A photograph of Ngita from the Eastern Suburbs of Christchurch taking part in #FiveYearsOn. Ngita holds a sign which reads, "Five years on, I feel... Over it! Ngita, eastern suburbs".
A photograph of "Concrete Propositions" by Melbourne-based artist Ash Keating. It is located on Manchester Street, between Gloucester Street and Worcester Street.
A photograph of "Concrete Propositions" by Melbourne-based artist Ash Keating. It is located on Manchester Street, between Gloucester Street and Worcester Street.
A photograph of the alleyway between to buildings in Christchurch. A chimney has fallen off the roof of one of the buildings and landed in the alleyway. One of the screens from the archway above has come with it.
A photograph of Marie Hudson and Jonathan Hall helping to direct Crack'd for Christchurch's ottoman artwork as it is lowered onto a platform in the Green Room garden on Colombo Street.
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch eating lunch.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "It wasn't hard all the time. From left: Marie Hudson, Kim Dovey, Sharon Wilson, Shirley Walden, and Helen Campbell."
An image used an email signature celebrating Matariki 2015. It reads, "Celebrate Matariki by doing more of the little things that make a big difference.
A photograph of a road cone on Kingsford Street that has been wrapped in tinsel and decorated for Christmas. A Santa hat and glasses have also been used to decorate it.
Manchester Courts on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets. While the building looks mostly fine from the outside, it is unsafe to enter. "Danger, no entry" has been spray-painted on the front window.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site of CDC building with Twinkletoes (digger with over 60m boom) and two other diggers working on it, Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New reconstruction where it is planned to add a new ground floor to this basement in Lichfield Street and then build the building".
Damaged buildings on Colombo Street, seen from the St Asaph Street intersection. The photographer comments, "This photo was taken around May this year. It's actually taken from outside the cordon on St Asaph Street, looking through the wire fence. The buildings are on Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This house was so badly damaged it has already been removed, ahead of the mass demolition programme. 22 Jean Batten Place, Horseshoe Lake, Burwood".
The sunken footpath around the base of a power pole on Bracken Street in Avonside. Dry silt from liquefaction can be seen mixed in with the gravel around it as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
The outdoor area of the Coffee Corner at the Arts Centre photographed shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The gable of the building crumbled during the earthquake, falling to the ground and bringing an awning down with it.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral Square walk through, which allowed citizens of Christchurch to view the Cathedral freely for the first time since 22 February when it was put behind a cordon for safety reasons".
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Tower Chambers building on the corner of High and Lichfield Streets. The front wall of the top storey has crumbled, taking the awning with it. Crowds of people stand below.
A photograph of toppled scaffolding outside a block of buildings on Manchester Street. In the background an excavator is sitting on top of a pile of rubble while it demolishes one of the buildings.
A photograph of a crushed car outside Bismarck House at 140 Lichfield Street taken from behind a wire fence. Bricks from the building have crumbled from the top storey, landing on the roof of the car and crushing it.
The washing machine on Gap Filler's "Dance-O-Mat". The washing machine is coin operated. When a two dollar coin is fed into the machine, it lights up the stage and plays a music device.
The kitchen of a damaged house in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Revisiting our abandoned house. Kitchen bench and tiles are relatively straight, The range hood has a lean because the roof moved, pulling the exhaust vent with it".
(I righted the bird bath after the initial earthquake. None of the after-shocks were sufficient to knock it over again.)
A photograph of the i-SITE Visitor Centre in Kaiapoi. The foundations have lifted at the back of the building giving it a forward lean. Tape has been placed across the footpath and road as a cordon.
Winnie Bagoes on Gloucester Street. The top storey of the building has collapsed, bringing the roof down with it. Bricks and rubble lie in a pile on Gloucester Street where they fell.
An article from the Media Studies Journal of Aotearoa New Zealand Volume 14, Number 1. The article is titled, "Quake Aftermath: Christchurch journalists' collective trauma experience and the implications for their reporting". It was written by Sean Scanlon.
A photograph of street art above the Hereford Street entrance to the YMCA. The artwork was created by 'Paulie' as part of the RISE Festival. It depicts Nelson Mandela.
Members of the Student Volunteer Army digging up liquefaction in from a resident's property. The liquefaction is being placed in wheelbarrows where it will be transported to the street and left in piles for the City Council to pick up.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The inside of St Bartholomew's Anglican Church in Kaiapoi, the oldest surviving church in Canterbury. It was designed by Benjamin Mountfort and completed in 1855".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "IRD building, viewed from Madras Street, on the corner of Cashel Street, Madras Street and Bedford Row. The IRD building is likely to be demolished as it is within the Frame".
A photograph of a fence on the Greendale Fault line which has shifted considerably due to the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Police tape and cones have been placed across the road to close it off.