The Taiwanese Search and Rescue team at Christchurch International Airport. The team is heading home after helping with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
The Taiwanese Search and Rescue team at Christchurch International Airport. The team is heading home after helping with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
The stone tower on the eastern side of the Arts Centre. After collapsing in the February earthquake, the tower has been weather-proofed with plywood.
The Christchurch city and Waimakariri District councils have from today got no insurance cover for future earthquakes after their existing policies expired at 4pm.
A view across the intersection of Cranford and Winchester Streets to a block of shops that have been demolished following the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A police car being used to transport the injured at the corner of Rolleston Avenue and Worcester Boulevard, shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A view across Latimer Square to the medical centre set up by the Civil Defence after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to treat wounded people.
Emergency personnel using a crane to rescue a woman from the collapsed Pyne Gould Corporation building in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Emergency personnel using a crane to rescue a woman from the collapsed Pyne Gould Corporation building in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Emergency personnel using a crane to rescue a woman from the collapsed Pyne Gould Corporation building in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Emergency Management personnel outside the Christchurch Art Gallery. The Art Gallery was used as the headquarters for Civil Defence after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by the New Zealand Defence Force, "NZ Police arriving at Christchurch Air Force Air Movements terminal to provide support for the earthquake effort".
An Air Force Boeing overshadowed by an American C-17 at Christchurch Airport. The Boeing supported evacuations from Christchurch after 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.
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.
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.
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.
An emergency Cabinet Meeting is being held at Parliament as reports begin to come in of the damage in Canterbury caused by this afternoon's earthquake.
In Avonside, one of the suburbs most badly affected by the September 4th earthquake in Christchurch, a second massive clean-up operation is underway.
Some residents have been waiting for the verdict on the fate of their home and land since the first earthquake hit in September last year.
This morning tens-of-thousands are expected to gather to mourn the lives lost in Tuesday's earthquake. We hear from the Anlican Bishop of Christchurch.
The task of rebuilding Christchurch is being compared to what was required to restore the Japanese city of Kobe after its massive earthquake in 1995.
Christchurch firefighters who were sent to the CTV and Pyne Gould Corporation buildings after Tuesday's massive earthquake share some remarkable stories of bravery and survival.
The collapsed PGC and CTV buildings in the Christchurch CBD were both"green stickered"by city council inspectors following the earthquake in September last year.
Ethnic migrants from Christchurch displaced by the earthquake are being given some much needed cultural and spiritual comfort from a centre in Auckland's Waitakere district.
The Treasury is forecasting the Christchurch earthquake will slow economic activity, taking about 15 billion dollars out of the economy over the next five years.
An expert worried about Christchurch art in the wake of the earthquake has set up a website to identify items which may be at risk.
Rural GPs from the South Island have been sharing their experiences of dealing with the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake at a conference in Wellington.