State of emergency to be lifted in Canterbury

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Parliament has passed emergency laws to help speed the reconstruction of Christchurch after the magnitude seven point one earthquake 11 days ago.

Public meetings reveal difficulties in rebuilding Christchurch

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In Christchurch, almost two weeks after the earthquake, there are more stories coming out which suggest the recovery effort will be lengthy and difficult.

Mayor hits back

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The Christchurch Mayor, Bob Parker has hit back at a Civil Defence report that says his constant media presence after the earthquake created an artificial air of crisis.

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:10:07 18:17:39

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Maruschke Barnard and her daughter Dianthe, born minutes after the Christchurch earthquake".

North Side of St. Elmo's Courts

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Colour photograph of the north side of St. Elmo's Courts after the 4 September 2010 earthquake, during which it suffered extensive structural damage.

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:07 14:57:21

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in Christchurch central after the September 4th earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 17:09:38

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 17:11:11

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 17:14:07

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 17:15:13

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 17:10:18

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 17:10:27

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 17:17:32

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 (26)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch scenes after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake. Porritt Park in Avondale/Wainoni".

Northern Outlook Image: Laura Melville 2010:09:06 01:59:35

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Contractors work on a drainage pipe in Kaiapoi after the earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:12:20 14:16:16

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi Aquatic Centre reopened today after sustaining damage in the September earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 17:14:38

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 17:08:12

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 (07)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch scenes after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake. Porritt Park in Avondale/Wainoni".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:12:20 14:16:51

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi Aquatic Centre reopened today after sustaining damage in the September earthquake".

Fairfax Media Image: Martin Hunter 2010:09:08 16:35:26

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Troy Reed (17) of Spencerville rescued his grandfather after Saturday's earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 16:26:46

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 112

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Detail of a building on the corner of Manchester Street and Struthers Lane. A room covered in grafitti has been exposed after the wall crumbled.

Earthquake shopping

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sorry not a good photo but this is a quick trip to the supermarket 3 days after the earthquake in Christchurch

Robbie and his new lawn feature

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One of the many sand volcanos erupting from the ground after the Christchurch earthquake.

20100904_3308_1D3-24 Road crack - Christchurch earthquake

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Outside our house after the 7.1 Richter Canterbury earthquake on September 4 2010

Grant Wilson Christchurch Photograph 037

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A photograph of a police car blocking the road outside Christchurch Art Gallery. The Christchurch Art Gallery was used as the emergency operations centre after the September earthquake.

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:05 13:50:06

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Roads at Pines Beach need a lot of work. Day after the earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Tony Benny 2010:09:04 10:48:15

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata showing damage after the earthquake on Saturday morning".

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 13:45:37

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake".