Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 288

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A residential property that has been red-stickered, meaning it is unsafe to enter

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 289

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A residential property that has been red-stickered, meaning it is unsafe to enter

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 283

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A red sticker outside a building. This notice means the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 338 Madras Street (6)

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A photograph of 338 Madras Street. A red stickers on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 338 Madras Street (7)

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A photograph of 338 Madras Street. A red stickers on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 100 Bealey Avenue (2)

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A photograph of 100 Bealey Avenue. A red sticker in the window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 100 Bealey Avenue (1)

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A photograph of 100 Bealey Avenue. A red sticker in the window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 270 St Asaph Street (11)

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A photograph of 270 St Asaph Street. A red sticker on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Breakdown in communication - unsafe building collapsed in quake

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The Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission has heard that a breakdown in communication between structural engineers, a property manager and owner led the tenants of a building to wrongly assume their shop was safe.

Photograph of McLean's Mansion, 387 Manchester Street (18)

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A photograph of a entrance of McLean's Mansion on Manchester Street. The red cordon tape indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 270 St Asaph Street (12)

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A photograph of the entrance to 270 St Asaph Street. A red sticker on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 68-76 Manchester Street (5)

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A photograph of a door of 68-76 Manchester Street. A red sticker taped to the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 68-76 Manchester Street (4)

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A photograph of a door of 68-76 Manchester Street. A red sticker taped to the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Unsafe buildings in Christchurch mall down by mid July

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A new plan will see all dangerous earthquake-damaged buildings in Christchurch's Cashel Mall pulled down or made safe by mid-July.

Photograph of Cecil House, 69-73 Manchester Street (3)

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A photograph of the front door of Cecil House on Manchester Street. A red sticker on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 154 Manchester Street (6)

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A photograph of earthquake damage to 154 Manchester Street. A red sticker has been taped to the door, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 51 Laurence Street (1)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house at 51 Laurence Street. A red sticker in the window indicates that the house is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 68-76 Manchester Street (1)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to 68-76 Manchester Street. Red stickers have been taped to the doors, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of Piko Wholefoods, 359 Barbadoes Street (11)

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A photograph of a window of Piko Wholefoods on Barbadoes Street. A red sticker has been taped to the window, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.

Quake hearing told building in use despite yellow placard

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A property manager has been questioned at the Royal Commission investigating the Canterbury earthquakes about why he didn't tell tenants the building they worked in was unsafe.

Photograph of 178 Ferry Road (1)

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A photograph of the sign next to the entrance of the Lancaster Hotel on Ferry Road. A red sticker on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

EQC knew wall was unsafe before it collapsed killing two

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It's been revealed that the Earthquake Commission knew a wall which crushed two people in Christchurch's February earthquake was at risk of collapsing.

Photograph of City Council Civic Offices, 194-198 Manchester Street (6)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the City Council Civic Offices on Manchester Street. Red stickers have been taped to the door, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of City Council Civic Offices, 194-198 Manchester Street (7)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the City Council Civic Offices on Manchester Street. Red stickers have been taped to the door, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of McLean's Mansion, 387 Manchester Street (13)

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A photograph of the main entrance of McLean's Mansion on Manchester Street. The red cordon tape and a red sticker on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of McLean's Mansion, 387 Manchester Street (14)

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A photograph of the main entrance of McLean's Mansion on Manchester Street. The red cordon tape and a red sticker on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Fairfax Video, May 2011 (2)

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A video of the controlled explosion of a 40-tonne boulder above the Summit Road. The boulder is being removed using explosives after an assessment by United Research Services found that the rocks supporting the boulder have become unsafe.

Almost Like London During the War

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A digitally manipulated image of damaged Music Centre. The photographer comments, "The destruction caused by the demolition of the heritage buildings damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes looks similar to the scenes in London during the second world war. The building was the Catholic Cathedral College, Christchurch. It was an integrated Catholic co-educational secondary school. It was founded in 1987, but its origins go back more than a 100 years earlier. The college was an amalgamation of two schools: Sacred Heart College for girls, and Xavier College for boys".

Photograph by Eroica Ritchie 117

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A notice nailed to a tree near the river reads, "Health warning, contaminated water. Due to sewage overflows this water is unsafe for human contact and activity and is a public health risk. Please keep all people and pets out of contact with the water and do not consume any seafood or shellfish collected from this area".

Christchurch Arts Centre

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For Best View Press"L" All 23 Arts Centre heritage buildings received significant damage in the earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks, and all have been issued with a red “Unsafe” placard. As a result of the magnitude of this damage, the Arts Centre Trust Board— the body charged with ensuring this iconic precinct is preserved and pr...