A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing in front of the earthquake-damaged Avonmore House on Hereford Street. Sections of the walls have crumbled, spilling bricks and masonry onto the footpath and street below. Many of the windows have also warped, breaking the glass. USAR codes have been spray-painted on one of the columns. A red sticker taped to the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Avonmore House on the corner of Hereford Street and Latimer Square. Large cracks have formed in the building, causing sections of the masonry to crumble. The windows on the Hereford Street side of the building have bent out of shape and many of the glass panes have shattered. USAR codes have been spray painted on the column next to the door. In the distance wire fencing has been placed across the street as a cordon.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Forsyth Barr building at 764 Colombo Street (left) and 779 Colombo Street (right)".
A photograph of a woman wearing overalls covered in paint. She is holding a spray-paint can in each of her hands. There is a painted wall depicting two tui behind her, with four more spray-paint cans on the ground in front of it.
A photograph of documents taped to the door of 156 McCormacks Bay Road in Redcliffs. One of the documents is from the Christchurch City Council and reads, "Do not approach or enter this building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Replica of Tui ad billboard on a house at 739 Gloucester Street. This one appeared during the Rugby World Cup".
An abandoned residential property at 2 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. Weeds have grown through the cracks in the driveway and around the front of the house.
A sign taped to the door of the Strategy building on Montreal Street. The sign reads, "Danger, your house has a red placard, do not enter".
A house on Avonside Drive with cracks in its foundations and the interior wall of its porch as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The remains of SBS House, on the south-east corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets. The Octagon Live is behind".
Fences surround two cleared sites at 15 and 17 Oxford Street in Lyttelton. The sites formerly housed Lyttelton Lounge cafe, The Opportunity Shop and NZ Souvenir.
The driveway of a house on Avonside Drive. One of the concrete slabs has broken apart from another and lifted to create a gap between them.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A house at 464 Avonside Drive in Avonside which has moved towards the river while the deck stayed put".
A photograph of a red sticker on the wire fencing outside a house on Papanui Street. The sticker indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Brick cladding is badly cracked and buckled, and some bricks have fallen. The photographer comments, "Brick walls still clinging on".
A colourful tarpaulin is draped over a hole in the Lyttelton Museum on Norwich Quay. The building was constructed in 1911 to house the Seamen's Institute.
The driveway of a house on Bracken Street in Avonside that has been warped by earthquakes. Dry deposits of liquefaction can be seen on the driveway.
A photograph of a house in Burwood. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Former home of the Pasfield Family, Kingsford Street, Horseshoe Lake, Burwood".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New Brighton Road. The blinds here hang vertically and show how far the house has sunk on the right".
The top story of Fuze Restaurant and Cafe is dismantled by construction workers. The building formerly housed the Harbour Board offices, and was built in 1880.
An empty section where a house once stood at 14 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The section has become overgrown with weeds and the gutter has flooded.
A doorway on the second storey of the building that formerly housed the Coffee Club on High Street. The door has been exposed by the demolition of the adjoining building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Armagh Streets looking south-west".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph of graffiti on the boarded-up Minster House. The graffiti reads, "Still luv u, Lyttle." The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Norwich Quay, Lyttelton".
Damage to the building housing Java Coffee House, on the corner of High and Lichfield Streets. The facade of the upper storey has collapsed, destroying the awnings below.