Christchurch and Canterbury suffered significant housing losses due to the earthquakes. Estimates from the Earthquake Commission (EQC) (2011) suggest that over 150,000 homes (around three quarters of Christchurch housing stock) sustained damage from the earthquakes. Some areas of Christchurch have been declared not suitable for rebuilding, affecting more than 7,500 residential properties.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 26 May 2013 on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street, Lyttelton. The photograph shows the Mitre Hotel surrounded by temporary fencing. Three years after the 2010-2011 earthquakes there are still many uncertainties about which buildings can or will be retained. These buildings, or parts...
An aerial photograph of Christ Church Cathedral with the demolished site of the Press Building and Warner's Hotel behind.
A refurbished building on Hereford Street. Table and chairs sit in front of the Your Place cafe and bar.
A view from Liverpool Street towards Cashel Street. A couple walk next to empty lots where buildings once stood.
The Pink Pussy Cat building formerly Lawrie & Wilson Auctioneers. Beside it the Odeon Theatre is supported by shipping containers.
The Pink Pussy Cat building formerly Lawrie & Wilson Auctioneers. Beside it the Odeon Theatre is supported by shipping containers.
A meal that has fallen off a table can still be seen inside a cafe in the Pavilion building.
A photograph of an old billboard for Polson's Paint on the side of a damaged building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Manchester Street, taken from a cleared site on the corner of Hereford Street.
A photograph of a hole in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building.
A photograph of an old billboard for Polson's Paint on the side of a damaged building on Manchester Street.
A digger sits on a mound of dirt in the former site of the ANZ building on Hereford Street.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Manchester Street, taken from a cleared site on the corner of Hereford Street.
A photograph of the badly-damaged McKenzie & Willis building on the corner of Tuam Street and High Street.
A photograph of the badly-damaged McKenzie & Willis building on the corner of Tuam Street and High Street.
A photograph of an old billboard for Polson's Paint on the side of a damaged building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of the remains of the Excelsior Hotel building on the corner of High Street and Manchester Street.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Manchester Street, taken from a cleared site on the corner of Hereford Street.
A photograph of a hole in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building.
A photograph of a hole in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building.
A photograph of an installation of empty picture frames on the brick wall of a building on Madras Street.
A photograph of an installation of empty picture frames on the brick wall of a building on Madras Street.
A photograph of an installation of empty picture frames on the brick wall of a building on Madras Street.
A photograph of the Hotel So building on Cashel, behind a cleared site where a large puddle has formed.
A photograph of an old billboard for Polson's Paint on the side of a damaged building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of an installation of empty picture frames on the brick wall of a building on Madras Street.
An old advertising sign for Polson's decorators and signwriters exposed on the side of a building on Manchester Street.
A photograph looking across to a badly-damaged building on Manchester Street, taken near the corner of Cashel Street.
A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of vacant building sites on High Street.