A photograph of a woman digging in the garden of a property with a damaged side fence. In the background, the house next door has its side wall missing.
A photograph of a volunteer from the Wellington Emergency Management Office ordering at a temporary café. The café was set up in a house in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of a volunteer from the Wellington Emergency Management Office ordering at a temporary café. The café was set up in a house in the Christchurch central city.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of a brick wall has slumped, leaving a large gap between the wall and a window frame. The photographer comments, "Sunroom window frame".
Detail of wooden bracing supporting a two-storey building on the corner of Barbadoes and Worcester Streets. The house has been fenced off and on the walls are the words "Do not demolish".
Damage to the Cathedral. The Cathedral Square Police Station is on the right, and in the background are MFL House (left), the Forsyth Barr building (right) and the Camelot Cathedral Square Hotel (centre).
A hazard board for a house being demolished in Richmond. Hazards listed are dust, noise, excavator, trucks, visitors and danger from equipment working. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Seabreeze Close and Wetlands Grove, Bexley".
A photograph of a woman digging in the garden of a property with a damaged side fence. In the background, the house next door has its side wall missing.
A house in Richmond being demolished. All but the front wall has been demolished, and a crane bucket looms over the roof. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Micham Place, Fordingham and Sopley Lanes, Bexley".
The Caffe Roma coffee house on Oxford Terrace. Bricks from the facade above have fallen into the street and tape has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A line of shipping containers along the base of the cliffs in Sumner protects the road from rockfalls. On the right is the rubble of a house which has partially fallen from the cliff.
Internal damage to a house in Richmond. A crack in a windowsill where the sill has separated from the window frame. The photographer comments, "Window frame in dining nook".
Damage to a house in Richmond. A brick chimney has partially collapsed. The photographer comments, "The chimney above our bedroom crumbled - glad it didn't come down in one piece".
Damage to a house in Richmond. Large cracks run along the edges of this internal wall, and pictures on the wall are crooked. The photographer comments, "Internal damage to walls".
A house in Richmond being demolished. Looking through a gap where an external wall has been removed, the interior of a room can be seen. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A worker hoses down the rubble to prevent dust. All but one corner has been demolished. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
The three-storey masonry building which housed the Ruben Blades Hairdressing Academy, and the Honey Pot Caf_. Fencing and road cones have been placed along the footpath to keep the public away.
The building that housed the New Zealand College of Early Childhood Education and Antiqueworld has been cordoned off. Spray painted marks left by USAR after it was checked can still be seen.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault runs between the house and garage of this property".
A Civil Defence staff member completing a Level 1 Rapid Assessment inspection on a damaged house. The brickwork has crumbled and the broken windows have been boarded up.
The company that has the main contract for repairing houses in Christchurch, Fletcher Earthquake Recovery, is assuring taxpayers it's doing everything it can to avoid any fraudulent behaviour.
A house on Avonside Drive with cracks in the asphalt of its driveway showing where the land has shifted as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Maling Street in Avonside. Some residents are too scared to go in the house so are sleeping on the lawn".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault runs between the house and garage of this property".
A photograph of the old post office building on the corner of Tuam Street and High Street which housed Alice in Videoland before the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Moira Fraser shows how this house on Moncrieff Place has sunk by the ease at which she can touch the downpipes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault runs between the house and garage of this property".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Heather Smith, service delivery supervisor for Battered Women's Refuge, starts moving things into their new safe house after the previous property sustained earthquake damage".