Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "People entering the Botanical Gardens and being registered for The Big Hug".
A woman, holding a kitten and a sign offering free hugs, at the Saturday flea market in Lyttelton.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner of Peterborough and Colombo Streets".
A group of young English women at the Lyttelton Saturday flea market offering free hugs to anybody who needed one.
A photograph of chalked messages on the side of a building in New Brighton. The messages read, "We are tough, eh." and, "Hug each other".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre viewed from Rolleston Avenue. The street is busy with people gathering for The Big Hug on the anniversary of the September earthquake".
Kao Wei, Team Leader of the Taiwan USAR team, hugs Mitchell Brown from the New Zealand USAR National Management Team. The Taiwanese team is heading home after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.