The demolition site of City Church on Manchester Street.
The sign remains outside City Church on Manchester Street.
The new Christchurch City Council building on Worcester Street.
The new Christchurch City Council building on Worcester Street.
Army personnel secure the cordon in the central city.
Steel girders supporting the Our City O-Tautahi building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "old City Library".
Army personnel secure the cordon in the central city.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The city blocks encompassed by Manchester, Gloucester, Latimer Square and Hereford Streets are amongst those with the most demolished buildings in the city centre at the moment".
The city cordon on Colombo Street. People are looking into the City red zone from the street cordon. Inside the cordon is a row of damaged buildings the upper storeys have partially collapsed..
Farmers and rural businesses have been combining their efforts to bring desperately needed fresh water supplies to earthquake shattered Christchurch.
Police have confirmed the death toll from the Christchurch earthquake has reached 145.
Demolition companies and building owners in central Christchurch hope efforts by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority will speed up the city's rebuild after it's been languishing for weeks.
As we go to air, Christchurch property and business owners people are being allowed into the cordoned-off central city for the first time since the earthquake twelve days ago.
Public bus tours of Christchurch's red zone will start off with a warning that the passengers could be trapped by an earthquake and may not make it out alive.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 September 2011 entitled, "Circling the City".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 6 June 2011 entitled, "Circumnavigating the City".
The cartoon depicts a little plant with two tiny leaves; text reads 'THE GARDEN CITY'. A second version includes the words 'Begins to grow again'. Context - The earliest stages of the rebuilding of Christchurch after the earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Rubble from partially demolished Smiths City car parking building, seen from Colombo Street.
Damage to the former Christchurch City Council building on Tuam Street.
One white linen tea towel with the poem ‘Stronger City’ by Gertrude Ryder Bennett, 1931, printed in black. This tea towel was produced by Lyttelton retailer 'God Save the Queen' in response to the 22 February earthquake. Rebecca Lovell-Smith owned and operated the vintage shop ‘God Save the Queen’ in Lyttelton. She lost both her home and the sh...
Christchurch Described Christchurch, New Zealand, is called the “City of the Plains” for its streets are as level as a billiard table, giving the visitor an impression that each street…
This intriguing photograph taken at the junction of Cashel and High Street draws us back to a typical summer day in Edwardian Christchurch in February 1913. A summer rain fall has just cleared, all…
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team sitting outside City Care on Antigua Street. The City Care building has been blocked off with wire fencing and police tape.
Christchurch city councillor Barry Corbett is at Civil Defence headquarters.
Bryce Collier, Sarah Robertson and Caroline Fisher outside tent city.
A view down the Avon River in the city centre.
A view down the Avon River in the city centre.
A view down the Avon River in the city centre.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The city blocks encompassed by Manchester Street, Gloucester Street, Latimer Square and Hereford Street are amongst those with the most demolished buildings in the city centre at the moment".