A story submitted by Malcolm to the QuakeStories website.
Smoke issuing from the collapsed Canterbury Television building on Madras Street. Fire Service personnel have gathered around the site to control the fire. In the background, excavators can be seen digging through the rubble.
A video of an interview with Mayumi Asakawa, a Japanese student from Kanagawa prefecture who was in Christchurch during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Asakawa returned to Christchurch to ring the Peace Bell in the Botanic Gardens during the Festival of Flowers commemorative ceremony.
An image from a Army News March 2011 photo compilation titled, "All in a Days Work". The image is captioned, "A Chinese Urban Search and Rescue worker on the job". This USAR member was working on the CTV building which collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Emergency personnel gathering on Madras Street outside the collapsed Canterbury Television building. A digger and the Urban Search and Rescue team can be seen searching the rubble.
A man whose wife was killed when the CTV building collapsed says the council's inspections after the September quake were in a mess and signage put on some buildings sent the wrong message that they were safe to occupy.
A photograph of flowers left at the site of the CTV building. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Second anniversary 22 February earthquake".
A photograph of flowers left at the site of the CTV building. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Second anniversary 22 February earthquake".
A photograph of flowers left at the site of the CTV building. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Second anniversary 22 February earthquake".
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.
Thousands of people have turned out for the National Memorial Service in Ĺtautahi today, where the 185 victims who died in the Christchurch earthquake 10 years ago are being remembered. Maurice Gardiner's sister, Donna Manning, died in the CTV building collapse. Ms Manning was the presenter of CTV's Good Living Show, and her brother describes her as someone who was the life and soul of the party, and cared deeply for others.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square. The empty section in back was where CTV building use to be.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square. The empty section in back was where CTV building use to be.
Messages are written on stones and laid in a circle with flowers at the CTV building site on the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Messages are written on stones and laid in a circle with flowers at the CTV building site on the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Messages are written on stones and laid in a circle with flowers at the CTV building site on the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Emergency personnel gathered on Madras Street outside the collapsed Canterbury Television building. A digger and the Urban Search and Rescue team can be seen searching the rubble while fire fighters work to extinguish the fire in the building.
Two engineers who prepared a critical report on the CTV building spent much of the day yesterday defending their expertise and credentials at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission hearing into the collapse of the Canterbury Television Building has ended for the week after four days of compelling evidence.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Latimer Square with the CTV Building site visible on the right.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Latimer Square with the CTV Building site visible on the right.
The families of those who died in the CTV building's collapse during the Christchurch Earthquake in February of 2011 are vowing to continue their Fight For Justice after The Independent Police Conduct Authority rejected their complaint about the Police Investigation . The Police decided 3 years ago not to lay charges against the building's designer. Yesterday the families announced that the IPCA, the body that advised the Police, had told them that it had no jurisdiction over Crown Law. Families spokesperson, Maan Alkaisi, told reporter Conan Young that they will continue to push for somebody to be held to account. He wants a retired judge to take another look at the decision not to prosecute.
It now seems unlikely that engineers involved in the most serious building collapse of the Christchurch earthquake will face any external action, with the profession's administrators telling the Government there's nothing more they can do.
An experienced builder says he couldn't wait to get out of the Canterbury Television Building after seeing how damaged it was in the September 2010 earthquake.
Looking into Christchurch Central over cordon fencing and road cones. A crane can be seen in the background and on the right is the empty site where the CTV building once was.
Looking through the cordon fence from the vacant site from the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square. The empty section it looks to is where CTV building use to be.
After a damning report into the CTV building, how many other Christchurch buildings had faults when the earthquake struck? Police investigate the tragic death of a five year old and when so many businesses are struggling, how did the country's big banks increase profits by a quarter?
It's emerged that engineers involved in the most serious building collapse of the Christchurch earthquake are unlikely to face any external action, with the profession's two top bodies telling the Government their hands are tied.
The husband of a woman who died in the CTV building during the February 2011 earthquake is encouraging the public to have their say on a memorial to honour the 185 people who lost their lives four years ago.
A wreath of flowers from the Honorary Minoru Kiuchi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs in Japan, laid at the CTV building site on the memorial of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.