Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning. Civil Defence have set up base at Christchurch Art Gallery".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key speaks to media after talking to business owners at the Kaiapoi Club".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Christchurch was rocked by a large aftershock shortly after 8am this morning. The state of emergency has been extended for a further 7 days and more army personnel have been brought into the city".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Rubberneckers driving by or watching the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road having its spire carefully removed so that restoration work can be considered".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Linwood cemetery is considered too unsafe for the public to enter".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Electrical fire on Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Owen Trowbridge (16) and Cameron Ellen (18) walk through a deep crack in Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Canterbury earthquake. St Johns church in Hororata".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Civil Defence Minister John Carter and Prime Minister John Key along with Cabinet meeting on the top level of the Beehive to discuss emergency relief for quake-affected Canterbury".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damaged road following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. Rob Souness of Weedons Eggs suffered serious damage to his hen house saving 23000 hens and losing 3000".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Road damage to Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage and clean-up operations taking place in Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lion Nathan staff clean up the warehouse in St Asaph Street. Even though there has been huge destruction, beer supplies have been restored with the arrival of 55 shipping containers filled with beer from Auckland".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Garden City Helicopters flown by Mark Read uses a 700 litre monsoon bucket to dump water on loose boulders and rocks on the cliff face above Redcliffs School to dislodge them".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Building on the corner of St Asaph and Barbadoes Streets".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Demolition on Victoria Street near Bealey Avenue corner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. The damaged Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition of Manchester courts. This is the north facing wall".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kingston the guide dog puppy with his puppy walker Diana Wilson. The earthquake of 4 September created a few upheavals in family life after the family house became unliveable".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Rescuers on the PGG-Wrightson building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. PGG-Wrightson building on Cambridge Terrace where people are trapped".
