Workers and a police officer stand next to the damaged Knox Church at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue.
Damage to the House of Travel in Merivale. On the cordon fence is a chalkboard sign with a skull and crossbones and the words "Stay back".
The damaged Villa Antiques building in Merivale, cordoned off with police and civil defence tape.
Damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church (formerly the St Albans Wesleyan Church) in Merivale.
The damaged Haralds building in Papanui has a tarpaulin covering the roof, but still has an Open sign displayed and a sale bin of fabric displayed outside the shop.
Damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church (formerly the St Albans Wesleyan Church) in Merivale.
A view down Papanui Road to Victoria Street, with the Port Hills in the background. The road is closed at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue, and diggers are working beside a damaged building.
Workers and a police officer stand next to diggers and a Road Closed sign at the intersection of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue, seen from Papanui Road.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A damaged section of road is cordoned off with road cones on a residential street in Christchurch.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick parapet collapsed onto its roof and a collapsed chimney.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall of the upper storey partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
A damaged house in central Christchurch, with a brick wall partly fallen away, exposing the room within.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A woman inspects the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
Sightseers inspect the damage to a road which buckled during the earthquake, leaving a series of large cracks across the tarmac.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
Liquefaction in a horse paddock. In the foreground cracks are visible in the road surface.
The damaged gable walls of the Cranmer Centre are protected by tarpaulins and wooden framing.
Detail of damage to the Cranmer Courts, where the gable ends of some walls have collapsed. Straps and wooden bracing protect against further damage.
A crane lifts containers off a goods train stopped on the track beside SH71 near Rangiora. Trains were unable to run until buckled tracks were inspected and repaired.
A crane lifts containers off a goods train stopped on the track beside SH71 near Rangiora. Trains were unable to run until buckled tracks were inspected and repaired.
Detail of damage to the Cranmer Courts, where the gable ends of some walls have collapsed. Straps and wooden bracing protect against further damage.
Detail of damage to the Cranmer Courts, where the gable ends of some walls have collapsed. Straps and wooden bracing protect against further damage.