Damaged buildings on Hereford Street.
Damage to the Brannigans building, on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Gloucester Street.
Damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers.
Damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers.
Police and USAR personnel on Durham Street.
Police and USAR personnel on Durham Street.
Damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers.
Army personnel secure the cordon in the central city.
Damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers.
Damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
View down St Asaph street, with a crane beside the Forsyth Barr building.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
Damage to the Smiths City car park building.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
Construction workers remove stones from the damaged Arts Centre.
Wooden bracing protecting a tower on the Arts Centre.
Damage to the Cranmer Centre.
Damage to the Cranmer Centre.
Police officer on Montreal Street.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
A view down Colombo Street in Sydenham, empty in the middle of the day.
Damage to the Cranmer Centre.
Damage to the Cranmer Centre.
Damaged buildings on Madras Street, looking east towards Latimer Square.
Damage to the Christchurch School of Music building.
Damage to the Christchurch School of Music building.
Damage to buildings on Manchester Street.
Diggers and rubble from the Smiths City car parking building on Dundas Street, seen through security fencing.
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.