A house in Hororata. The chimney has fallen, taking the fence with it. Part of it can still be seen lying on the ground.
A toppled chimney on a house in Christchurch. The chimney has toppled onto the house but luckily not broken through the roof. It is now broken and lying on the corrugated iron. Below, plastic sheeting has been placed along the side of the roof to replace the missing gutter.
A photograph of cracking in the corner of a house.
A red-stickered house in Avonside. This means the house is unsafe to enter. A crack can be seen running through the lawn and a slab of concrete in the driveway has lifted up.
Cracks running between the bricks of a house on Centaurus Road.
A crumbled wall on a brick house on Centaurus road revealing the inner layer.
The bricks above the window on a house on Centaurus road have fallen inwards.
Recipe books fallen off a shelf in a house in Burnside. There was no other damage to the house.
A braced brick chimney on a house in Avonside.
Bricks from a deconstructed chimney lie in a stacked pile outside a house in Avonside.
A photograph of Yorkshire House on Hereford Street. One of its windows is damaged.
A damaged brick building on Centaurus Road with "Danger Keep Out" tape around the property. The brick walls have cracked and broken above two of the windows and a red sticker has been placed on the front window indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
A brick house on Centaurus Road with damage to the top left window and "Danger Keep Out" tape around the edge. A yellow sign on the front window indicates that the building should only be entered for "Restricted Use". This means it has faired better than the brick house next door which is red-stickered.
Crumbled wall above the window of a brick house on Centaurus Road. Cracks can also be seen diagonally between the bricks.
A collapsed wall above the windows of a brick house on Centaurus Road. Bricks have fallen into the building and left a hole.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Avonside and Retreat Roads post earthquake".
In the first of two frames which represents 'now' is a row of houses in the bay; two old-style character villas flank a modern house built to look like a boat and someone inside the modern house says proudly that they 'built here because of the character of the bays'. In the second frame which represents 'soon' all of the houses have taken on the character of the modern house and someone from the original modern house can't put their finger on why they feel that 'It's not the same somehow'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A state house tenant in the Christchurch suburb of Avonside is withholding her rent, saying Housing New Zealand has left her in the lurch following the big earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi Volunteer Firefighter Clifford Marshall packs up his house as they evacuate his Grey Crescent house".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi Volunteer Firefighter Clifford Marshall packs up his house as they evacuate his Grey Crescent house".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi Volunteer Firefighter Clifford Marshall packs up his house as they evacuate his Grey Crescent house".
Damage to a house in Richmond. Two parts of the house have moved apart, leaving a large gap. The photographer comments, "Dining room exterior wall".
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