The statue of Queen Victoria overlooks a pile of demolition rubble on Colombo Street.
Demolition sites and rubble across from Latimer Square, near the corner of Hereford Street.
Demolition sites and rubble across from Latimer Square, near the corner of Hereford Street.
Demolition sites and rubble across from Latimer Square, near the corner of Hereford Street.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Building rubble on the cathedral grounds.
Look through the cordon fence, piles of building rubble, rubbish skips and shipping containers.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble from a demolition site on Cambridge Terrace.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble from a demolition site on Cambridge Terrace.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Building rubble on the cathedral grounds.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building on the corner of Madras Street and Lichfield Street.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building on the corner of Madras Street and Lichfield Street.
A photograph of the exposed side of the McKenzie & Willis building.
A digger being used to clear the rubble from the Convention Centre on Peterborough Street.
A digger being used to clear the rubble from the Convention Centre on Peterborough Street.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Landfill where the demolition rubble is deposited".
The backs of damage bulidings on High Street and demolition rubble seen from Tuam Street.
A digger being used to clear the rubble from the Convention Centre on Peterborough Street.
A photograph of the McKenzie & Willis Building on the corner of High and Tuam Streets. The right side of the building has collapsed and steel bracing is being used to hold up the rest. Large piles of rubble and shipping containers can be seen in front.
Rubble from the demolition of the Farmers car park, with the public library in the background.
A pile of demolition rubble on Gloucester Street. The site was formerly that of the Brannigans building.
A pile of demolition rubble on Gloucester Street. The site was formerly that of the Brannigans building.
Building rubble from a partially-demolished building is piled behind and partly against a large display window.
Some paint buckets on the outside of street cordons. In the background some rubble can be seen.
A photograph submitted by Andy Palmer to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Rubble. 26 Feb 2012.".
Detail of a pile of rubble fallen from a building on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This worker appeared to be putting gravel inside this protective frame around the light stand. Cathedral Square".
A photograph of excavators clearing rubble on High Street. In the background is the partially-deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Deconstruction of office buildings next to the COCA gallery. In front of the buildings are piles of demolition rubble.
Detail of a damaged building in Christchurch Central. Bit of broken furniture, fabric and brick rubble can be seen.
View down the side of a damaged residential property, where parts of the wall and building rubble has fallen.