An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 29 May 2011 entitled, "Deconsecration and Destruction".
The partially demolished Ozone Hotel in New Brighton, with a digger in the background.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Destruction in the cordoned off red zone".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Destruction in the cordoned off red zone".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Destruction in the cordoned off red zone".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Destruction in the cordoned off red zone".
The destruction of the Royal Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake and demolition destruction in Christchurch CBD. Rydges Hotel, Brannigans building and Clarendon Towers, Oxford Terrace".
Some parts of central Christchurch may have been hit by rogue seismic energy during last week's earthquake, amplifying the level of destruction.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch recovers after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake at the start of the week causing mass death and destruction across the city".
One of the most potent symbols of the earthquake has been the massive amount of destruction caused to Christchurch's Anglican Cathedral, including the toppling of its spire.
The destruction of the Ground Culinary Centre on London Street. A digger is sitting on top of a pile of rubble. This site will soon be made into the Lyttelton Petanque Club.
A digitally manipulated image of damaged Music Centre. The photographer comments, "The destruction caused by the demolition of the heritage buildings damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes looks similar to the scenes in London during the second world war. The building was the Catholic Cathedral College, Christchurch. It was an integrated Catholic co-educational secondary school. It was founded in 1987, but its origins go back more than a 100 years earlier. The college was an amalgamation of two schools: Sacred Heart College for girls, and Xavier College for boys".
A collapsed two-storey house. The photographer comments, "After we finally made it to our home in the Aranui and Bexley areas, we saw a different level of destruction. Some houses were badly damaged such as this one where the top floor had collapsed onto the ground floor".
Barbadoes St
Barbadoes St
Fitzgerald Ave
Fitzgerald Panorama
Suburbs
Suburbs
Our Garage
Fitzgerald Ave
Avon River
Fitzgerald Ave
Barbadoes St
Fitzgerald Ave
Fitzgerald Ave
Fitzgerald Ave
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch recovers after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake at the start of the week causing mass death and destruction across the city. The clock on New Regent Street that stopped at 12.50pm, the time the quake struck".
A digger being loaded onto the back of a truck. The photographer comments, "After clearing away the remains of a building in Christchurch, New Zealand destroyed by the February 22 earthquake the digger can now be transported to its next destination for destruction".