A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. A view through the window reveals that the side wall has crumbled. A pile of bricks can be seen in the car port.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged building on the corner of Manchester Street and Struthers Lane. The front wall of the building has crumbled, exposing the inside. One of the rooms is heavily graffitied.
A photograph looking east down Gloucester Street, towards the intersection of Manchester Street. On-lookers are surveying earthquake damage from behind the cordon. The Christchurch City Council parking building can be seen in the distance.
A view across Madras Street to St Pauls Trinity-Pacific Presbyterian Church. Scaffolding has been constructed around the building to enable repairs to be made. The church was damaged in the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Tents set up in the Arts car park at the University of Canterbury after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The tents were used as temporary lecture rooms while the buildings were being checked for damage.
Tents set up in the Arts car park at the University of Canterbury after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The tents were used as temporary lecture rooms while the buildings were being checked for damage.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Lichfield Street. The brick wall of the top storey of the building has crumbled, exposing the wooden structure underneath. Many of the windows are broken.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the east side of the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Montreal and Kilmore Streets. The masonry of the gable has crumbled exposing the wooden structure beneath.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue, breaking through the floor of a building which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A view of the Medway Street footbridge through a safety fence that is blocking access to it. The bridge links Avonside Drive and River Road. It was damaged in the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Doc Ross and Liz Taylor, of Gallery 464, with the windows that have been vandalised on their Sydenham business - one of the few that wasn't damaged by the earthquake".
A close-up photograph of the damage to the support arm of the clock hour setting circle from the Townsend Telescope. The arm was bent out of shape during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of the platform for the Townsend Telescope amongst the rubble of the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. The tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, severely damaging the telescope.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team climbing a stairway inside an earthquake-damaged house. Bricks have fallen from the storey above and have covered the stairs.
A photograph of a member of an emergency management team standing outside an earthquake-damaged house. In the foreground a brick fireplace and chimney have collapsed and the bricks have spilled into the house.
A photograph of a member of an emergency management team standing outside an earthquake-damaged house. In the foreground a brick fireplace and chimney have collapsed and the bricks have spilled into the house.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Bealey Denture Clinic. Many of the tiles on the roof have come loose and the tiles around the door have broken and fallen to the footpath.
A photograph of volunteers fron the Wellington Emergency Management Office walking down an earthquake damaged street in Christchurch. In the background, one of the houses has a yellow sticker, indicating that access is restricted.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Furniture maker Bertram Rush and his building survived the earthquake. He's still open, hearing from people with damaged cabinets, and has been busy helping a customer to repair his home".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. 110 year old cast iron work being removed from The Press tower after it was discovered to be damaged. George Piper (L) The Press carpenter oversees the removal".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Armagh Street. Bricks from the building opposite have fallen through the roof. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the wall to the right.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Vandals broke into and damaged the 1885 historic Church of the Good Shepherd in Phillips Street after the September earthquake. Constable Geoff McLean (crime scene officer) dusts for prints".
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team climbing a stairway inside an earthquake-damaged house. Bricks have fallen from the storey above and have covered the stairs.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Doc Ross and Liz Taylor, of Gallery 464, with the windows that have been vandalised on their Sydenham business - one of the few that wasn't damaged by the earthquake".
A photograph looking across High and Tuam Street to the earthquake-damaged Domo furniture store on Tuam Street. Wire fences have been used to cordon off High Street and the garden between the streets.
Broken windows on the Orion building on Manchester Street. The photographer comments, "Bob Brown's Hi-Fi was damaged, as you can see, in the Christchurch earthquake on the 22 February 2011. At lot of buildings in the area have been demolished, but this art deco style structure might have not have been put on the demolition list yet".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a group of stores on Manchester Street including the While You Wait Studio, Smith's Bookshop, Aji Global Grocery & Chocolateria and Curios Bric-a-Brac. Sections of the front wall have crumbled, the bricks falling to the footpath and damaging the awnings. Plastic fencing has been placed along the road as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Edward Gibbon building on Madras Street. Sections of the top storey have collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the road in front, damaging the awning and smashing several cars. In the foreground members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team are standing on the road.
A digitally manipulated image of the high diving boards at QEII swimming pool. Rubble has fallen on the boards during the demolition of the complex. A sign reads "Poseidon Extreme". The photographer comments, "I do not know what Poseidon Extreme at this swimming pool looked like before the earthquake damaged it, but it looks really radical now during it's demolition. A strange coincidence is that Poseidon is referred to as 'Earth-Shaker' due to his role in causing earthquakes. So the demolition of this pool due to the series of quakes in Christchurch all seems to be foretold by the gods and that sign".
Damage to Fitzgerald Avenue. The northbound lanes have collapsed towards the river, and a pile of rubble from the damaged road is heaped on the road. Road cones divert traffic onto the southbound lanes. The photographer comments, "Fitzgerald Avenue between Kilmore Street and Bealey Ave is a mess. Half of the road has slumped towards the river by a good metre or two. My brother-in-law was here when the 22nd earthquake hit and he said the damage wasn't as bad as this at first. A local resident told me that the road is slumping more and more each day".