Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
A student in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
A large crack in the playing field in Porrit Park is surrounded by "volcanoes" of liquefaction silt.
A local resident photographed with students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer army at Chisnallwood Intermediate preparing to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Silt drive. Residents of Courtenay Drive talk to members of the Kaiapoi Voluntary Fire Brigade".
Barry McKay from Civil Defence who helped organise Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleanup silt after the earthquake.
Liquefaction silt in the forecourt of the Challenge petrol station on the corner of Creswell Avenue and New Brighton Road.
A man pushes a wheelbarrow full of liquefaction silt in Black Street in Kaiapoi. A small sinkhole is visible in the foreground.
Water Tankers spraying the roads in Burwood to keep the sand and silt from entering the air and blowing around the neighbourhood.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army meeting at Chisnallwood Intermediate School with spades and wheelbarrows, preparing to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army meeting at Chisnallwood Intermediate School with spades and wheelbarrows, preparing to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. Dust from the drying silt in Kingsford Street Burwood".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. 'Sand for sale!!' sign on a pile of liquefaction silt".