A photograph of an excavator demolishing the Provincial Hotel.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing 83-85 Manchester Street.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing 83-85 Manchester Street.
A photograph of a member of the public and a camera man standing in front of collapsed stores on Manchester Street taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. An excavator can be seen in the background removing rubble.
A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of an excavator and a large mound of building rubble. In the background is the badly-damaged Farmers car park building on Gloucester Street.
A photograph of the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel taken from Radio New Zealand House on Durham Street. The hotel has been demolished, leaving large piles of rubble which an excavator is working to clear.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Westende Jewellers Building on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets. A wire fence has been placed around the building as a cordon. Behind it sits a Southern Demolition excavator.
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River. An excavator is sitting on top of the rubble. There is a crane to the left.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Westende Jewellers Building on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Street. Wire fences have been placed around the building and a Southern Demolition excavator can be seen behind them.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Hagley Hostel on Riccarton Avenue. A crane and an excavator are parked in front of the building. Wire fences and shipping containers have been placed around the outside as a cordon.
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River. An excavator is sitting on top of the rubble. There is a crane to the left.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing the Country Theme Store building on the corner of St Asaph and Manchester Streets. Road cones have been placed along St Asaph Street as a cordon.
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River. An excavator is sitting on top of the rubble. There is a crane to the left.
A video of excavators demolishing the former railway station on Moorhouse Avenue. The building was only moderately damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, but repair work was deemed too costly for the co-owner, Science Alive!.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Corner of Madras and Gloucester Streets, opposite Latimer Square".
A photograph of Kay Rosen's mural 'Here are the people and there is the steeple'.
An excavator deconstructing a building near Blackwells Holden on Madras Street.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing 90-92 Chester Street East.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing 90-92 Chester Street East.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing 90-92 Chester Street East.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A photograph of an excavator amongst building debris near Lichfield Street.
A photograph of excavators at work on a central Christchurch site.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing Cecil House on Manchester Street.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A photograph of an excavator demolishing St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.