The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has tried to determine exactly who should have put a cordon around a central Christchurch building identified as an earthquake risk.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 19 May 2012 entitled, "Cordon Cutback".
Cordon fence decorated with flowers.
Street cordons on Chester St East.
A video of an interview with Corporal Pani Bell about his work guarding cordons at the edge of the Christchurch central city red zone. Bell talks about the progress of the Christchurch rebuild, the shrinking of the red zone, the implosion of the Radio Network House on Worcester Street, and the temporary offices which have been built for the cordon guards.
Cordons around demolition sites on Latimer Square.
Cordons around demolition sites on Latimer Square.
Cordoned off after damage from the earthquakes.
View down Gloucester Street at a cordon access point, with a cordon station on the left and road cones to divert traffic in front. In the background, diggers sit on the demolition site where the Brannigans building was.
Detail of some earthquake damage inside the cordon.
Flowers on the cordon fence on Hereford Street.
A section of Tuam Street that has been cordoned off.
The tram stop in Cathedral Square seen through a cordon fence.
A damaged house inside the CBD cordon seen through a fence.
Cordon fence at the corner of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace.
View down High Street, with building on the left cordoned off.
Damage to the Mona Vale Homestead which has been cordoned off.
Damage to the Mona Vale Homestead which has been cordoned off.
A woman taking photographs beside the cordon fence on Armagh Street.
Looking down Barbadoes Street, where sections of the streets are cordoned off.
Looking over the Avon River to buildings inside the cordon on Oxford Terrace.
The entrance to the damaged Convention Centre seen from behind the cordon fence.
Red tape around the letterbox of a property that has been cordoned off.
Looking over the Avon River to buildings inside the cordon on Oxford Terrace.
Building behind the cordon fence on the corner of Stanmore Road and Armagh Street.
Look through the cordon fence, piles of building rubble, rubbish skips and shipping containers.
Looking over the cordon fence towards the intesection of Latimer Square and Hereford Street.
Decoration on the cordon fence. Ongoing construction work can be seen in the background.
The Alice in Videoland building just outside the Central city cordon on Tuam Street.
The Durham Street side of the Christchurch Casino, with some cordon fencing on the left.