Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John's Church on Hereford Street. The bell tower, partly collapsed during the September 4 earthquake, is now a pile of rubble on the ground".
Liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John the Baptist, Latimer Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John's Church, Latimer Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John's Church, Latimer Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John's Church, Latimer Square".
Workers repairing pipes on St Johns Street in Woolston.
Flooding and liquefaction silt on St Johns Street in Woolston.
A sign outside St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square advertising new venues for church services.
Damage to the church hall of St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. Masonry has fallen from one of the building's gables and has been piled against its base. The site has been enclosed in a safety fence. A spray-painted sign can be seen at the base of the building reading, "Danger! Wall unstable, stay clear". A piece of plywood is also visible weather proofing the building's roof.
Damage to the church hall of St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. The apex of one of the building's gables has collapsed.
Damage to St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. The tower has collapsed, exposing its structure. The building's roof has been weather proofed with plywood.
Damage to St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. The tower has collapsed, exposing its structure. The building's roof has been weather proofed with plywood.
A sign outside St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square advertising new venues for church services. Behind it the front wall of the church can be seen with the plywood and tarpaulins that have been used to weather proof the gaps where masonry has fallen away.
A sign outside St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square advertising new venues for church services. Behind it the front wall of the church can be seen with the plywood and tarpaulins that have been used to weather proof the gaps where masonry has fallen away.
Masonry that has fallen from St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square piled on a pallet in front of the church. Cracks can be seen in the building's foundations.
Damage to the church hall of St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. The apex of one of the building's gables has collapsed and a safety fence has been erected around its base.
The top of a corner tower from St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square that has been set between two buttresses at the church's base. Bracing made of steel beams and concrete blocks can be seen fixed to the wall on the right of the photograph.
Scattered masonry that has fallen from St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. Some of the stones have been stacked on pallets.
In the two hours following the earthquake, the St John Ambulance service in Christchurch took more than 353 calls. That compares to just 250 calls it usually receives during a standard 24-hour period. St John's Ambulance operations director, Michael Brook, joins us from Christchurch.
A photograph of a St John station set up temporarily in Hagley Park.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John's Church, Latimer Square".
A detail of the roof of St John the Baptist Church.
A photograph of a detail of St John the Baptist Church.
A photograph of a detail of St John the Baptist Church.
A photograph of a detail of St John the Baptist Church.
A photograph of a window of St John the Baptist Church.
A photograph of the roof of St John the Baptist Church.
A photograph of a window of St John the Baptist Church.