At least five companies are being investigated by the Canterbury Regional Council for dumping or burning earthquake demolition rubble illegally.
Diggers and rubble from the Smiths City car parking building on Dundas Street.
Rubble from a collapsed building in High Street Mall.
Looking through the cordon fence, demolition rubble in a overgrown site. A digger working on top of the rubble.
Rubble from partially demolished Smiths City car parking building, seen from Colombo Street.
Diggers and rubble from the Smiths City car parking building on Dundas Street.
Rubble from partially demolished Smiths City car parking building, seen from Moorhouse Avenue.
Looking through the cordon fence, demolition rubble in a overgrown site. A digger working on top of the rubble.
Looking through the cordon fence, demolition rubble in a overgrown site. A digger working on top of the rubble.
Looking through the cordon fence, demolition rubble in a overgrown site. A digger working on top of the rubble.
A photograph of a pile of rubble and scaffolding on Manchester Street.
Rubble from a collapsed building in High Street Mall.
A photograph looking north up Chancery Lane, towards a pile of rubble on Gloucester Street.
Rubble from partially demolished Smiths City car parking building, seen from Moorhouse Avenue.
Rubble from partially demolished Smiths City car parking building, seen from Moorhouse Avenue.
Rubble from partially demolished Smiths City car parking building, seen from Colombo Street.
Diggers and rubble from the Smiths City car parking building on Dundas Street.
Rubble from partially demolished Smiths City car parking building, seen from Moorhouse Avenue.
Rubble from partially demolished Smiths City car parking building, seen from Moorhouse Avenue.
A photograph of a woman walking past rubble from the earthquake damaged Cycle Trading store on Manchester Street shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A cars headlights can be seen through the rubble. The store's main window has been broken and the doors left open.
A photograph of a damaged car on the top of the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Colombo Street and Bealey Avenue. Wire fences and road cones have been placed around the rubble as a cordon.
A photograph of the rubble of the Observatory tower in the South Quad of the Christchurch Arts Centre. The tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Scaffolding constructed around the tower has also collapsed and is amongst the rubble.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team examining the path between two houses in Christchurch. The path is covered in rubble from the collapsed house to the right. A dog is walking through the rubble.
A photograph of emergency management personnel standing in front of a block of earthquake-damaged buildings on Manchester Street. Large piles of rubble line the street. In the foreground a parked car has been crushed by falling rubble.
A photograph looking east up Cashel Street towards Colombo Street. Rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings is piled on both sides of the street. A van has been crushed by the rubble on the left side of the street.
A photograph of a damaged car on the top of the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Colombo Street and Bealey Avenue. Wire fences and road cones have been placed around the rubble as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on the corner of Barbadoes and Armagh Streets. The top storey of the building has crumbled, spilling rubble onto the pavement. Steel fences and road cones have been placed around the rubble as a cordon.
A photograph of SPCA Field Officer Vanessa Hampton releasing a pigeon at SPCA Canterbury as a symbol of love, hope and renewal. The pigeon was named Barney Rubble due to the fact that it was found amongst the rubble and debris of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A photograph of the bottom storey of the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. Rubble from the top two storeys of the tower has spilled into the courtyard in front of the tower. A digger was used to clear the rubble away from the building.
A photograph of a member of the New Zealand Police using a search dog to examine the rubble of the Caledonian Hall on Kilmore Street. There are two crushed cars amongst the rubble.