An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "BDO Lumley House which is in the process of being demolished. Knox Church is visible on the right hand side of the photo".
A photograph of the Cathedral Square walkway running from Gloucester Street to Cathedral Square. The walkway was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the cathedral. An excavator can be seen in the background.
A felt heart sewn to the wire fence in front of the Lyttelton Borough Council Chambers Building, a pile of bricks fallen from which are visible on the street. The heart provides a bit of beauty and hope to an otherwise depressing scene, the words "say yes often" embroided on the felt.
A notice on the window of the closed Fish and Chip shop on London Street reading, "Sorry my shop is damage and not open again. Sorry for everyone who have (sic) damage, very sad and very hard for people. But I will open new shop soon in Norwich Quay. See you soon, Phyong".
A black and white historic photograph of the Clarendon Hotel on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street. In the foreground is the Scott Memorial statue made by Scott's wife Kathleen Scott and unveiled in 1917.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team examining the Southern Finance Ltd building. Silt from liquefaction covers part of the footpath and road.
A photograph of the southern end of the Provincial Chambers Building taken through a car window. The roof and the wall of the building have collapsed on the right.
A photograph of a member of Crack'd for Christchurch adding a piece of china to a half-finished mosaic design.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "As a trial we made pavers for the temporary Bus Exchange on St Asaph Street."
A photograph of a tug-of-war contest at CityUps. CityUps was a 'city of the future for one night only', and the main event of FESTA 2014.
A photograph of The Present State - a contemplative installation that played projected recordings of foraging adventures by Plant Gang. The installation was part of FESTA 2014 and was located on a vacant site at 100 High Street.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team taking photograph through a car window. In the distance is the earthquake-damaged tower of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A photograph of two of the three performers who were The Bouffante Cart for FESTA's Canterbury Tales event. The performers are in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street. Canterbury Tales was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a truck transporting Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork along Ferry Road. The armchair has been wrapped in a tarpaulin and secured to the back of the truck with rope.
A photograph of large-scale puppets in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street, at the start of the Canterbury Tales procession. Canterbury Tales was created by Free Theatre Christchurch, and was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of The Present State - a contemplative installation that played projected recordings of foraging adventures by Plant Gang. The installation was part of FESTA 2014 and was located on a vacant site at 100 High Street.
A gutter on Bracken Street in Avonside showing cracks from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The edges of the footpath above it have fallen away, and the gutter has filled with the loose gravel which was used to fill pot holes in the road.
A photograph of people looking at a temporary sculpture titled Illuminate, on a vacant site on Worcester Street. The sculpture was created by students from Unitec's Architecture department for Canterbury Tales - a carnivalesque procession which was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of emergency management personnel standing on the intersection of Worcester Street and Latimer Square. To the left and right, tents have been set up on the road. Wire fencing has been placed around Latimer Square as a cordon.
Damage to Medway Street in Richmond. The road surface is cracked and buckled, and covered in liquefaction silt. A temporary road sign restricting speed to 30 is visible, with road cones behind. The photographer comments, "Medway St, between Woodchester Ave and River Rd. Woodchester Ave on right just beyond the 30 sign".
A power pole on the corner of Medway Street and Woodchester Avenue is on a lean, standing in a puddle of water and liquefaction silt. In the foreground road cones surround a pile of silt. The photographer comments, "Intersection of Medway St with Woodchester Ave and Flesher Ave, 10 days after the February quake".
A photograph of local musician Gemma Syme playing an instrument constructed from old street signs, at Sound Garden. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians and launched as part of FESTA 2013.
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Kaiapoi. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Many of the streets (but not all) in the area north of the Waimakariri River are red zoned".
(I righted the bird bath after the initial earthquake. None of the after-shocks were sufficient to knock it over again.)
Screen captures from TV3 and Natasha Utting Love you all - see the video at www.3news.co.nz/Inside-Christchurch-Part-One/tabid/817/ar... 7-09-2010 10-35-09 pm
Screen captures from TV3 and Natasha Utting Love you all - see the video at www.3news.co.nz/Inside-Christchurch-Part-One/tabid/817/ar... 7-09-2010 10-13-54 pm
Demolition of Robertson's Bakery building, Victoria Street, Christchurch. The Chandelier rescue ... Walking into work I saw the building I always wanted to buy (and run as a bookshop, perfumery, shoe shop) - the old Robertson's Bakery getting demolished. But the bigass digger gently reached into the wreckage and saved this chandelier, bringing...
Knox Church Rebuild/ repair on a walk around the neighbourhood May 17, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.
A cafe that was damaged severely in the earthquake. The front wall of the top storey has crumbled onto the street, crushing a car. Wire fencing and road cones have been used to create a cordon around the buildings.
A photograph of a crowd gathered around the large-scale puppets in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street. The puppets were created by Free Theatre Christchurch for Canterbury Tales, which was the main event of FESTA 2013.
Defence Force personnel during an operational tour of Lyttelton taken by Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, Air Vice Marshal Peter Stockwell and Chief of Army Tim Keating to view the aftermath of the Christchurch Earthquake.