Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. A massive 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Christchurch and the wider South Island, causing widespread damage, two serious injuries and power cuts to most of the city. Marsha Witehira had the bricks from the wall of her house fall onto her bed where she was sleeping. Both sides of her house have collapsed".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial pictures of earthquake damage in Christchurch. Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Civil Defence base at the Art Gallery. Engineers have a briefing".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Nelson Odering (owner of Oderings) has volunteered his services for three days in the clean up on the streets of Kaipoi".
A photograph of cracks in the footpath on Harris Crescent in Papanui.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Asko Design and Mod's Hairdressing on Victoria Street.
A photograph of a damaged footpath captioned by Paul Corliss, "Avonside and Retreat Roads post earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. A massive 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Christchurch and the wider South Island, causing widespread damage, two serious injuries and power cuts to most of the city. Fissures in the roadside in Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Locals watch the demolition of shops on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lyttelton's Empire Hotel facade in danger of falling".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake cleanup. People helping with the cleanup. Cameron Moratti".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Trudy Mclean, owner of Groovy Glasses Ltd. Story about her business which had to shift after the September 4 M7.1 Christchurch earthquake has been doing really well at their new location".
A photograph of liquefaction along the driveway at 942A Avonside Drive.
A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The old railway station clock seems to have stopped at the same time as the very first earthquake".
A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of damage to a path at Bexley Park.
A large crack where the land has slumped away next to a road. In the background sightseers take photographs of the damage.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Dr Mark Quigley is a lecturer in the department of Geological Sciences at the University of Canterbury. His lecture on the Canterbury earthquake drew such interest that 600 were turned away".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hororata Spring Fair for restoration of St Johns Church. Caleb Barr (3), centre, finds the treasure in the haystack".
An aerial photograph of rural Canterbury following the 4 September earthquake, taken from a helicopter.
A photograph of the damaged Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial pics of the fault line which ruptured causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Engineers assessing the damage in Sumner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake cleanup in Dallington. Volunteer Nick Scannell".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake unsung hero, Emily Harvey".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Family help: Julie Burgess was happy to receive some free nappies for baby Oliver after losing her property in the September 4 earthquake".
An aerial photograph of Canterbury following the 4 September earthquake, taken from a helicopter.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lion Nathan staff clean up the warehouse in St Asaph Street. Even though there has been a huge amount of destruction, beer supplies have been restored with the arrival of 55 shipping containers filled with beer from Auckland".
A photograph of liquefaction and water-logged soil near Anzac Drive in Bexley.