A photograph looking south down Colombo Street from the intersection of Gloucester Street. In the distance a crane is hanging over Cathedral Square. Below the crane is a pile of rubble from the partially-demolished tower of ChristChurch Cathedral. To the right is a smaller crane and a steel structure which will be used to brace the front of the Cathedral.
Church, Papanui Rd (08.03.2011) Merivale Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand © 2011 Phil Le Cren Photo Taken With: Canon EOS 1000D + Canon EF/EF-S lenses + 10.1 effective megapixels + 2.5-inch TFT color LCD monitor + Eye-level pentamirror SLR + Live View shooting. + EOS Built-in Sensor cleaning system + Wide-area 7 ...
Church, Papanui Rd (08.03.2011) Merivale Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand © 2011 Phil Le Cren Photo Taken With: Canon EOS 1000D + Canon EF/EF-S lenses + 10.1 effective megapixels + 2.5-inch TFT color LCD monitor + Eye-level pentamirror SLR + Live View shooting. + EOS Built-in Sensor cleaning system + Wide-area 7 ...
2 Minutes Silence - Anglican Church, Cnr Saint John St & Ferry Rd (01.03.2011) Woolston Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand © 2011 Phil Le Cren Photo Taken With: Canon EOS 1000D + Canon EF/EF-S lenses + 10.1 effective megapixels + 2.5-inch TFT color LCD monitor + Eye-level pentamirror SLR + Live View shooting. +...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hereford Street - the remains of St Johns Church (left), Arrow International empty site. CTV site and the IRD building (right)".
Anglican and Catholic churches will unite today, holding services with cathedral bells tolling throughout the country in remembrance of those who died in the Christchurch earthquake.
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Church bells will ring worldwide ring for Christchurch today as tens of thousands of people attend today's National memorial service for the victims for the Christchurch earthquake.
A felt heart with "peace be with you" sewn on the front, tied to the wire fencing in front of the broken St Joseph's Church in Lyttelton.
View of the intersection of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue, looking towards the Knox Church. Across the street are unstable buildings with scaffolding erected around the sides.
A view across Edgeware Road to the cleared site of St Mary and St Athanasius Church. The site has been cordoned off with road cones and emergency tape.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north along Cambridge Terrace and Durham Street from St Michael and All Angels Church. New Cashel Mall is at centre right".
A photograph of the damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
A photograph of the damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
A photograph of the damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
A photograph of the damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Holy Trinity Avonside".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Holy Trinity Avonside".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Holy Trinity Avonside".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St Lukes demolition site, Kilmore Street".
A video of a press conference with Anglican Bishop Victoria Matthews and Dean Peter Beck, about the interim plans for the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. In the press conference Matthews announces that the Cathedral will be deconsecrated, that parts of it will be demolished, and that the rest will be made safe. These measures will allow the recovery of artefacts and heritage items from the building.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone in July 2011. The video includes footage of Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, the ChristChurch Cathedral, Worcester Street, the Press Building, the Whitcoulls Building, Cashel Mall, and High Street. It also includes an interview with Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee.
A photograph of messages attached to the wire fencing around the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church. A paper heart reads, "'The Lord is close to the broken hearted; He rescues those whose spirits are crushed' Psalm 24:18'. A message from the Japanese Red Cross Psychological Support Team reads, "Thank you, also from us, for your warm support. Our thoughts are with you always".
Personnel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Singapore Army, the New Zealand Police, the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue Team, and St John, standing for two minutes of silence outside the Christ Church Cathedral in honour of the people who lost their lives in the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An aerial photograph of Hereford Street and Cathedral Square. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hereford Street running across the foreground of this photograph, with Cathedral Square above. The IBIS Hotel and the ANZ Bank are staying, while the BNZ is currently being soft-stripped. Christ Church Cathedral officially has a status of 'partial demolish'".
Church bells tolled around the country at exactly 12.51 this afternoon - one week on from the deadly Christchurch earthquake, which may have claimed as many as 240 lives.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St Luke's Church on Kilmore Street. The south apse wall was further damaged during the 13 June 2011 earthquake, exposing the pipe organ".
A crane sitting beside the fence cordoning off the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. In the foreground stones from the Christ Church Cathedral have been laid out on pallets.
A member of the Royal New Zealand Navy and civilian walking down Colombo Street during the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.