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".
Piles of rubble along Kilmore Street. A digger can be seen in the background as well as a construction worker in a hard hat and high-visibility vest. The rubble has been separated into different piles.
A story submitted by Gary Manch to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Paul Sterk to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Michelle Paterson to the QuakeStories website.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cars parked on lawns a the side of Sir William Pickering Drive. An increase in the number of workers in Christchurch means that car parks are harder to find".
A worker stands on a ladder to disconnect a gas supply from the side of a house in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Removing a gas water heater. We also took our driveway gates and some other fittings".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street/Hereford Street intersection - south - west view".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Community House, 141 Hereford Street. Note the pile of gravel ready to be spread prior to demolishing the building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street/Cashel Street intersection (north east view)".
A cliff in Redcliffs showing signs of recent collapse. The grass at the foot of the cliff is scattered with fallen rocks. Two workers can be seen running wires down the side of the cliff.
A cliff in Redcliffs showing signs of recent collapse. The grass at the foot of the cliff is scattered with fallen rocks. Two workers can be seen running wires down the side of the cliff.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Running repairs on the huge hydraulic nibbler".
Transcript of Libi Carr's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of R Falcome-Price's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of participant number LY960's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Dr Niall Hamilton's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Pat Penrose's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Carol's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Stephen Estall's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New reconstruction where it is planned to add a new ground floor to this basement in Lichfield Street and then build the building".
A video of busker John Higby performing his Yo Yo Guy routine in Cathedral Square. The performance was part of a special World Buskers Festival show for workers in the Christchurch central city Red Zone.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Urban Search and Rescue worker Barry Smith, from the USAR taskforce, at the NZ Fire Service Training Centre, Woolston, which is temporary home for 80 USAR staff from the North Island".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A worker clad in protective gear is dwarfed by the big trucks and diggers working on the demolition site of the building on the corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets".
A photograph of workers loading a trailer with items salvaged from people's homes during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes.
A photograph of workers loading a trailer with items salvaged from people's homes during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes.
A photograph of two workers loading a truck with items from people's homes during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes.
A photograph of workers and members of the Hutt City Emergency Response team and New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue team posing for a photograph. The photograph was taken outside the United States headquarters in Latimer Square.
A construction worker using a saw to cut through a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building. Smoke is billowing from the ruins, which were still partly on fire when the photograph was taken.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Christchurch was rocked by a large aftershock shortly after 8am this morning. Construction workers on Gloucester Street stopped work after the aftershock which measured 5.1 on the Richter scale".