Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
A staff member at work in temporary office space in the Central Library after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
A digitally manipulated image of a high-reach excavator demolishing a building. The photographer comments, "After the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand the demolition of most of the City Centre began. After two years the government thought that the progress was far too slow, so began the start of the automatic demolition. Luckily when the solar powered demolition machines started to cause indiscriminate death and destruction they were isolated to the South Island and unable to cross the seas".
A photograph of members of Massey University's Veterinary Emergency Response Team (VERT) working in the central city red zone after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. VERT travelled to Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake in order to assist with caring for animals. Each member is wearing a hard hat, face masks, and a head lamp.
A business owner wants more stringent background checks for people creating professional online profiles after discovering a potential business advisor is currently on home detention for corruption. Gerard Gallagher was convicted in June after trying to personally profit from information obtained while working for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority and Ōtākaro Limited between 2014 and 2017. Online, he promotes himself as a Business Advisor despite still serving a sentence of 12 months' home detention. Niva Chittock reports.
An icon of Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour is set to re-open tomorrow, after being damaged in the Canterbury Earthquakes. The Governors Bay jetty, locally known for its extraordinary length and unofficial jetty jump competitions, has been closed since 2015. Now, it's back to its former glory, just in time for summer. Niva Chittock went for a sneak peek ahead of the official opening. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6338047392112
After the liquefaction has been cleaned up we have piles of the stuff on our streets waiting for the council to pick it up. This little Gnome is obviously doing its bit as Christchurch cleans up after the 6.3 magnitude quake 22 February 2011.
The Christchurch Cathedral after loosing its tower and spire after the 6.3 quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. The February 22 quake cracked pillars, twisted walls, shattered stained glass, collapsed buttresses, fractured masonry and toppled the tower. The rose window in the west wall collapsed in the June aftershocks. Demolition of the Chr...
A map showing the extent of liquefaction after the 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 earthquakes.
The University of Canterbury Mace is safe in its box, after being rescued from the Registry Building.
Shopping or retail therapy is helping some Christchurch residents return to normality after the February earthquake.
The Shelley Common Room, previously a social space, converted into a study space after the September earthquake.
A week after the devastating earthquake many are still needing assistance to get essential provisions such as food and water.
The Reserve Bank says it sees little pressure on inflation from rebuilding after the Canterbury earthquake.
An historic Christchurch clock tower damaged in the earthquakes was unveiled today, after undergoing more than eight hundred thousand dollars of repairs.