An aerial photograph of Canterbury following the 4 September earthquake, taken from a helicopter.
An aerial photograph of Canterbury following the 4 September earthquake, taken from a helicopter.
An aerial photograph of Christchurch following the 4 September earthquake, taken from a helicopter.
A large crack runs through the garden of a house in Richmond. The photographer comments, "A large crack about 15cm wide runs across three sections. Note the movement in the slabs for the garden path".
Photo of damage in Kaiapoi, taken by Brian McIndoe, 6 September 2010.
Photo of earthquake damage in Christchurch taken by Paul Gofton, 6 September 2010.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Gloucester Street, near the intersection of Colombo Street. A Southern Demolition excavator is being used to clear the rubble away. In the background are the Forsyth Barr building, the Copthorne Hotel and the PricewaterhouseCoopers building.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Pleasant Point Yacht Club post-earthquake damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial pics of the fault line which ruptured causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. University student Sam Johnson (L) organised through Facebook students to go into the suburbs to help residents clean up after Saturday morning's earthquake. They gathered in Halswell to help residents clean up the silt from their properties".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Buildings demolished on corner of Cranford Street and Westminster Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Minister John Carter during a press conference following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Flooding in New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Corner of Tuam and Colombo Streets".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Memory Javagnwe's baby, Hayley, was born on September 4 2010 when the earth moved for all Cantabrians".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Thieves have struck overnight at Ferndale School for special needs students stealing specialist equipment. Board chairperson, Jacki Morris, would love to get her hands on them".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hugh Hobden, the Model Yacht Club's Commodore, said the club's sailing has been disrupted with the September earthquake severely damaging Victoria Lake, forcing their members to relocate to the Groynes ponds".
Paul Nicholls from Digital Media Group DMG with his creation Christchurch earthquake Map. Website: www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz.
Cracks in the front of a building on Madras Street. In the foreground is a shipping container placed to protect the street in the event of the building's collapse.
Earthquake aerial photo taken by Jude Lathey, 6 September 2010.
Photo of damage to Records Hall on Pegasus Ground Floor, taken by Publications.
A photograph of displaced bricks in one of the walls of St Paul's School on Gayhurst Road.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Castle Rock post earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Urban Search and Rescue workers remove the insides of the historic MLC building built in 1906 on the corner of Manchester/Hereford Streets. The seven storey building will be demolished as it is at risk of collapsing".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Cleanup for Christchurch following the 7.1 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christ Church Cathedral holds their Sunday service in the Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Clock tower at the old railway station, now Science Alive, stopped at time of the earthquake and won't be fixed till after shocks stop".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Packed to the gunnels: Mataura man Mike Kirby loading his wife Shona's car yesterday with donated baking. The couple left early this morning with a huge amount of donated goods for victims of the Christchurch earthquake".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 19 Ferry Road.
Facilities Management staff meet after the earthquake.