A member of the New Zealand Army chatting to a woman with her dog at a cordon checkpoint on Armagh Street.
Soldiers from the New Zealand Army and Singapore Armed Forces guarding a cordon in the central city.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Memorials left at the Cashel Street cordon by the Bridge of Remembrance".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 28 February 2011 entitled, "Avon Loop - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 6 March 2011 entitled, "Day 13, 8am - inside the Christchurch cordon.".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A memorial left at the Cashel Street cordon by the Bridge of Rembrance".
A post on the NZ Raw blog written by Mark Lincoln on 12 March 2011. Mark says, "Took these photos while wandering around the cordon".
A photograph of the collapsed Oxford Terrace Baptist Church. Tape has been draped around the building as a cordon.
Man on a bicycle looks through the security cordon on Dundas Street. Diggers and rubble from the Smiths City car parking building in the background.
Soldiers from the New Zealand Army and Singapore Armed Forces guarding a cordon in the central city.
A photograph of a cordon on the corner of Cashel Street and Rolleston Avenue. Tape has been draped across traffic cones and a police officer is standing guard.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street from the intersection of Armagh Street. The road has been cordoned off and an excavator is demolishing a building on the right.
A photograph of earthquake-damaged buildings on Tuam Street. Buildings have been cordoned off with wire fencing and the entrance to Poplar Lane is barricaded with barbed wire and wooden frames.
Soldiers from the New Zealand Army and Singapore Armed Forces guarding a cordon in the central city.
A photograph looking east down Lichfield Street from behind a cordon. Scaffolding erected around a building has collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake and fallen onto the road.
As we go to air, Christchurch property and business owners people are being allowed into the cordoned-off central city for the first time since the earthquake twelve days ago.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 3 March 2011 entitled, "Day 10, pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 March 2011 entitled, "Two minute silence - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 4 March 2011 entitled, "Day 11, 7am - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 25 February 2011 entitled, "Inside the Christchurch Cordon Day 4".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 25 February 2011 entitled, "Day Four, 9pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 5 March 2011 entitled, "Day 12. 7.50pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".
A solider guarding a cordon on Barbadoes Street near Moorhouse Avenue after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A memorial left by the Governor General at the Cashel Street cordon by the Bridge of Rembrance".
A photograph of emergency management personnel guarding a cordon on Gloucester Street near the intersection with Park Terrace. Road cones have been used to block off the street.
Man on a bicycle in front of the security cordon on Dundas Street. Diggers and rubble from the Smiths City car parking building in the background.
A photograph of piles of liquefaction on the side of Pages Road. Flooding in front of a driveway can be seen. Cordon fences are propped up against a fence.
Army presence outside the city cordon on Tuam Street. Road cones and cordon fencing have been placed around damaged buildings. In the background is a building where the walls have crumbled, exposing the interior of the building.
Outside the cordon at the corner of Cambridge Terrace and Worcester Boulevard. On the cordon fence is a flower and the sign reads 'Extreme Danger, Keep Out". In the background on the right is the Clarendon Tower.
A photograph of army personnel sitting on a couch made of mattresses outside a cordon on Park Terrace. A neighbourhood cat has come over to say hello.