A photograph of the earthquake damage to a hotel in the Christchurch central city. Cordon tape has been placed across the entrance to the hotel and USAR codes have been spray-painted on the footpath outside.
A photograph of flooding on a residential street in Christchurch. Large piles of gravel have been placed along the street with cordon fences in front of them. Road cones can be seen in the foreground.
A photograph of a UK Fire and Rescue International Search and Rescue tent in Latimer Square. Cordon tape and plastic mesh has been placed around the tent.
A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army sitting on a couch made out of a mattress and base as they guard a cordon in Christchurch. A cat has come to say hello.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Edward Gibbon building on Tuam Street. The building has been cordoned off with wire fencing and road cones and the footpath behind the fence is covered in fallen bricks.
Detail of a demolition site, seen through the cordon fence.
Damaged buildings on Colombo Street, seen through the cordon fence.
A sign on a cordon fence reading, "Do not enter".
Detail of an apartment complex that has been cordoned off.
Detail of an apartment complex that has been cordoned off.
Damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers, seen through cordon fencing.
A view down Colombo Street towards a cordon check point.
A garage which has crumbled and has been cordoned off.
Detail of an apartment complex that has been cordoned off.
Demolition work on Litchfield Street, seen through the cordon fence.
Damaged buildings on Fitzgerald Avenue, seen through the cordon fence.
A man walks past the cordon fence around the CBD.
An image from a Navy Today April 2011 article titled, "Cordon Patrols in Lyttelton". The image is of Captain Dean McDougall briefing AVM Pete Stockwell, the then commander of the New Zealand Joint Forces. To the left stands LTCDR Simon Rooke.
A photograph looking west down Hereford Street from the intersection with Manchester Street. Wire fencing has been placed on both sides of the street to cordon off earthquake-damaged buildings. To the right, bricks have spilled across the road and footpath.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Bob Brown's Hi-Fi Sounds building on the corner of Gloucester and Armagh Streets. Many of the windows have broken and wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Bob Brown's Hi-Fi Sounds building on the corner of Gloucester and Armagh Streets. Many of the windows have broken and wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A demolished house on Oxford Street in Lyttelton. The wood from the house still lies in a pile on the building site. Wire fencing has been used to create a cordon around the building.
A cordon check-point at the corner of Barbadoes and Lichfield Streets. In the foreground, a sign reading "Warrant of fitness", advertising a nearby automotive shop, leans against the "Road closed" sign. Behind the cordon, a soldier sleeps on top of the cab of an army truck.
A photograph of buildings on Armagh Street, taken from behind a cordon. From the front, there is the Provincial Chambers building, then Craig's Investment Partners House, the Victoria Apartments, and the Forsyth Barr building.
The corner of Manchester and Tuam Streets in town, the street cordoned off in the distance. Peaches and Cream can be seen, the walls braced with wooden planks.
NZ Army personnel guarding a cordon on Madras Street near Moorhouse Avenue after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. In the distance, smoke from the CTV Building can be seen.
A photograph of a man in a high-visibility vest guarding a cordon at the intersection of Montreal and Gloucester Street. In the background, a "Luxury Mobile Flushing Toilet" can be seen.
A photograph of the badly-damaged buildings on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. The corner has been cordoned off and fallen bricks lie behind the fences. Stark, white mannequins can be seen in the windows.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 March 2011 entitled, "Day 8, 6pm - inside the Christchurch cordon".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a dairy on the corner of Springfield and Clare Roads. Part of the awning has slumped to the side and wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.