Aerial footage of Christchurch recorded the day after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The footage shows damage to the Smith City car park, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, the CTV Building, the PGC Building, the Durham Street Methodist Church, the Lyttelton Timeball Station, the roads alongside the Avon River, and the ChristChurch Cathedral. It also shows New Zealand Army road blocks outside the hospital, crushed buses on Colombo Street, a Royal New Zealand Navy vessel in Lyttelton Harbour, rock fall on the Summit Road, collapsed cliffs in Sumner and Redcliffs, tents set up in a park, flooding in New Brighton, and liquefaction in QEII Park.
Paul Nicholls, a member of the University of Canterbury's E-Learning team, in their temporary office in KB02 in Kirkwood Village, the complex of prefabs set up after the earthquakes to provide temporary office and classroom space for the university. The photographer comments, "The e-learning group and the video conferencing team are now located in the Kirkwood Village at the University of Canterbury. It's a very impressive project, about 60 buildings arranged in various configurations with some used for teaching or computer labs, and others as staff offices. We will probably stay here for several years now. Closer view of our corner of the building. We will have some cubicle partitions soon, but I don't know how we'll configure the space then. It's quite nice being so open, but it may be too noisy".
Text above reads 'Cathedral rebuild?... The cartoon shows the Christchurch Cathedral as a bouncy cathedral full of jumping children. Context - Debate about the rebuilding of the cathedral after it was severely damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. There is a strong view that it needs to remain an icon at the heart of the city. It may have to be brought down completely as engineers consider the future for the iconic building. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
The title reads 'Greener square for Christchurch?..' The cartoon depicts the city centre in Christchurch entirely covered with green and there are cows wandering by the stream as well as grazing on the tops of buildings. A man at the top of the green cathedral says 'I can see it really growing on me!' Context: This is a reference to the draft Central City plan under which the Central City will be greener and more attractive. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A video about the New Zealand Army's engineers working with the Christchurch City Council and community centres to secure buildings in Christchurch, set up bases in Latimer Square, and fix infrastructure such as Burwood Hospital's water supply.
A photograph taken from a corner of the Barbadoes and Worcester Streets intersection. On the opposite corner a building has collapsed, crushing three parked cars. To the right a rural fire van is parked on Worcester Street.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing on Lichfield Street, outside the Majestic Theatre. A pile of rubble from the earthquake-damaged buildings is on the street to their right.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Kenton Chambers on Hereford Street. Large cracks have formed between the windows, the brick crumbling onto the footpath below. Steel fences have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A large crack where the foundation of a building has moved away from the adjoining carpark. The photographer comments, "The gap between Robbies restaurant and bar in New Brighton and the car park after the Christchurch Earthquake".
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble on Madras Street near the intersection of Tuam Street. To the left is the earthquake damaged Edward Gibbon's building. To the right, shipping containers have been stacked on the road.
A video about the removal of the dome of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. The dome is being removed in order to take weight off the building and help stabilise the lower sections.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Quinns of Papanui Road. The front walls of the store have crumbled, exposing the rooms inside. Wire fencing and road cones have been placed around the building as a cordon.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team and New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue Team in front of a collapsed house in the Christchurch central city. In the background, the Newstalk ZB Building can be seen.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Damage to the side wall of the Mexican Cafe and His Lordships on Lichfield Street. from the December 23 earthquakes".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Domo furniture store on Tuam Street taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A group of people can be seen walking past the Alice in Videoland building to the right.
A photograph looking west down Hereford Street from the intersection with Manchester Street. Wire fencing has been placed on both sides of the street to cordon off earthquake-damaged buildings. To the right, bricks have spilled across the road and footpath.
A photograph of the Peaches and Cream store on the corner of Tuam and Manchester Streets taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The shop windows have broken and plaster work has chipped off the corner of the building, onto the street.
A photograph of the Arts Centre taken from the corner of Rolleston Avenue and Worcester Street, in front of the Canterbury Museum. The tip of the building has broken and collapsed onto the ground in front. Tape has been stretched around the street posts.
The damaged Knox Presbyterian Church on the corner of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue. The brickwork in the gables of the building has crumbled onto the footpath below, exposing the wooden structure beneath and the inside of the church.
A photograph looking south down New Regent Street from the intersection of Armagh Street. Scaffolding is holding up the facades of buildings on the left hand side, and there has been considerable damage to the paving along the tram tracks.
A photograph of the Little India building on the corner of Gloucester Street and New Regent Street. One of the doors has been boarded up with plywood. USAR codes and a red sticker can be seen on the other.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Emma Howard was married today to Chris Greenslade at the Christ the King church centre on Greers Road, Burnside. Howard was pulled out of the collapsed PGC building after February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch".
A crushed car outside the Stand Gourmet Takeout and Cafe on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton. The front wall of the top storey crumbled during the earthquake and landed on top of the car. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A team of Fire Service and Search and Rescue personnel using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A sign reading, "Help" has been stuck to a window in the floor below.
The front of St Pauls Trinity-Pacific Presbyterian Church on the corner of Cashel and Madras Streets. Scaffolding has been erected around the building to allow repairs to be made. A sealed crack is visible on the wall of the porch.
A corner of the Cramner Centre with large cracks in its masonry. Several names, probably those of former students, have been written on the building. They are 'Jenny Adams, 63-64', 'Elody Mapp, 1964' and 'Pam Soal, 1963, 1964'.
A damaged house in the Christchurch central city. Codes have been spray painted on the driveway as well as "No go" on the front window and door. A red sticker in the front window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
Damaged shops on the corner of Worcester Street and Stanmore Road. The top level of the shops has collapsed onto the footpath in front where the rubble still lies. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Three time capsules recovered from the ruins of Christchurch in the days following the February earthquake have been opened. Two came from the John Robert Godley statue plinth in front of the Christchurch Cathedral, while the other came from the old civic building on Manchester Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD looking east along Cashel Streets. Brightly coloured containers in the new Cashel Mall at centre left".