Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Bracing on a damaged section of the payroll office wall at The Press, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Bracing on a damaged section of the payroll office wall at The Press, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
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. Landmark Kaiapoi store, Blackwell's department store, is pulled down after the earthquake - the store was deemed too dangerous and the delicate demolition started immediately".
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. Landmark Kaiapoi store, Blackwell's department store, is pulled down after the earthquake - the store was deemed too dangerous and the delicate demolition started immediately".
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. Members of the Blackwells family watch as their Kaiapoi landmark store is pulled down after the earthquake - the store was deemed too dangerous and demolition started immediately".
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. Landmark Kaiapoi store, Blackwell's department store, is pulled down after the earthquake - the store was deemed too dangerous and the delicate demolition started immediately".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Wayne Alexander has now lived through 3 earthquakes with a richter scale of 7 plus. 1968 Inangahua, 1989 San Francisco and 2010 Christchurch. His father also lived through three of the same magnitude. Wayne and his son Lochlan Alexander (2 yr). They live in one of the old Deans family residences, which sustained chimney damage in Saturday's earthquake".
Volunteers from the Wellington Regional Emergent Management Office standing on a pile of bricks from an earthquake damaged building in Christchurch.
Damage to Christchurch city following the 22 February earthquake 2011. A car sits in a hole created by liquefaction on Ferry Road. Piles of silt can be seen around the car.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Matthew Carpenter, a white-ware retailer in Christchurch, is lobbying the government for more help for businesses damaged in the earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Matthew Carpenter, a white-ware retailer in Christchurch, is lobbying the government for more help for businesses damaged in the earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. 110 year old cast iron work being removed from The Press tower after it was discovered to be damaged".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. 110 year old cast iron work being removed from The Press tower after it was discovered to be damaged".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. 110 year old cast iron work being removed from The Press tower after it was discovered to be damaged".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Engineers assessing the damage in Sumner. Upstairs Club Bazaar Pizzeria".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Day after the earthquake that rocked Christchurch. Damage to the road kitchen of homeowner Mel Whitby. Pictured with Clayton Cosgrove (R)".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Matthew Carpenter, a white-ware retailer in Christchurch, is lobbying the government for more help for businesses damaged in the earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Peter Chisnall at Ward 3 in Princess Margaret Hospital after having to leave his home because of earthquake damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Zest have reopened on the corner of Lichfield and Manchester Streets after their High Street store was earthquake-damaged".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Murray Rowlands and Carly Sluys from Federated Farmers look at damaged grain silos west of Burnham after Saturday's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake cleanup in Dallington. Transport Minister Steven Joyce (right) and other officials inspecting damage on Avonside Drive at Dallington".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lyttelton Port CEO, Peter Davie, right explains the earthquake damage to transport minister, Steven Joyce, at Gladstone Pier".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 19 November 2012 entitled, "Christchurch: Trying to make sense of living here....".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Al Nisbet, cartoonist at The Press, emerges from the rubble that collapsed over the desk he took shelter under as the earthquake hit. The debris is from the floor above that pancaked, killing one Press employee".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Al Nisbet, cartoonist at The Press, emerges from the rubble that collapsed over the desk he took shelter under as the earthquake hit. The debris is from the floor above that pancaked, killing one Press employee".
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 road at the Belfast/Marshlands main north motorway on ramp".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive/old train station building on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive/old train station building on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive/old train station building on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. The bricks on the side wall have crumbled and damaged the fence below. Plywood has been used to board up the front window.