A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
A large crack in the centre of a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
A photograph of workers in a crane-raised platform above the Knox Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on High Street.
An aerial photograph of Christchurch following the 4 September earthquake, taken from a helicopter.
A group of people inspect the damaged rowing club buildings at Kerrs Reach. A large gap has appeared between two concrete slabs beside the building, where the land has slumped towards the river.
Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.
A photograph of the damaged Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road.
A PDF copy of the Pegasus Post community newspaper, published on Sunday 19 December 2010.
A photograph of a mound of liquefaction on the grass at Bexley Park.
Three men digging silt out of storm water drains in Burwood.
Members of the Avonside Community walk down a road in Avonside. Silt from liquefaction has been cleared from people's properties and placed on the street in piles. Workers in the distance are collecting the silt to take to Bottle Lake.
A machine pumping sewage into the Avon River on Avonside Drive.
The north end of the Gayhurst Road bridge, cracked down the side, the posts bent inwards and the road buckled. Tape has been woven across the bridge.
The north end of the Gayhurst Road bridge, pulling away from the stone walls on the bank.
The north end of the bridge on Gayhurst Road. During the earthquake, the bridge was forced about 15 centimetres towards the river, the land falling away under the road. Fencing has been placed around the footpath, and the road filled and resealed so that it can still be used by traffic.
Workers digging up the road along Avonside Drive.
Extensive repairs being made to the sewerage infrastructure on Avonside Drive.
Extensive repairs being made to the sewerage infrastructure on Avonside Drive.
The north end of the Gayhurst Road bridge with buckled railings and torn up footpath now filled in.
Boarded up houses on Bowie Place.
Pomeroy's Brewery Inn on Kilmore Street viewed across the Avon River. The bar is green stickered meaning it safe to enter. As a brick building in this condition is fairly rare.
A crack next to the Avon River caused by the ground slumping after the 4 September earthquake. A blue pipe has been laid over the crack. Many kilometres of these temporary water pipes have been run overground in Avonside to supply houses with water.
One of many notices along Christchurch waterways, reading "Polluted water, please avoid contact, Christchurch City Council".
A photograph of road damage in Queensbury Street. The photographer says, "Many of the road disturbances are along the curb side requiring fill to level them".
Road damage between St Paul's School and Gayhurst Road bridge. The road has slumped near the curb, probably due to liquefaction.
Cracks along the footpath along Avonside Drive. In the distance workers are digging up the road. Road cones line the street and a "road closed" sign is visible.
The fixing of storm water drains on River Road in Avonside.
Cracking along the bottom of a house in Avonside Drive. The house has lifted a few centimetres off its foundations.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 14 September 2010, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which the cat is scared of the house".The entry was downloaded on 17 April 2015.