Badly damaged in both the September and February quakes and over 6000 aftershocks the Point Pleasant yacht club had started to sink into the Avon estuary before being demolished in July 2011 after the June 6.3 earthquake
Colombo Street, looking north from Cathedral Square
Kilmore Street looking west from Manchester Street
Colombo Street looking north towards Cathedral Square, taken from near the corner of Saint Asaph Street.
The Press Building, Cathedral Square
Structural engineers taking a break on the roof of the Warners Hotel, Cathedral Square.
PGC - Pyne Gould Corporation building; photo taken from the roof of the Warners Novotel, Cathedral Square.
Roy Stokes Hall New Brighton - Welfare Distribution Centre
Structural engineers inspecting the Warners Novotel, Cathedral Square.
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View of The Press building, taken from the roof of the Warners Novotel, Cathedral Square.
Ferry Road, heading towards Redcliffs and Sumner.
Colombo Street looking south towards the Port Hills, taken from near the corner of Saint Asaph Street.
The corner of Saint Asaph Street and Colombo Street.
Ferry Road (The Causeway) , heading towards Redcliffs and Sumner.
Ferry Road, Woolston.
Corin Dann reporting from the Christchurch Art Gallery/Civil Defence Headquarters for TVNZ.
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Corner of Hereford & High Street
Palmers Road, near the corner of Caithness Street, New Brighton, Christchurch.
The corner of Saint Asaph Street and Barbadoes Street.
The Press Building, Cathedral Square
The September Canterbury earthquake. These pictures were taken of Colombo Street in Sydenham. A lot of masonry in this area has been damaged/fallen down. Ascot TV. This has relocated further south on Colombo Street. Apparently their building on Cranford Street was also severely damaged. Note: these photos were taken on a cellphone; mind the qu...
The September Canterbury earthquake. These pictures were taken of Colombo Street in Sydenham. A lot of masonry in this area has been damaged/fallen down. Angus Donaldson copy service. This has moved down the road on Colombo Street. It is now sharing the premises with Penny Lane Records. Note: these photos were taken on a cellphone; mind the qu...
The Christchurch Cathedral after loosing its tower and spire after the 6.3 quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. The February 22 quake cracked pillars, twisted walls, shattered stained glass, collapsed buttresses, fractured masonry and toppled the tower. The rose window in the west wall collapsed in the June aftershocks. Demolition of the Chr...
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Slipping of the tectonic plates caused tension cracks on this previously unknown faultline that runs through this paddock; magnitude 7.1 earthquake in mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Slipping of the tectonic plates caused tension cracks on this previously unknown faultline that runs through this paddock; magnitude 7.1 earthquake in mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.