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Images, eqnz.chch.2010
This beautiful building on Madras Street is red stickered and may be condemned if the structural damage it suffered in the magnitude 7,1 earthquake on Saturday 4 September 2010 cannot be repaired.
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Images, eqnz.chch.2010
On the way to Darfield to locate the faultline where the tectonic plates slipped, causing the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Saturday 4 September 2010.
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Images, eqnz.chch.2010
This beautiful building on Madras Street is red stickered and may be condemned if the structural damage it suffered in the magnitude 7,1 earthquake on Saturday 4 September 2010 cannot be repaired.
WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 110
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of emergency management personnel photographing the earthquake damage to the back of the Winnie Bagoes building on Gloucester Street. The top of the building has collapsed and fallen into the building and out onto the street.
WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 111
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of emergency management personnel photographing the earthquake damage to the back of the Winnie Bagoes building on Gloucester Street. The top of the building has collapsed and fallen into the building and out onto the street.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 632
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The damaged Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Congregational Church), on the corner of Manchester and Worcester Street. The bell tower, badly damaged on September 4, completely collapsed during the February 22 earthquake".
Photograph by Neil Macbeth 247
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Emergency personnel gathered on Madras Street outside the collapsed Canterbury Television building. A digger and the Urban Search and Rescue team can be seen searching the rubble while fire fighters work to extinguish the fire in the building.
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Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Falling gable of the Anglican Community of the Sacred Name building left a gaping hole in the roof in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit Christchurch on 4 September 2010. The chimney would have toppled as well had it not been braced.
WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 82
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the elevator shaft of the CTV Building. The rubble from the rest of the collapsed building has been cleared away in front. Road cones and emergency tape have been placed around the tower as a cordon.
WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 38
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the south side of High Street, taken from near the intersection of Manchester Street. The outer wall of the top storey of the Stranges Building has collapsed and the rubble has spilled onto the footpath below.
WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 54
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Canterbury Provincial Chambers on Durham Street. The roof and upper walls of the Stone Chamber have collapsed, the masonry falling onto the footpath below. The building has been cordoned off with wire fencing.
WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 58
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Canterbury Provincial Chambers on Durham Street. The roof and upper walls of the Stone Chamber have collapsed, the masonry falling onto the footpath below. The building has been cordoned off with wire fencing.
WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 106
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Winnie Bagoes building on Gloucester Street. The top of the building has collapsed and fallen into the building. Bricks and other rubble have spilled onto the footpath and street in front.
WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 183
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building on Cambridge Terrace. Emergency management personnel are hanging above the building in a crane-raised platform. An excavator is sitting on the rubble and a tent has been pitched in the foreground.
WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 182
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building on Cambridge Terrace. Emergency management personnel are hanging above the building in a crane-raised platform. An excavator is sitting on the rubble and a tent has been pitched in the foreground.
WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 222
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of a block of earthquake-damaged buildings on Manchester Street. The outer wall of the second storey has collapsed, the bricks and other rubble spilling onto the footpath. Several cars have been crushed by the falling rubble.
Dismay over police decision on CTV prosecution
Audio, Radio New Zealand
There's been widespread dismay at the decision not to prosecute anyone for the deaths of 115 people in the CTV building collapse during the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. Police say it was a tough decision - they wanted to hold someone to account but there simply wasn't the evidence to warrant a prosecution.
Umut Akguzel Photograph 075
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Poplar Street taken from Tuam Street shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The road is completely covered by loose bricks and a car has been crushed. To the left, the corner of a building has collapsed, rubble falling into the street.
BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2199
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of an excavator sitting outside the damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The tower on the south-west corner of the building has collapsed and the dome has been removed. Shipping containers support the far wall of the building.
Photograph by Neil Macbeth 290
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. On the right, a sheet of corrugated plastic is being used to slide pieces of debris off the building. Smoke is billowing from the ruins, which are still partly on fire.
Photograph by Neil Macbeth 289
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. On the right, a sheet of corrugated plastic is being used to slide pieces of debris off the building. Smoke is billowing from the ruins, which are still partly on fire.
Umut Akguzel Photograph 325
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake damage to The Press building in Cathedral Square. The top storey of the building has collapsed into the storey below, some of the masonry falling onto the pavement below. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson, 2011:02:22 12:51:44
Images, UC QuakeStudies
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Al Nisbet, cartoonist at The Press, emerges from the rubble that collapsed over the desk he took shelter under as the earthquake hit. The debris is from the floor above that pancaked, killing one Press employee".
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 160
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A collapsed section of the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Montreal Street and Kilmore Street. Safety fences have been erected around the building to prevent the public getting close enough to it to be endangered by falling masonry in the event of another earthquake.
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 006
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A retaining wall on Sumner Road in Lyttelton that is made from local volcanic stone. A section of the wall has collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, and the bricks cleared away since. A road cone has been placed by the slip to warn drivers.
BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 097
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A collapsed brick wall on Halswell Junction Road. A stack of bricks have been saved by the tree which has grown in a curve and is resting on the wall, holding the bricks in place. A pile of bricks can be seen on the ground where they fell.
Photograph by Neil Macbeth 591
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A view down Sumner Road in Lyttelton with the former Lyttelton Public Library building to the left and the former Lyttelton Fire Station building to the right. Masonry has collapsed from both buildings and wire fencing has been placed around their bases as cordons.
Photograph by Neil Macbeth 649
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A view across Stanmore Road to several badly damaged buildings, including Marcel's Picnic, Chalet Hair Fashion and Stanmore Road Dairy. Masonry and structural components from the buildings have collapsed onto the footpath and the buildings have been cordoned off by a safety fence.
Top Stories for Tuesday 1 March 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
John Key wants inquiry into collapse of buildings; Police update on latest from Christchurch emergency; Cordon update; More budget cuts in store after Christchurch earthquake; Attention turns to shape of new Christchurch CBD; Clifton Hills residents able to go home after evacuations; Quake Minister says ten thousand homes may be written off.
Questions over measure used to judge quake resistence
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes has heard evidence questioning the measure used to judge how resistant a building is to earthquake damage. It's come on the second day of hearings into why unreinforced masonry buildings collapsed in Christchurch during the February 22nd earthquake, killing 40 people.