The backs of damaged buildings on High Street.
The backs of damaged buildings on High Street.
Books littering the floor from a fallen bookshelf.
The back entrance to the Ng art gallery building on Madras Street. The awning from Bains of Madras Street sits on the ground beside cordon fencing around a damaged building.
A "sand volcano" of liquefaction silt in a garden.
The back of a damaged building on Madras Street. The awning from Bains of Madras Street sits on the ground beside the cordon fencing.
The damaged Hotel Grand Chancellor, with a noticeable slump to one side.
The backs of damaged buildings on High Street.
The backs of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from St Asaph Street.
Damage to two blocks of flats. The chimneys have been removed, and the space filled with plywood sheeting.
A crushed car in a cleared site on Tuam Street.
Weeds growing on the site of a demolished building. In the foreground is an abandoned shoe.
A man walking down the High Street Mall.
Outside the cordon at the corner of Cambridge Terrace and Worcester Boulevard. On the cordon fence is a flower and the sign reads 'Extreme Danger, Keep Out". In the background on the right is the Clarendon Tower.
Detail of building rubble, road cones and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street. A digger sits in the background.
Looking into Cathedral Square from the corner of Cambridge Terrace and Worcester Boulevard. On the left is the damaged former Municipal Chambers, a historic Queen Anne building on the intersection of Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Terrace. On the right is the Clarendon Tower.
The collapsed rocks of Shag Rock.
Houses teetering on the edge of the cliff above Sumner, which collapsed, taking one house with it. Below, a line of shipping containers protect the road from falling rocks.
The back of the facade of the Excelsior Hotel, preserved after the demolition of the hotel. It is being supported by wooden bracing and shipping containers.
The arm of a long reach excavator rising above the broken columns of a demolished building.
A banner in the "Occupy" movement's encampment in Hagley Park. The banner reads, "Co-operation not corporation. Join us, 11 am Monday, right here".
Notices advertising working groups in the "Occupy" movement's encampment in Hagley Park.
The "White Lights of Hope" spotlights shining into the sky at night from the central city.
Detail of building rubble, road cones and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
Detail of building rubble and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
The Grant Thornton building in Cathedral Square seen through the cordon fence.
Damage to the Cathedral. The Cathedral Square Police Station is on the right, and in the background are MFL House (left), the Forsyth Barr building (right) and the Camelot Cathedral Square Hotel (centre).
A CERA information sign on the fence in the Cathedral, placed to provide information to the public about the buildings seen from Cathedral Square. This one says "Regent Theatre: This has been demolished (see bottom left, now vacant site in photograph".
A stuffed Kiwi toy sits on a monument in the Cathedral Square. Building rubble can be seen in the background.
A CERA information sign on the fence in the Cathedral Square, placed to provide information to the public about the buildings seen from Cathedral Square. This one says "Clarendon Tower: This will be demolished. Currently CERA is working towards the appointment of an accredited demolistion contractor".