The Canterbury earthquakes succeeded in all but destroying modern-day Christchurch, but from the rubble has emerged a surprising bonus - an insight into the city's history.
Detail of the Christchurch Anglicain Cathedral viewed from a path between the new Cashel Mall shopping area and Cathedral Square which was opened two weekends ago. This is the first time this section of the city has been open to the public since the 22 February 2011 earthquake. It will be closed off again after 11 December 2011 for the demolitio...
Broken windows on a building on Hereford Street.
A photograph of a window of Wave House.
A photograph of a boarded-up broken window.
A photograph of a boarded-up broken window.
Damage to a building on Worcester Street. The brick wall is badly cracked and is bowing outwards.
Scaffolding and fences surrounding the Windsor Private Hotel on Armagh Street.
A photograph of SBS Bank on the corner of Manchester Street and Worcester Street. The lower windows have been boarded up with plywood and wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of One Big Sugar Bowl on High Street. USAR codes can be seen spray-painted on the window and a window pane to the left has been boarded up. Furniture remains on the street.
A photograph of One Big Sugar Bowl on High Street. USAR codes can be seen spray-painted on the window and a window pane to the left has been boarded up. Furniture remains on the street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The stained glass window above the altar in St Bartholomew's Anglican Church in Kaiapoi. This is the oldest surviving church in Canterbury".
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team using a sledgehammer to break open the window of a building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Television Building on Gloucester Street. There are large cracks in the columns of the building and many of the windows are broken.
Damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack runs through brickwork under a window, and one side of the wall has visibly slumped, leaving a gap between the bricks and the window frame. The photographer comments, "Cracking in the external brickwork".
A photograph of two windows of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of two windows of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a window of 24 Cranmer Square.
A photograph of a window of 24 Cranmer Square.
A photograph of a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a window of 84 Lichfield Street.
A photograph of a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a window of 115 Lichfield Street.
A photograph of three windows of the Stranges Building.