A story submitted by Debbie Brown-Smith to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Sarah van der Burch to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 December 2011 entitled, "Scenes in Sumner".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 30 March 2012 entitled, "Going, going, gone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 12 March 2012 entitled, "Central CERA City".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 13 March 2013 entitled, "Time for Tourists".
A story submitted by Elizabeth to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Elizabeth to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 7 November 2011 entitled, "Retail Re-start".
A story submitted by Nathanael Boehm to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Sarah Gallagher to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by John to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Becky to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Leanne to the QuakeStories website.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church showing the diagonal cracking in the brick work by the front door".
A sign on Montreal street reading, "Rebuild, Brick by Brick". Below, a mosaic of a man building a wall has been made out of brick like tiles.
Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and part of the brick wall is bowing outwards in danger of further collapse.
Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and part of the brick wall is bowing outwards in danger of further collapse.
Damage to the building housing Java Coffee House, on the corner of High and Lichfield Streets. The facade of the upper storey has collapsed, destroying the awnings below.
The damaged Edward Gibbon Plumbing Plus building on the corner of Tuam and Madras Streets. The upper storey has partially collapsed, and fallen bricks litter the road below.
The damaged Edward Gibbon Plumbing Plus building on the corner of Tuam and Madras Streets. The upper storey has partially collapsed, and fallen bricks litter the road below.
The damaged Edward Gibbon Plumbing Plus building on the corner of Tuam and Madras Streets. The upper storey has partially collapsed, and fallen bricks litter the road below.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Gloucester Street near Latimer Square. An excavator on the site is working to clear the rubble.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking down High Street from Hanafins Corner (Hereford Street)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street, Worcester Street and Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our Lady Star of the Sea, Catholic Church in Menzies Street, Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Warners Hotel under demolition, Cathedral Square".
Detail of damage to a building on High Street. The photographer comments, "The support for the veranda has pulled part of the stone wall completely away".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sushi-Ya, corner Colombo and Armagh Streets".