The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
Scavenger Hunt 101 - SH 52 (graffiti) Graffiti (or wall art) on the now visible side of a building in central Christchurch. There are still about 100 major buildings to be demolished in the city post the earthquakes.
The Canterbury Pacific Trust building on Worcester Street, viewed from behind security fencing. An open door shows the interior has been gutted.
The Christchurch Casino opens again tonight for the first time since February's earthquake left about 500 people out of work.
A photograph of a sign on a cordon fence announcing that the Trelise Cooper and Lynn Woods store is open.
A photograph of a sign on a cordon fence announcing that Plato Design Agency is open at 149 Victoria Street.
The track will open this week after being closed for nearly a year after the line suffered extensive damage in last November's earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A celebratory sign that at last Alice in Videoland is open in Tuam Street".
Members of the public sit at tables outside the Coffee Lovers cafe on the newly re-opened New Regent Street.
An old open fireplace that has been exposed during demolition of the Hillary and Marshall Limited building on Manchester Street.
St Germain restaurant on Worcester Street. Metal bracing has been constructed under the building's verandah but the restaurant remains open.
UC CEISMIC team members Chris Thomson and Lucy-Jane Walsh order coffee in the newly re-opened New Regent Street.
A group of young people sit outside the Shop Eight and Rekindle cafe on the newly re-opened New Regent Street.
Security fences surround the Santorini Greek Ouzeri restaurant and bar on Gloucester Street. Some of the windows have been broken and left open.
A backpackers with pod-styled units has opened near Christchurch Airport as the city continues to struggle with budget accommodation following the 2011 earthquake.
Members of the UC CEISMIC team, Lucy-Jane Walsh and Han Li, walk down the newly re-opened New Regent Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Oxford Area School students Becky Hewitt (left) and Tom Erceg played yesterday after their school re-opened".
Broken and open windows in the Canterbury Pacific Trust building on Worcester Street, viewed from behind security fencing. The interior of the building has been gutted.
After a year's earthquake-enforced absence, the New Zealand International Jazz and Blues Festival is back and opens in Christchurch this evening.
A photograph of a sign on a cordon fence announcing that the Latin Addiction Dance Studio is open at 166 St Asaph Street.
Cordon fences on the Colombo Street bridge are the only signs of earthquake damage in this view of the recently re-opened Victoria Square.
Some cordon fences just visible in the background are the only sign of earthquake damage in this view of the recently re-opened Victoria Square
A photograph of a sign on a cordon fence announcing that the Latin Addiction Dance Studio is open at 166 St Asaph Street.
McCormack and Mckellar Auctioneers store on Victoria Street. Through the window is a sign that says "McCormack and Mckellar are open for business".
A sign on the ground next to a exposed brick wall outside the former site for Piko Wholefoods. It reads "Piko. 248 Stanmore. Open".
On the north east corner of Cathedral Square, the Commercial Hotel, owned by John Etherden Coker (1832 – 1894) was opened in 1863. The name Warner’s was not used until the hotel’s…
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Workers putting the finishing touches to the Ibis Hotel in Hereford Street before being re-opened".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "People outside the Canterbury Museum. The Museum re-opened to the public on 4 September, 2011".
The city side of the South Brighton bridge. Approaches on both sides will need extensive work before this bridge can re-open.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Carlton pub open for business after some bricks fell off the top of the building closing the footpath".