A doctor from the Royal New Zealand Air Force preparing to evacuate Christchurch rest home residents affected by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by the New Zealand Defence Force, "Chief of Defence Force, Major General Rhys Jones on an operational tour of earthquake affected areas of Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by the New Zealand Defence Force, "Chief of Defence Force, Major General Rhys Jones on an operational tour of earthquake affected areas of Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by the New Zealand Defence Force, "Chief of Defence Force, Major General Rhys Jones on an operational tour of earthquake affected areas of Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by the New Zealand Defence Force, "Chief of Defence Force, Major General Rhys Jones on an operational tour of earthquake affected areas of Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by the New Zealand Defence Force, "Chief of Defence Force, Major General Rhys Jones on an operational tour of earthquake affected areas of Christchurch".
New Zealand Navy and Army personnel check on rest home residents who are being evacuated from Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel preparing a Hercules C-130 to evacuate rest home residents affected by the Canterbury Earthquake.
Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel preparing a Hercules C-130 to evacuate rest home residents affected by the Canterbury Earthquake.
Damage to the Lyttelton port with the HMNZS Canterbury in the background. The ship just arrived in Lyttelton after a trip to Wellington to resupply.
A Squadron 3 Iroquois helicopter refuelling at Hagley park after an aerial tour of Christchurch and Lyttelton.
A truck refuelling a Squadron 3 Iroquois helicopter at Hagley park after its aerial tour of Christchurch and Lyttelton.
NZ Army medics being briefed outside the PGC Building in Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. In the background, the collapsed PGG Building can be seen.
Cracks in the concrete foundation and wooden walls of a house on Avonside Drive. The photograph shows where the metal frame of the house's conservatory has come apart, and shards of glass from it can be seen on the footpath.
The A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Bricks from the top section of the building have fallen away, and can be seen piled in the car park beside it. A safety fence encloses the base of the building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Durham Street Methodist Church after the excavators had dug through the ruins to find the bodies of the three workers buried when the church collapsed on February 22".
A woman looking in though the window of an empty house on Avonside Drive. The overgrown lawn indicates that the house has been unoccupied for some time as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Bare patches of ground at Sullivan Park in Avonside. The bare patches mark where liquefaction covered the grass after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Damage to the footpath and road on Galbraith Avenue can also be seen.
The A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Bricks that have collapsed from the top section of the building have been cleared from the footpath below, and the building has been cordoned off with a safety fence.
A house on Avonside Drive with cracks in its foundations and the interior wall of its porch as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Cracks can also be seen in the asphalt of its driveway.
A Civil Defence staff member completing a Level 1 Rapid Assessment inspection form for a damaged house. Some of the brickwork has collapsed from the outer wall and the awnings over the windows have collapsed.
Westpac staff and members of the Royal New Zealand Navy holding a cheque for the Red Cross Christchurch Earthquake Fund.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on the Smiths City car park, which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on the Smiths City car park, which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A view across London Street in Lyttelton to the Empire Hotel and the Lyttelton Bakery. The buildings have been cordoned off by a safety fence and the facade of the Empire Hotel has been braced with steel beams.
Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tim Manning, inspecting the damaged Cranmer Centre on Armagh Street.
Mayor Bob Parker speaking at the Christchurch Earthquake Memorial Service. A sign language interpreter is standing to the right. The service was held in Hagley Park on 18 March 2011.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A series of bandaid images appeared across the city on badly damaged buildings. This one is at Knox Church".
A Civil Defence staff member completing a Level 1 Rapid Assessment inspection form for a damaged house. Some of the brickwork has collapsed from the outer wall of the house and the awnings over the windows have collapsed.
A view across Armagh Street to the Cranmer Centre. Scaffolding has been constructed on the building's Armagh Street face, while on the Montreal Street side masonry from the walls has collapsed onto the road.