

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A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church blocked off by wire fencing. The top right corner of the building is damaged and some of the masonry has fallen onto to the footpath below.

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A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church. The parapet at the tip of the front gable has come loose and is leaning towards the road. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.

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Plaster on the floor of the Durham Street Methodist Church that has chipped away from the walls and ceiling of the building. In the background a window that has been braced and weather proofed with timber can be seen.

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A car mired in liquefaction in a car park on Chester Street in the aftermath of the 22 February earthquake. Behind it, the collapsed Durham Street Methodist Church can be seen.

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A view down Durham Street. Building rubble from the Durham Street Methodist Church can be seen on the left.

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A splintered doorway in the remains of the Durham Street Methodist Church. A pile of broken masonry is sitting in front.

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A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church. The parapet at the tip of the front gable has come loose and is leaning towards the road. Steel bracing has been placed behind the parapet to keep it from toppling.

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A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church on Durham Street. The church has almost completely collapsed and only a small section of the structure is still standing. Masonry and other rubble has spilled onto the footpath and street in front. To the right a plywood sign has been propped against the front fence. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the sign.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "District Court, Chester Street West".

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The upper section of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Scaffolding has been constructed to allow workers from the South Island Organ Company to retrieve the church's valuable and historic organ. The windows at the far end have been weather proofed with plywood and strengthened with timber bracing.