On the eve of the memorial service for the Christchurch earthquake, the Labour party is laying into the Government's handling of the city's ditching as a Rugby World Cup venue.
A photograph of rubble from an earthquake-damaged building on Gloucester Street. The building is part of Stonehurst Accommodation.
A photograph of USAR codes spray-painted on the side of a building in the Christchurch central city.
In quake-ravaged Christchurch businesses are tentatively restarting, and infrastructure is being restored, but there's ongoing uncertainty about job losses and how people will survive financially. Within six days of the February earthquake; the Government had introduced a subsidy scheme for businesses and their employees, as well as people who'd found themselves out of a job. Now there's growing disquiet about what will happen to thousands of Cantabrians when that support scheme finishes at the end of May.
Private Alex Crivellaro from the Auckland Territorial Unit clearing silt from a resident's garden in east Christchurch.
Aerial image of Lyttelton taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Lyttelton taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Lyttelton taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Cathedral Square taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of the Port Hills taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of the Port Hills taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Broken stonework lies on the footpath next to the former Lyttelton Fire Station.
Members of the New Zealand Fire Service spraying water into Lyttelton Harbour as the HMNZS Otago departs.
A soldier from the New Zealand Army guarding a cordon in the central city.
An aerial view of Christchurch a week after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Aerial image of the Port Hills taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
An aerial view of Lyttelton a week after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A camera operator filming Prime Minister John Key's briefing following the 22 February earthquake.
Members of the Auckland and Northland Territorial Units clearing bricks from a resident's garden in east Christchurch.
Two members of the Auckland and Northland Territorial Units clearing silt from a house in east Christchurch.
Aerial image of Latimer Square taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Lyttelton taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Lyttelton taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Lyttelton taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
An aerial view of Christchurch a week after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An aerial view of Sumner a week after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An aerial view of Sumner a week after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An aerial view of Redcliffs a week after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An aerial view of Christchurch a week after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An aerial view of Christchurch a week after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.