Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Photo of damage in Canterbury, taken by John Weeber.
Photo of earthquake damage in Christchurch taken by Paul Gofton, 6 September 2010.
Prime Minister John Key and Mayor Bob Parker talk to Sam Johnson, leader of the Student Volunteer Army and UCSA president Nick McDonnell.
A photograph of an office in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of an office in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Members of the Red Cross civil defence response team and South Canterbury Police have been in Christchurch helping with the earthquake clean up. Welfare checks required the team to walk along River Road checking on householders. Pictured from left are Aaron Sole, Andy Todd, Anna Munro, Ken Weavers, Tim Mitchell (Emergency Management Officer) and Tom Connolly".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Post-earthquake demolition. Materials from a building on St Asaph Street still waiting to be cleared".
A photograph of Pasifika House at the University of Canterbury. The house has a damaged chimney. A sign on the door reads, "The University is on emergency lock down. This includes the fale. Please do not enter.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road having its spire carefully removed so that restoration work can be considered".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Carlton pub open for business after some bricks fell off the top of the building closing the footpath".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished. Locals watch the pub get knocked down".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake hits Christchurch. Damage on Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake hits Christchurch. Damage on Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lisa Fowler has started a facebook page and needs Nelson people to offer their homes for Christchurch earthquake families".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together in Christchurch's Hagley Park as a post-earthquake party. A member of Te Kotahitanga Kapa Haka group opening the show".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftershock damage at the Cathedral Square site of The Press caused by the Boxing Day quakes. Damage caused by the aftershock to the wall of the old wages building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Diane Page and her son Bodhi, born on the day of the Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Post-earthquake family fun for Quality Bakers staff at the Horticultural Centre in Hagley Park. Nicholas MacLagan aged 6 (AKA Spiderman)".
A photograph of the severe damage to Cashmere Road in Halswell caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Cleanup work begins in the Rutherford building.
The crowd at the Band Together concert, a concert that was put on at Hagley Park for the people of Canterbury following the September earthquake.
A photograph of a house on Glenarm Terrace in Dallington. The chimney fell off the roof during the September earthquake and the bricks are still lying on the ground. A tarpaulin has been placed over the top of the hole to prevent water damage inside the house. Ironically, it has been weighed down with bricks.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".
Cordoned off pavement on Colombo Street.
A police officer talks to the driver of a NZ Post truck at a cordon across Tuam Street. Military personnel stand nearby. The photographer comments, "this was taken shortly after the 4th September earthquake. Police allowed us free access past the cordon and simply advised us to watch out for falling masonry. The access situation was much different after the February aftershock".
A photograph of the Westpac Trust Building photographed from near Hotel Sol on Cashel Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Closed backpackers (earthquake damaged) building".