The old (or is that the new) Inland Revenue Department (IRD) building on the corner of Madras and Cashel Streets in central Christchurch. Built in 2006/07 on the site of the former Farmers department store (itself badly damaged by fire), it was just a few years old when the earthquake of February 2011 struck, and subsequent quakes (all through 2...
Havent really posted any of my images of the quake damage was taking a look through tonight and came across this which i quite enjoyed.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Peg, a 15 year old Bearded Collie had a fissure open up under kennel in Kaiapoi during the September earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Peg, a 15 year old Bearded Collie had a fissure open up under kennel in Kaiapoi during the September earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch scenes after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake. The old next to the new in Durham Street near Bealey Avenue".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Work being carried out on the old Provincial Pub on the corner of Cashel and Barbadoes Streets after the earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Peg, a 15 year old Bearded Collie had a fissure open up under kennel in Kaiapoi during the September earthquake".
A wall exposed by the removal of a damaged building on Litchfield Street. It reveals an old painted advertisment for 'McCormick Reapers & Binders'.
Medium-density fibreboard has been sitting at an old rubbish put in Wigram since the earthquakes and residents are worried it's harming their health.
Students at Christchurch's Shirley Boys High School were upbeat about their return today to their old school, for the first time since the February earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. 110 year old cast iron work being removed from The Press tower after it was discovered to be damaged".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Removal of the flagpole and wrought Iron lattice work from the spire on top of the 110 year old Press building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Canterbury earthquake. Four year old Michael Walker rides his bike past the sink hole in Oxford Terrace that he fell in".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. 110 year old cast iron work being removed from The Press tower after it was discovered to be damaged".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. 110 year old cast iron work being removed from The Press tower after it was discovered to be damaged".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Removal of the flagpole and wrought Iron lattice work from the spire on top of the 110 year old Press building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Removal of the flagpole and wrought Iron lattice work from the spire on top of the 110 year old Press building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Removal of the flagpole and wrought Iron lattice work from the spire on top of the 110 year old Press building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. 89 year old Jean Sparks of Sockburn being lifted upstairs by firemen into Twiggers Restaurant in Addington Raceway".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. 89 year old Jean Sparks of Sockburn being lifted upstairs by firemen into Twiggers Restaurant at Addington Raceway".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Removal of the flagpole and wrought Iron lattice work from the spire on top of the 110 year old Press building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Removal of the flagpole and wrought iron lattice work from the spire on top of the 110 year old Press building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Removal of the flagpole and wrought Iron lattice work from the spire on top of the 110 year old Press building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Removal of the flagpole and wrought Iron lattice work from the spire on top of the 110 year old Press building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Removal of the flagpole and wrought iron lattice work from the spire on top of the 110 year old Press building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Removal of the flagpole and wrought iron lattice work from the spire on top of the 110 year old Press building".
The old Christchurch City Council building on Tuam Street was damaged in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The old Christchurch City Council building on Tuam Street was damaged in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Part of the Martin family of Shirley/Dallington who has been accused by Police and the Mayor of ripping off the system when people who really need the service should have been getting the support. Lala Martin with two of her 6 children that live with her in her property, left eight-month old Kohine, a twin and three-year old Haokitaha".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. The old Sumner Borough Council building is cordoned because of cracks".