The airport was closed to passenger services yesterday following the earthquake. We're joined by the airport's chief executive, Jim Boult.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Sumner Library. The library is currently closed and awaiting an engineering report".
A photograph of closed businesses on High Street. Many windows have been boarded up with plywood and furniture still remains outside.
Road cones along Durham Street South, photographed from Winchcombe Street. A sign to the left indicates that Winchcombe Street is closed.
A photograph of closed businesses on High Street. Many windows have been boarded up with plywood and furniture still remains outside.
A photograph of the main entrance of the Cranmer Centre. A sign on the door reads, "Cranmer Centre, closed, until further notice".
A photograph looking south down Chancery Lane from Gloucester Street. Shops on either side are closed and dead leaves litter the footpath.
A photograph looking south down Chancery Lane from Gloucester Street. Shops on either side are closed and dead leaves litter the footpath.
The entrance of the Canterbury Museum, closed after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Damage to the top of the gables is visible.
The entrance of the Canterbury Museum, closed after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Damage to the top of the gables is visible.
Okeover House, which was used to house the University of Canterbury's Senior Management Team after the Registry building was closed. The photographer comments, "SMT moved to Okeover".
A hand-painted "Road closed" sign on a residential street beside the river. Flooding and liquefaction can be seen along the edges of the road.
Okeover House, which was used to house the University of Canterbury's Senior Management Team after the Registry building was closed. The photographer comments, "SMT moved to Okeover".
University of Canterbury students outside one of the tents used while lecture theatres were closed for structural testing. The photographer comments, "Students leave a lecture tent".
A photograph of closed businesses on High Street. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the windows and furniture is still sitting outside.
Damage to the roadway on Fitzgerald Avenue as it passes by the Avon River. One lane of the road has slumped towards the river and has been closed.
Shops in Carton Courts, on the corner of Bealey Ave and Papanui Road. Some shops have their windows boarded up and are still closed for business.
Damage to the roadway on Fitzgerald Avenue as it passes by the Avon River. One lane of the road has slumped towards the river and has been closed.
In June, the Hororata hotel in Canterbury closed after it became clear there was no economic way to repair damage caused by the September earthquake.
A photograph looking north down Colombo Street from near the intersection with Tuam Street. USAR have been spray painted on the windows of closed shops.
A photograph of closed businesses on High Street. USAR codes can be seen spray-painted on the windows and dead leaves have accumulated on the footpath.
The footpath at the foot of the Taylors Mistake Road in Sumner is cordoned off, and a sign reads "Footpath closed. Please wait to be escorted through site".
Outside the Arts Centre, near the former Dux de Lux which has closed following the February earthquake. On the cordon fencing are pieces of paper with words of hope for Christchurch.
Among those businesses most affected by the end of the welfare scheme are cafes, restaurants and bars. 100 such businesses have closed in the central city alone because of the earthquake.
One of the tents set up in the Fine Arts car park at the University of Canterbury, used for teaching while lecture theatres were closed for structural testing. The photographer comments, "Temporary lecture tents".
The banks of the Avon River along Avonside Drive have been built up with gravel. The street is flooded, and has been closed off with fencing and road cones.
A photograph of a damaged building on the corner of Madras Street and Lichfield Street. Wire fences surround the building and Lichfield Street has also been closed off.
A photograph of closed businesses along Colombo Street. A window of the AMI building has been boarded up with plywood and dead leaves have gathered on the footpath outside.
A photograph of closed shops on Gloucester Street. Windows are broken and the entranceway of Kosco Asian Supermarket has been boarded up with plywood. There is shattered glass on the footpath.
A sign reading, "Road closed" on a footpath beside the Kaiapoi River in Kaiapoi. Behind it excavators can be seen levelling a bank for a new footpath to be laid on.