New waterfront building wrecked, pic shows ONE of Wellington's newer buildings on the waterfront appears to have taken a pounding in the Cook Strait earthquake. A photo posted to Twitter apparently shows a dealing room in the BNZ Building, Harbour Quays with panels and framing hanging from the ceiling and desks and chairs strewn about the place following Sunday's tremor. The damage appears to be more consistent with an extremely violent quake such as that which destroyed much of central Christchurch in 2011. However, those involved with the building were unable to confirm if it was actually the dealing room. BNZ external relations manager Emily Davies says engineers were assessing the building on Monday and it was closed until further notice. "I can't speculate on how much damage, we've only got that photo to go on," she told NZ Newswire. BNZ leases the building from CentrePort, which owned the building, she said. CentrePort's property manager Nick Wareham says it's too early to say how badly damaged the building is. He had not seen the photo to confirm whether or not it was the dealing room. Structural engineers were going through and assessing the building and he hoped to know more later in the day. According to Beca, the six-storey building was built on reclaimed land and completed in 2009.