A box containing drilling cores from soil sampling. The photographer comments, "These are the samples from drilling near my home. As you can see they are not so much samples as sand piles. The drill in a nearby street went down 20m and it was sand all the way. This is the box of samples from the ground level to 4.6m deep".
Lydia Baxendell checks an artwork in the library.
Lydia Baxendell checks an artwork in the library.
Workers operate a drilling rig, sampling soil as part of EQC's geotechnical investigation of TC3 land. The photographer comments, "The work of getting 'soil' samples from all the areas marked as green/blue zones in Christchurch. These areas may be susceptible to liquefaction if a major earthquake occurs. The soil samples were a failure as all they found was sand".
Bill Davison from Biological Sciences checks equipment in the Rutherford building.
Bill Davison from Biological Sciences checks equipment in the Rutherford building.
John Nicolle from ITCS checks a computer in the the Geography building for damage.
John Nicolle from ITCS checks a computer in the the Geography building for damage.
John Nicolle from ITCS checks a computer in the the Geography building for damage.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workers checking earthquake damage to the Christchurch Music Centre in Barbadoes Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A rubber-necker checks out some cracks on Williams Street in Kaiapoi".
Tourists checking out destruction caused by the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
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 looking at a damaged bridge on River Road near Tai Tapu are (from left) Andy Todd, Anna Munro and Ken Weavers".
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".
A photograph of SPCA Inspector Christoff Heyns checking in a rabbit which was displaced by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Midnight Youth do a sound check for Saturday's Band Together concert in Hagley Park. Vocalist-guitarist Jeremy Redmore".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Midnight Youth do a sound check for Saturday's Band Together concert in Hagley Park. Guitarist-vocalist Simon Oscroft".
A cordon check point on Durham Street. The demolition site was a building that housed Laycock Collision Repairs. The Christchurch Casino can be seen in the background.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Midnight Youth do a sound check for Saturday's Band Together concert in Hagley Park. Guitarist-vocalist Simon Oscroft and drummer Aidan Bartlett".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Midnight Youth do a sound check for Saturday's Band Together concert in Hagley Park. Guitarist-vocalist Simon Oscroft and drummer Aidan Bartlett".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata is up for an expensive repair bill after it was badly damaged in the September 4 earthquake. Workers check out the damaged tower by crane as they decide where to start saving the church".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata is up for an expensive repair bill after it was badly damaged in the September 4 earthquake. Workers check out the damaged tower by crane as they decide where to start saving the church".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata is up for an expensive repair bill after it was badly damaged in the September 4 earthquake. Workers check out the damaged tower by crane as they decide where to start saving the church".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata is up for an expensive repair bill after it was badly damaged in the September 4 earthquake. Workers check out the damaged tower by crane as they decide where to start saving the church".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The new Christchurch Council building has suffered only cosmetic damage in the September 4th earthquake. Construction workers are kept busy moving scaffolding and fixtures and checking for damage".
A woman sits at the breakfast table reading the paper - As her husband comes through the door behind her she comments that the 'Regional Council says rural people should be checking their septic tanks!' Her husband is covered in muck and surrounded by flies - he has clearly been taking the council's advice. Refers to the news that the Canterbury Regional Council is encouraging rural residents with septic tanks to check their wastewater system for any signs of damage following September's earthquake. (Radio NZ News 5 November 2010)
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata is up for an expensive repair bill after it was badly damaged in the September 4 earthquake. Workers check out the damaged tower by crane as they decide where to start saving the church. Vicar Jenni Carter records the event".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The new Christchurch Council building has suffered only cosmetic damage in the September 4th earthquake. Construction workers abseil down the side of the civic building checking for any damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. City Council surveyors Michael Croucher, left, and James Anderson check stop bank levels along the Avon River in Dallington/Burwood".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The new Christchurch Council building has suffered only cosmetic damage in the September 4th earthquake. Construction workers abseil down the side of the civic building checking for any damage".
