A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church on Durham Street. The church has almost completely collapsed and only a small section of the structure is still standing. Masonry and other rubble has spilled onto the footpath and street in front.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of buildings on Hereford Street. Large sections of the buildings have collapsed and the rubble has spilled onto the footpath and street in front. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the front of Calendar Girls.
A photograph of the shape left on a building on the corner of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street, where the neighbouring building has been demolished. Julia Holden has termed this a 'ghost building'. In front of this is a pop-up garden and seating area, installed by Greening The Rubble.
A photograph of the shape left on a building on the corner of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street, where the neighbouring building has been demolished. Julia Holden has termed this a 'ghost building'. In front of this is a pop-up garden and seating area, installed by Greening The Rubble.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church. The middle section of the church has collapsed and the roof is now resting on a pile of bricks and other rubble. The front and back walls of the church are still standing.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and the Red Cross, standing on the corner of Lichfield and High Streets. In the background large piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings line the street.
A photograph of a the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. An excavator is parked on the street to the left. Wire fencing has been placed around the buildings on the other side of the street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Gloucester Street, near the intersection of Colombo Street. A Southern Demolition excavator is being used to clear the rubble away. In the background are the Forsyth Barr building, the Copthorne Hotel and the PricewaterhouseCoopers building.
A photograph of the earthquake-damage to the Quinn's clothing store on Papanui Road. The front wall of the building has crumbled, the bricks and other rubble falling onto the footpath and street below. The inside of the second storey can now clearly be seen from the street.
A photograph of the shape left on a building on the corner of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street, where the neighbouring building has been demolished. Julia Holden has termed this a 'ghost building'. In front of this is a pop-up garden and seating area, installed by Greening The Rubble.
A photograph of a member of an emergency management team walking down Cashel Street. In the background is a crushed van, piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings, and partially-collapsed scaffolding. Wire fences have been placed in front of the buildings as cordons.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble from the site of the partially-demolished Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from demolished buildings at 385-395 Worcester Street.
A digger works on clearing the rubble from demolished shops of Westminster Street in St Albans.
A photograph of the rubble from the partially-demolished Wood's Mill grain silo of Wise Street.
A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on Tuam Street. Bricks and building rubble litter the footpath.
A digger clearing building rubble from demolished buildings on the corner of London Street in Lyttelton.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble from the site of the partially-demolished Cranmer Centre.
A view down Lichfield Street, looking west. Bricks and rubble from fallen buildings litter the street.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble from the partially demolished YWCA Building on Madras Street.
A photograph of earthquake damage to 154 Manchester Street. Rubble from the building covers the footpath.
A photograph of a pile of rubble from the former City Council Offices on Manchester Street.
A photograph of a pile of rubble from the former City Council Offices on Manchester Street.
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from demolished buildings at 385-395 Worcester Street.
A photograph of a pile of rubble from the partially-demolished St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The cupola off the Cranmer Courts, retrieved from the rubble".
Rubble from the demolition of the Farmers car park, with the public library in the background.
A digger parked on a pile of demolition rubble behind the former Christchurch City Council building.
A digger parked on a pile of demolition rubble behind the former Christchurch City Council building.
A photograph of trucks carrying demolition rubble. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lyttelton Port".