A photograph of a portaloo on the side of a residential street. Many houses had no water or sewerage after the 22 February 2011 earthquake and portaloos were placed along the street for people to use.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Manchester, High, and Lichfield Streets, looking north-west".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Judie Owers at her house on Courtney Street. During the Christchurch earthquake Judie was standing in the doorway with her husband when the floor gave way".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault line went in between the house and garage of this property".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kingston the guide dog puppy with his puppy walker Diana Wilson. The earthquake of 4 September created a few upheavals in family life after the family house became unliveable".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kingston the guide dog puppy with his puppy walker Diana Wilson. The earthquake of 4 September created a few upheavals in family life after the family house became unliveable".
A damaged house on Manchester Street. One of the building's chimneys has fallen through its roof and the resulting hole has been covered with a black tarpaulin. The stump of its other chimney can also be seen.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kingston the guide dog puppy with his puppy walker Diana Wilson. The earthquake of 4 September created a few upheavals in family life after the family house became unliveable".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A big day of moving out of the caravan up the drive of their house to a rental home, for earthquake-stricken Kaiapoi mum and children".
A photograph of a badly-damaged building on Manchester Street, which previously housed the Treehouse bar and nightclub. The roof and second storey of the building have been temporarily repaired and the building is fenced off.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Scarborough cliffs showing the massive rock fall on 13 June. The red roof house (right) above the rock tongue poking into the sea, lost 25m of ground during the fall".
A digger clearing rubble from the demolished Strategy House on Montreal Street. Part of the road has been cordoned off with wire fences and the Victoria Clock Tower can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The balcony of a resident's house hanging precariously over the edge of a cliff in Sumner after rocks at the top were dislodged during the February 22 earthquake".
A worker stands on a ladder to disconnect a gas supply from the side of a house in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Removing a gas water heater. We also took our driveway gates and some other fittings".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD. Looking north along Manchester Street".
A photograph of liquefaction in front of a house. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "It would be very hard work opening that door. 22 Seabreeze Close, Bexley".
A front-on view from Norwich Quay of Fuze Restaurant and Cafe. The second storey of the building is being dismantled. Until 1962 it housed the Harbour Board offices, and it was built in 1880.
A large crack runs through the garden of a house in Richmond. The photographer comments, "A large crack about 15cm wide runs across three sections. Note the movement in the slabs for the garden path".
A front-on view from Norwich Quay of Fuze Restaurant and Cafe. The second storey of the building is being dismantled. Until 1962 it housed the Harbour Board offices, and it was built in 1880.
A photograph of a house with retaining walls supported by large bags of concrete. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "On the corner of Ticehurst Road and Bridle Path, Lyttelton".
A photograph of a Christmas message written on the wall of a house at Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant. Paper Christmas decorations have been stuck on the window above the wall.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Worcester Street from Latimer Square to the Christ Church Cathedral".
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Victoria Square with the Forsyth Barr Building and the Victoria Apartments visible. The PriceWaterHouseCoopers Building has been demolished.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged house in Christchurch. USAR codes have been spray painted on the front wall. A red sticker in the window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Matt Dale from Lenseed Roofing take down a 90 year old original chimney that was loosened due to the earthquake from Sefton Bed and Breakfast house".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Tamatea Briggs (12) is staying in a tent with his family on a neighbours lawn too scared to go back into their house".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Chris Piper in his family's St Martins ruined house where structural damage has probably written it off".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Saudi Students staying at Donegal Irish House after fleeing the Canterbury earthquake zone. From left Abdullah Al-Harbi, Muhanad Al-Khateb, Youssef Adshwaish and Mofarh Al-Hrooby".
A view of an empty site that is now covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction. On the site is a digger and two shipping containers. In the background, demolition work on the Manchester Securities House can be seen.
A felt heart with "get well soon" embroided on the front, sewn to the wire fencing in front of in front of Bill Hammond's house in Lyttelton. The heart offers a bit of beauty and hope to an otherwise depressing scene.