Under the trees in the Botanic Gardens was a 'Road Cone Art Competition', to see what sculptures the public could make out of a road cone. This work was titled 'Conllicious'.
An authority granted by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, providing the authority to carry out earthquake repair work that may affect archaeological sites within the Lyttelton area.
Damage to the interior of a house in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Revisiting our abandoned house. Sagging walls have pulled the stereo shelves out of line".
Workers using a shovel and a wheelbarrow to clear liquefaction from a property. The liquefaction is being piled out the front where it will be collected.
A damaged residential property has been cordoned off with tape, and in front are the words "stay out!' written on a board. Piles of brick can be seen around the house.
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.
A photograph of several broken windows in the Crowne Plaza Hotel. A lamp is hanging out of the bottom window.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office in a van. Out the window is an earthquake-damaged building.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street from the intersection of Hereford Street. A section of road on the right has been cut out and is surrounded by road cones.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "People run out of Cashel Mall during an aftershock. Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".
The brick wall of a building in Redcliffs that has cracked and fallen away in some places. Sections of the wall have buckled out from the building's structure.
Two phone booths on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton which have been wrapped in tape that reads, 'Danger keep out' due to their proximity to the damaged building behind them.
A member of the World Mission Society Church of God handing out free sausages to a passing motorist on North Parade in Shirley.
A Christchurch plumber owed tens of thousands of dollars by the Earthquake Commission says the EQC has appointed a case manager to sort out the money it owes him.
A photograph of a spray-painted message on a fence reading, "Keep out, extreme danger. Power off/water off." The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton by QEII Drive".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A truck spraying water to keep the fine insidious liquefaction dust out of the air along Bower Avenue in New Brighton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Velsheda Street in Bexley". A sign out front reads, "No rubbernecks".
Under the trees in the Botanic Gardens was a 'Road Cone Art Competition', to see what sculptures the public could make out of a road cone. This work was titled 'Flight of the Butterflies'.
A partially-demolished brick building has the word "red" painted on its wall. Liquefaction surrounds piles of bricks on the ground in front. The photographer comments, "I guess they ran out of red stickers".
University of Canterbury ICT staff members prepare to be escorted to buildings by Civil Defence members in order to retrieve computers from offices. The photographer comments, "ICT staff head out to retrieve computers from buildings".
An authority granted by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, providing the authority to carry out earthquake repair work that may affect archaeological sites within the Christchurch City area.
A photograph of a spray-painted message on a fence reading, "Keep out, extreme danger. Power off/water off." The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton by QEII Drive".
A photograph of a spray-painted message on a fence reading, "Keep out, extreme danger. Power off/water off." The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "New Brighton by QEII Drive".
Got to admire someone taking a lovely red sports car out on our roads at present. File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0374 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damaged buildings on Manchester Street. The facades have fallen, crushing the awnings below. The photographer comments, "Just after the aftershock settled on Tuesday afternoon, myself and colleagues fled our Tuam Street office to absolute devastation outside. We couldn't see more than a block in either direction due to the clouds of dust that had arisen from buildings that had just collapsed ... From here, we picked up our vehicles from the CCC car park and headed out to get out of the chaos to a position where we could check on loved ones. Heading first along Manchester Street, buildings that were already heavily damaged were now completely written off".
The Taiwanese Search and Rescue team at the Christchurch International Airport after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Gordon Harris building on Worcester Street. There are large cracks in the walls and the glass has fallen out of the windows.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Gordon Harris building on Worcester Street. There are large cracks in the walls and the glass has fallen out of the windows.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Gordon Harris building on Worcester Street. There are large cracks in the walls and the glass has fallen out of the windows.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Gordon Harris building on Worcester Street. There are large cracks in the walls and the glass has fallen out of the windows.