Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The buildings of the former Wards Brewery, also known as Crichton Cobbers, further damaged in the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
A building on Manchester Street which has lost most of its upper brick wall. The windows remain, with their brick arches and scaffolding holding them together.
A photograph of the badly-damaged McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street. Scaffolding is bracing the front facade and the site has been fenced off.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking along Chester St West - there are already a number of empty sites and several more buildings due for demolition".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The buildings of the former Wards Brewery, also known as Crichton Cobbers, further damaged in the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
20120805_7586_1D3-600 30 seconds later the dust drifts across the city. Following the demolition of the earthquake damaged Newstalk ZB building. #2649
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The north view of The intersection of Lichfield and Madras Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Intersection Manchester and Worcester Streets looking north-east".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Gloucester and Colombo Streets, looking east".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Armagh Streets looking south-east".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition of Dorset Towers on the corner of Dorset Street and Park Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View centered on Unlimited School, High/Cashel Streets intersection".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking west across Manchester Street along Tuam Street from Alice in Videoland".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An empty site at 141 Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of Cashel Street looking east from Colombo Street".
Christchurch carpenter Chris Nutfield rescued three women from the collapsed PGC building. He's one of the many to receive a bravery and heroism award one year after the February 2011 earthquake.
Two engineers who prepared a critical report on the CTV building spent much of the day yesterday defending their expertise and credentials at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
For the first time Alan Reay, whose firm designed the collapsed CTV building, has apologised to the families of the 115 people killed in the Christchurch earthquake 18 months ago.
An international expert in earthquake recovery who's touring New Zealand says it's inconceivable to think that a building as magnificent as Christchurch Cathedral won't be rebuilt.
A story submitted by Mike Ryan to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Peter Symms to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Rosie Belton to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Camille O'Donoghue to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Amanda Fuller to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Emma-Jane to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Adele Geradts to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Lindsay McKenzie to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 3 May 2012 entitled, "Area unshackled".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 16 September 2012 entitled, "Freedom on Fitzgerald?".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 7 May 2012 entitled, "Alice's (re) Appearance".