A photograph looking south-east down High Street towards the intersection of Madras Street. A worker in a high-visibility vest and hard hat can be seen walking down the street. More can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of One Big Sugar Bowl on High Street. USAR codes can be seen spray-painted on the window and a window pane to the left has been boarded up with plywood. Furniture remains on the street.
A photograph of the Arts Centre taken from the corner of Rolleston Avenue and Worcester Street, in front of the Canterbury Museum. The tip of the building has broken and collapsed onto the ground in front. Tape has been stretched around the street posts.
Smoke billowing from the remains of the collapsed Canterbury Television building on Madras Street. Below, emergency personnel are searching through the rubble for trapped people. A piece of corrugated plastic is being used to slide pieces of debris off the site.
Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel preparing a Hercules C-130 to evacuate rest home residents affected by the Canterbury Earthquake.
USAR personnel disembarking from the Air Force Boeing 757. The Boeing 757 transported the crew from Auckland to help support the Christchurch Earthquake operation.
USAR personnel disembarking from the Air Force Boeing 757. The Boeing 757 transported the crew from Auckland to help support the Christchurch Earthquake operation.
Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel preparing a Hercules C-130 to evacuate rest home residents affected by the Canterbury Earthquake.
Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel preparing a Hercules C-130 to evacuate rest home residents affected by the Canterbury Earthquake.
Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel carrying a rest home resident onto a Hercules C-130 for evacuation following the Canterbury Earthquake.
FLTLT Chris Hart, part of the New Zealand Air Force's Air Security team, guiding displaced Christchurch residents at the Air Movements terminal.
FLTLT Chris Hart, part of the New Zealand Air Force's Air Security team, guiding displaced Christchurch residents at the Air Movements terminal.
FLTLT Chris Hart, part of the New Zealand Air Force's Air Security team, guiding displaced Christchurch residents at the Air Movements terminal.
FLTLT Chris Hart, part of the New Zealand Air Force's Air Security team, guiding displaced Christchurch residents at the Air Movements terminal.
FLTLT Chris Hart, part of the New Zealand Air Force's Air Security team, guiding displaced Christchurch residents at the Air Movements terminal.
Three Ngai Tahu elders speaking to workers of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT) at the official opening. A camera operator is filming the speech. The ceremony was held in Burwood Park.
A cordon check-point at the corner of Barbadoes and Lichfield Streets. In the foreground, a sign reading "Warrant of fitness", advertising a nearby automotive shop, leans against the "Road closed" sign. Behind the cordon, a soldier sleeps on top of the cab of an army truck.
Members of the Student Volunteer Army digging up liquefaction in from a resident's property. The liquefaction is being placed in wheelbarrows where it will be transported to the street and left in piles for the City Council to pick up.
A damaged house in Avonside. The front of the house has sunk due to subsidence in the ground caused by liquefaction. Codes have been spray painted on the front window by the North Shore City Council rescue team.
A large crack on the side of a residential road in Avonside. Cones have been placed on the crack to warn road users. In the background, piles of liquefaction have been dug out of residential properties and placed on the road for collection.
The damaged Knox Presbyterian Church on the corner of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue. The brickwork in the gables of the building has crumbled onto the footpath below, exposing the wooden structure beneath and the inside of the church.
A photograph of a plaque on a stone in Hagley Park which reads, "This stone was erected 16th Dec. 1908 by the Canterbury Old Colonists Assn to mark the spot where some of the first Canterbury settlers erected their huts 1851".
A photograph looking south down New Regent Street from the intersection of Armagh Street. Scaffolding is holding up the facades of buildings on the left hand side, and there has been considerable damage to the paving along the tram tracks.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street towards the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. The bell tower has been partially demolished, and the rubble is visible in front. The Citizens' War Memorial can also be seen to the left.
A photograph of the Little India building on the corner of Gloucester Street and New Regent Street. One of the doors has been boarded up with plywood. USAR codes and a red sticker can be seen on the other.
A photograph of the front of Croydon House Bed and Breakfast Hotel, taken from behind a cordon on Armagh Street. The front windows have been boarded up and USAR codes can be seen spray painted in pink inside the porch.
A photograph of buildings on Armagh Street, taken from behind a cordon. From the front, there is the Provincial Chambers building, then Craig's Investment Partners House, the Victoria Apartments, and the Forsyth Barr building.
A photograph of a digger and workers in high-visibility gear outside a badly-damaged building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Manchester Street. The road is covered in building rubble and has been cordoned off with wire fencing.
A photograph of a digger and workers in high-visibility gear outside a badly-damaged building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Manchester Street. The road is covered in building rubble and has been cordoned off with wire fencing.
PTE Steven Khudson on cordon duty in Christchurch central city. In the background, members of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team can be seen as well as a digger.