Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Homebush, one of the old Canterbury homesteads owned by the Deans family, lies not far from the Darfield epicentre and has been severely damaged".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Tamatea Briggs (12) is staying in a tent with his family on a neighbours lawn too scared to go back into their house".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished. Local Kerry McCarthy sits with daughter Maeve (4) and watches the pub get knocked down".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Press. Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. This power pole in Kingsford Street sunk a good metre or so into the ground".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. The Press makeshift news room in the paper sales building Gloucester Street after The Press was declared unsafe after a large aftershock caused further damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Tamatea Briggs (12) is staying in a tent with his family on a neighbours lawn too scared to go back into their house".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Tamatea Briggs (12) is staying in a tent with his family on a neighbours lawn too scared to go back into their house".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Idyllic Fendalton home of Simon Robinson, who was struck by a falling chimney in his bedroom and is now in hospital with serious injuries".
Shop at the base of Manchester Courts
The state of emergency in Christchurch has just been extended until midday on Wednesday. In latest developments Canterbury Civil Defence is now warning people to prepare for potential flooding, only two days after the major earthquake that caused widespread damage to much of the region.
Photos of Christchurch City LIbraries Outreach staff working in welfare centres following the February 22 earthquake. File ref: CCL-2011-03-01-OperationStoryTime-DSCF0462 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Photos of Christchurch City LIbraries Outreach staff working in welfare centres following the February 22 earthquake. File ref: CCL-2011-03-01-OperationStoryTime-DSCF0461 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Photos of Christchurch City LIbraries Outreach staff working in welfare centres following the February 22 earthquake. File ref: CCL-2011-02-27-OperationStoryTime-tumble-tower From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Pupils at St Josephs school dressed up as a book character to help raise money for Christchurch earthquake victims".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Left to right: Ben Houston, Emma Brown, Cathy Campbell, Anthony Alderson, Iain Charles-Jones, Kylie Pickering. Christchurch earthquake fundraiser".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mellanie Brown of Timaru encourages people to support Com'on Canterbury, to help people affected by the Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Left to right: Ben Houston, Emma Brown, Cathy Campbell, Anthony Alderson, Iain Charles-Jones, Kylie Pickering. Christchurch earthquake fundraiser".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Left to right: Ben Houston, Emma Brown, Cathy Campbell, Anthony Alderson, Iain Charles-Jones, Kylie Pickering. Christchurch earthquake fundraiser".
Christchurch's community law centre is expecting many cases to be lodged as people struggle to cope with the effects of the Canterbury earthquake.
Some Christchurch residents fear there's a risk to the region's history if headstones damaged by September's 7.1 magnitude earthquake are not repaired.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A noticeboard at the Civil Defence 'bunker' under the Beehive in Wellington, on the day of the Christchurch earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Blackwell's Department Store in Kaipoi pictured".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lisa Fowler has started a facebook page and needs Nelson people to offer their homes for Christchurch earthquake families".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lisa Fowler has started a facebook page and needs Nelson people to offer their homes for Christchurch earthquake families".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lisa Fowler has started a facebook page and needs Nelson people to offer their homes for Christchurch earthquake families".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch designer Kathryn Leah Payne has had her preparations for Fashion Week in Auckland disrupted after the Canterbury earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch designer Kathryn Leah Payne has had her preparations for Fashion Week in Auckland disrupted after the Canterbury earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Left to right: Ben Houston, Emma Brown, Cathy Campbell, Anthony Alderson, Iain Charles-Jones, Kylie Pickering. Christchurch earthquake fundraiser".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lisa Fowler has started a facebook page and needs Nelson people to offer their homes for Christchurch earthquake families".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lisa Fowler has started a facebook page and needs Nelson people to offer their homes for Christchurch earthquake families".