An offices in the Registry Buildings starting to be packed away so it can be moved to a new location.
An offices in the Registry Buildings starting to be packed away so it can be moved to a new location.
An offices in the Registry Buildings starting to be packed away so it can be moved to a new location.
An offices in the Registry Buildings starting to be packed away so it can be moved to a new location.
An offices in the Registry Buildings starting to be packed away so it can be moved to a new location.
An offices in the Registry Buildings starting to be packed away so it can be moved to a new location.
An offices in the Registry Buildings starting to be packed away so it can be moved to a new location.
When the destructive February earthquake hit Christchurch, one of our reporters, Bridget Mills, was recording an interview at the very moment the earth started shaking.
Helen Leggatt's started photographing Canterbury's earthquake-damaged cemetery headstones.
When the destructive February earthquake hit Christchurch, one of our reporters, Bridget Mills, was recording an interview at the very moment the earth started shaking.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD looking east along Cashel and Lichfield Streets. Brightly coloured containers in the new Cashel Mall at centre left".
Dried liquefaction silt in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "Wet liquefaction after an earthquake can soon start to dry up".
A sign above the 3 Wise Men shop in the Re:Start mall, reading "Re:Start, supported by ASB". The photographer comments, "The new temporary city mall has been open in Christchurch now for a week. Buildings damaged in the earthquake have been demolished and replaced with cargo containers to create a new, temporary, Cashel Mall. I visited the mall yesterday and was quite impressed with what they have done. The cargo containers have been nicely converted, brightly painted and smartly branded to create some good looking stores".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD looking east along Cashel Streets. Brightly coloured containers in the new Cashel Mall at centre left".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New Cashel Mall centre left".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD looking east along Hereford and Cashel Streets. Brightly coloured containers in the new Cashel Mall at centre left".
Scientists are calling for more ground testing to be carried out before reconstruction starts in earthquake devastated Christchurch.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch recovers after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake at the start of the week causing mass death and destruction across the city".
A digger demolishing the former Ozone Hotel in New Brighton. The photographer comments, "The bulldozers are starting circling the Ozone in New Brighton, Christchurch. Taking bits of flesh from the mortally wounded building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. The toll of long hours spent on sites by volunteers and rescue crews are starting to be seen. This crew pictured at the cathedral."
The start of the New Brighton Jubilee River Walk, next to the Avon River and the Estuary. The Council has built a stop bank along the walkway.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north along Cambridge Terrace and Durham Street from St Michael and All Angels Church. New Cashel Mall is at centre right".
Dried liquefaction in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "This shape formed as the liquefaction after the 23 December earthquake in Christchurch started to dry out".
In Canterbury, work has started on re-surveying the region's landscape, following the 7.1-magnitude earthquake in September.
There are many tales of generosity beginning in emerge in Christchurch. Evan Coster from Rangiora was working in Harvey Norman when the earthquake struck on Tuesday. He doesn't know if he has a job to go back to and with time on his hands wanted to do something useful. He started visiting local businesses in Rangiora such as Warehouse, Countdown, New World and service stations for donations of cups, coffee, sugar and milk. Then he rallied friends and family together and started delivering refreshments to emergency workers in all of the cordons in the CBD.
The removal of rubble from the earthquake-stricken centre of Christchurch will start again today, once the worst of the ice in the central city melts.
Suzie Ferguson, Mary Wilson and Hewitt Humphrey host rolling news coverage of the Christchurch Earthquake. The audio used comes from the start of the 6pm hour.
Demand for temporary accommodation in Christchurch for earthquake evacuees is expected to be intense once the rebuild work kicks into action in coming months - despite a slow start.
Public bus tours of Christchurch's red zone will start off with a warning that the passengers could be trapped by an earthquake and may not make it out alive.
A woman of a relative who died in the CTV building in the February earthquake says more needs to be done to identify unknown faultlines before rebuilding work can start in Christchurch.