A photograph of the earthquake damage to Ambrose Heal Furniture on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Edgeware Road. The brick walls have cracked and crumbled, exposing the inside of the building.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street towards the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. Buildings have been fenced off on both sides and there are fallen bricks and rubble on the footpaths.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A massive 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Christchurch and the wider South Island, causing widespread damage, two serious injuries and power cuts to most of the city".
A view across Armagh Street to several damaged buildings including the Croydon House Bed and Breakfast Hotel. Liquefaction has covered the footpath and the houses have been cordoned off with emergency tape.
A photograph of the back of badly-damaged buildings on High Street, taken from behind a fence on St Asaph Street. The old Post Office building can be seen in the distance.
Damage to one of the front towers of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Some masonry from the corner of the tower has collapsed, and the structure has been secured by blue straps.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Historic buildings around Christchurch received varying degrees of damage. The Provincial Chambers on Durham Street is scaffolded".
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged output shaft from the top-plate of the Townsend Telescope's clock drive. The output shaft was bent out of shape during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Wharetiki on Colombo Street. One of the walls has buckled and pulled away from the house. In the distance another house has a noticeable lean.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the column of a house. The bricks have pulled away from each other near the base of the column. The column in front has collapsed.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Many of the residents of Seabreeze Close and neighbouring streets are packing up because of severe damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Many of the residents of Seabreeze Close and neighbouring streets are packing up because of severe damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Many of the residents of Seabreeze Close and neighbouring streets are packing up because of severe damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Chris Piper in his family's St Martins ruined house where structural damage has probably written it off".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Historic buildings around Christchurch received varying degrees of damage. The Provincial Chambers on Durham Street is scaffolded".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Many of the residents of Seabreeze Close and neighbouring streets are packing up because of severe damage".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a group of shops on Manchester Street. The outer walls of the upper storeys of the shops have collapsed, the bricks spilling onto the street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a group of buildings on Hereford Street. The front walls of the buildings have collapsed, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the street.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged road in Christchurch. Road cones, cracks, and the remants of liquefaction can be seen on the road. There is a queue of traffic along the street.
A photograph of bricks and building rubble stacked in front of the west-facing wall of the badly-damaged McKenzie & Willis building on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Many of the residents of Seabreeze Close and neighbouring streets are packing up because of severe damage".
A photograph of a fence on the Greendale Fault line which has been damaged by the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The wire has been pulled off the posts and is hanging loose.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Rob Souness of Weedons Eggs suffered serious damage to his hen house but managed to save 23000 hens, losing 3000 after the earthquake proof cages collapsed".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Many of the residents of Seabreeze Close and neighbouring streets are packing up because of severe damage".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley. Through the window pane beside the door you can see silt piled about 30 cm high inside the house".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley. The view through the window here shows the size of the silt piled against the front door".
Overlapping claims and general confusion are delaying money payable to New Zealand for damage from the Canterbury earthquakes. The money involved is payable through reinsurance schemes taken out by insurance companies in this country, with firms overseas.
A photograph of a road cone in a crack in the footpath outside St Paul's School. In the background, volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office are surveying the damage.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to St John's Church on Hereford Street. A section of the church has collapsed, breaking through the fence and onto the footpath in front.
A photograph of emergency management personnel walking down Manchester Street towards the intersection of St Asaph Street. In the background an excavator is clearing rubble from several earthquake-damaged buildings.