Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury. Shops on Colombo Street in Christchurch - damaged in earthquake and then partially demolished to reduce risk from unstable materials which might otherwise be dislodged in strong winds or subsequent aftershocks. The 1590 aftershocks recorded to date have continued to cause further damage.
A photograph of a sign from the TVNZ Building on the building's demolition site. Also visible are a fire extinguisher, hose and other rubble from the building.
A photograph submitted by Matt Pickering to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The army on hand, helping prepare for the demolition of the Strategy Building".
A photograph submitted by Bettina Evans to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demolition of old Fire Station/Library in Lyttelton, corner London Street/Oxford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across the demolition site of the Press Building towards Warners and Novatel Hotels. New Press Building on the right rear".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site between the former Government Life building (on the right) and Grant Thornton House with Chancery Lane in the background".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from 205 Manchester Street to Radio Newtwork House across concrete rubble from the demolition of SBS House, 180 Manchester Street".
A photograph of ribbons hanging from a cordon fence on Cashel Street. The ribbons were placed in protest at the proposed demolition of the Christ Church Cathedral.
Blossom coming out by the Worcester Street bridge. File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-041 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 29 August 2014 entitled, "Day off".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of Manchester Courts, 158-160 Manchester Street".
Diggers on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets taking a rest from demolishing this building on Sunday.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "All that remains of the front doorway of Durham Street Methodist Church".
A digger and a crane with a wrecking ball demolishing the St Elmo Courts building on Hereford Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral Junction, Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St Paul's Church, Cashel Street, demolished and removed".
The Regent Theatre with a digger in the front taking down the building, and the interior of the building visible.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Madras Street looking south from Lichfield Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Peterborough Street with the Establishment Apartment building being demolished".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph of the partially-demolished Holiday Inn. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Louis Vuitton Building being demolished, Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Diggers at Terrace on the Park artistically parked, Park Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Louis Vuitton Building being demolished, Cathedral Square".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
A digger and a crane with a wrecking ball demolishing the St Elmo Courts building on Hereford Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Diva on High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wildflowers on the site of a demolished building in Sydenham".