A pdf transcript of participant number QB851's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 12 March 2011 entitled, "Day 19, 10am - inside the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 21 November 2011 entitled, "Riding through the Red Zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 24 March 2011 entitled, "Day 31 in the red zone".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 26 March 2011 entitled, "Day 33 - Perambulating in the Park".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 April 2011 entitled, "Day 39 - inside the red zone".
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Philip Broderick Willis to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Scott Franklin to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Hebe Kearney to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Kathleen Himiona to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Liz to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Nicky to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Sarah to the QuakeStories website.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Gloucester Street towards the Novotel".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "South-facing cityscape looking east to west from the top of the BNZ building in Cathedral Square. Stitched together from nine images".
Winnie Bagoes on Colombo Street, the west side partially collapsed after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. In the background, a crane is raising a platform next to the Forsyth Barr Building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A yellow sticker on the window of 164 Victoria Street. The sticker indicates that entry to the building is restricted to essential business".
A view of the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. The benches and pieces of wood have been covered in dust and chips of plaster from the building's walls and ceiling.
The badly-damaged Knox Presbyterian Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street. The brickwork in the gables has crumbled, exposing the wooden structure underneath.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking south down Colombo Street from Tuam Street. To the right, the building have been deconstructed, the rubble waiting to be cleared".
The Coffee House on Montreal Street with a damaged side wall. Plywood and weather proof paper has been placed over the wall to keep wind and rain out of the building.
Severe damage to the corner of Cranmer Courts. The tower in the corner has crumbled, the bricks and roof falling into the street.
Severe damage to the corner of Cranmer Courts. The tower in the corner has crumbled, the bricks and roof falling into the street.
The Caffe Roma coffee house on Oxford Terrace. Bricks from the facade above have fallen into the street and tape has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A cleared building site on Hereford Street where The Monkey Bar and MyThai restaurant once stood. To the left, Shand's Emporium can be seen with USAR codes in the front window.
A damaged building on the corner of Manchester Street and Bedford Row. There are large cracks in the brick pillars between the windows, and part of one pillar has collapsed, crushing the awning below.
Bricks fallen from the wall and chimney of the Caxton Press building. Some windows have been boarded up, and in front is a pile of bricks that has been cordoned off with tape and road cones.
A photograph of Elizabeth Ackermann standing in front of a partially-demolished building on Cashel Street. In the background, two excavators are working to remove the rubble from the site.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "141 Gloucester Street being demolished and the Isaac Theatre Royal, Gloucester Street".