The public at the inaugural New Zealand Sandcastle competition held at New Brighton beach. The organisers of the Christchurch sandcastle competition hope the event will bring cheer to the earthquake-hit city.
Shoppers at the community market at the New Brighton Pedestrian Mall.
Shoppers at the community market at the New Brighton Pedestrian Mall.
Shoppers at the community market at the New Brighton Pedestrian Mall.
Damage to fences in the CBD. A couple of road cones have been put in front to keep the public away from the damaged fence.
Fencing and road cone on a section of Victoria Street. The Casino is seen on the right.
An electrical substation building in the CBD.
The Durham Street side of the Christchurch Casino, with some cordon fencing on the left.
View through the cordon fence of the vacant lot left by the demolition of the Copthorne Hotel on Durham Street.
The entrance to the damaged Convention Centre seen from behind the cordon fence.
Looking down Kilmore Street. The vacant lot at the back was previously the Repertory Theatre.
A staff member from Phantom Billstickers pasting up new posters on a bollard on the corner of Victoria and Montreal Streets.
Earthquake damaged building in the CBD. Cracks are clearly visible down the exterior walls.
Demolition work on Kilmore Street, at the end of Crammer Square.
Two excavators in front of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Building rubble from part of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Two excavators in front of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Two excavators and building rubble in front of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Fletcher hazard board outside the Terrace on the Park apartment complex where two buildings have been demolished.
Two excavators in front of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Two excavators and building rubble in front of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Two excavators and building rubble beside the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Red tape around the letterbox of a property that has been cordoned off.
A pile of bricks from a damaged house.
View down a street in Christchurch with a crane in the background.
A Christchurch Sightseeing Tour bus which offers tours of central Christchurch.
Two buildings in the Terrace on the Park apartment complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Looking over the Avon River to buildings inside the cordon on Oxford Terrace.
Overgrown flowers in the CBD.
Road closure on Gloucester Street due to the demolition of the Brannigans Building.