A child's artwork hanging from the cordon fence on Gloucester Street.
Children play on street furniture on Gloucester Street, part of one of the Christchurch City Council's Transitional City projects. In the background is the facade of the Isaac Theatre Royal, protected by shipping containers.
The dome of the Isaac Theatre Royal, covered in plastic sheeting and suspended in its stage area, awaits restoration.
The partially demolished BNZ building on Armargh Street, seen from New Regent Street.
Members of the UC CEISMIC team, Lucy-Jane Walsh and Han Li, walk down the newly re-opened New Regent Street.
Staff prepare coffee in a cafe in the newly re-opened New Regent Street.
UC CEISMIC team members Chris Thomson and Lucy-Jane Walsh order coffee in the newly re-opened New Regent Street.
The newly re-opened New Regent Street.
The view from upstairs in a cafe in the newly re-opened New Regent Street.
A digger demolishes the ANZ building in Cathedral Square. The partially demolished BNZ building is also visible. Photograph taken from upstairs in the Re:Start mall.
Caleb Middendorf tries out the penny farthing bicycle in one of the reopened galleries of the Canterbury Museum.
A crowd watches a busker perform outside Ballantynes during the World Buskers Festival.
A Christmas tree erected on the building site for the temporary "cardboard cathedral". The base of the support framework for the cathedral is visible behind the tree.
Inside Scorpio's Bookshop, one of the container shops in the Re:Start mall.
A crowd watches buskers performing outside Ballantynes during the World Buskers Festival.
A "Welcome to Christchurch" sign on the cordon fence near the Re:Start mall provides a map of the red zone and information for tourists.
A crowd watches a busker perform outside Ballantynes during the World Buskers Festival.
People look through viewing windows into the Red Zone at the east end of the Re:Start mall.
Looking east down Cashel Street from the Colombo Street intersection. On the left is the empty section where Dawsons Jewellers used to stand, and on the right is the Crossing building.
A crowd watches a busker perform outside Ballantynes during the World Buskers Festival.
An empty section where a building has been demolished on Colombo Street, seen through the cordon fencing.
People look through viewing windows into the Red Zone at the east end of the Re:Start mall.
Bike stands in Re:Start in the shape of fern fronds. In the background, a crowd watches a busker perform during the World World Buskers Festival.
A crowd watching a busker perform in the Re:Start mall during the World World Buskers Festival.
The west face of the former Christchurch City Council building, seen from Colombo Street.
Te Waipounamu House, seen from Re:Start mall.
Seen through the cordon fence, the exposed wall of the Rangiora Bakery where the the building to the right has been demolished.
Looking west down Lichfield street from Colombo Street. Two lanes are barricaded off with fencing and road cones.
A digger parked on top of a pile of demolition rubble on Lichfield Street, seen through the cordon fence.
The mirrors from Sergio's Menswear are still intact on the wall of the adjoining building after the demolition of Sergio's.