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8 months later – An excavator cleans up a block of damaged buildings in St Asaph Street, with a background of another damaged brick building – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – On the corner of St Asaph Street and Manchester Street, a Kea Coffee caravan serves hot coffee to a family on the edge of the Red Zone – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Flowers and messages are left at the Cashel Street Bridge of Remembrance for those 181 who died in the earthquake – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Kia Kaha, and a round red message of hope attached to the Red Zone security fence at the Bridge of Remembrance on Cashel Street – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Kia Kaha, and a round red message of hope attached to the Red Zone security fence at the Bridge of Remembrance on Cashel Street – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Frustration toward the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) by business people as to the speed of the recovery is noted on roadside signs along St Asaph Street – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Along Barbadoes Street a small free community book exchange in an old fridge has been set up on a now vacant lot – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Frustration by business people as to the speed of the recovery is noted on roadside signs at the intersections of St Asaph Street, High Street and Madras Street – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Here in Manchester Street to enter the Red Zone you must pass through army controlled check points, the leaning Hotel Grand Chancellor in the background – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – More damaged brick buildings along Barbadoes Street, in the foreground the New Zealand flag – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Brick rubble between buildings along St Asaph Street – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Very little remains of this Peterborough Street house apart from a pile of bricks and timber – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – A collection of colourful wheelie bins under a pile of bricks from a nearby shed in Kilmore Street- from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Broken glass and fallen lampshades still on the floor eight months after the earthquake, many businesses are still unable to get back into their shops since the earthquake because of safety reasons – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – A Peace Pole on Oxford Terrace beside the fenced off Red Zone in the central city. The peace pole project began in Ishikawa, Japan, in 1955 when the late Masshaisa Goi was inspired to spread the message and prayer of peace to the global community. There are 100,000 peace poles planted worldwide – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – A brick wall in Montreal Street, collapsed and broken onto the footpath, the footpath now has a grass verge and is reduced to a narrow walking area – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – A collapsed stone wall on the footpath along Montreal Street – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – From the corner of Colombo Street and St Asaph Street, looking past the remains of a brick building towards the city centre – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Looking down Colombo Street towards the Square from the Red Zone’s security fence , support structures for the collapsed Christchurch Cathedral can just be seen in the centre of the picture – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – In Sumner, old earthquake cracks in the Evans Pass Road are still visable after sealing with bitumen – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – An ambitious project for future inner city living in Christchurch – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – A couple standing at the Red Zone security fence looking down Hereford Street towards a deserted city centre – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Part of the Hereford Street concrete bridge across the Avon River cracked by the earthquake – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – A sign in the upper window of a Barbadoes Street house, below are butterfly flags, the symbols of hope and of new life – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – A sign outside a Christchurch accommodation house apologising for their closed business due to the earthquake – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – A once regulary used carpark in Kilmore Street now is overgrown and covered in leaves

8 months later – Madras Street one of the main traffic streets for leaving the central city area, is now unused with Red Zone security fencing crossing at a number of places – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams from Australia, UK, USA, Japan, Taiwan, China and Singapore helped New Zealand teams search house to house after the earthquake. After completing a house search, details of the search country, date, time in house etc were spray painted on the house front to show it had been searched.- from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Looking down High Street into the Red Zone through a sculpture by one of New Zealands leading sculptors Anton Parsons on the passing of time – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – A city carpark on Peterborough Street with vacant offices in the background, the surface of the carpark still showing signs of earthquake damage – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – A plea at the intersections of St Asaph Street, High Street and Madras Street on a roadside sign to save one of central Christchurch’s main streets “Please Save High Street the heart of CHCH City” – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – A few minutes walk from the Christchurch central city earthquake Red Zone, life continues as a family relaxes in an Avon River punt boat

8 months later – A small sign on a vacant lot in Barbadoes Street where a Naturopath business used to be, now gives notice as to the new business location. In the background a small free community book exchange in an old fridge has been set up for community use – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Another business victim from the earthquake, Santorini’s the Greek bar and restaurant on Cambridge Terrace, now looking rundown and uncared for – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Strawberry Fare Restaurant on Peterborough Street, no longer in business- from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

8 months later – Looking across Colombo Street and along a deserted Tuam Street in the central city area – from the February 22, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake

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