An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 16 December 2012 entitled, "Memories of Mother".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 22 September 2011 entitled, "Steady on Stilts".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 4 June 2011 entitled, "Lack of Lake".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 November 2011 entitled, "Regular Road Revision".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 3 July 2011 entitled, "Salisbury Street Scenes".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 10 April 2014 entitled, "Choked with Change".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 08 March 2014 entitled, "Low-key Liberation".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 17 July 2011 entitled, "Humour in Adversity".
More on our top story now where the Government is offering to buy five thousand of the most badly quake damaged homes in Christchurch.
A sign in the Lyttelton Cemetery reading, "Hazard. Many of the headstones and monuments in this cemetery are unstable due to the recent earthquake. Please proceed with caution when entering the cemetery".
The September Canterbury earthquake. These pictures were taken of Colombo Street in Sydenham. A lot of masonry in this area has been damaged/fallen down. Ascot TV. This has relocated further south on Colombo Street. Apparently their building on Cranford Street was also severely damaged. Note: these photos were taken on a cellphone; mind the qu...
Quake Day makes the camera go a bit od - but everyone loves a grid. PWS-2010-09-04-DSC01720
A document which contains the slide notes to go with the PowerPoint presentation made for the Water Services Association of Australia conference.
Large cracks on Fitzgerald Avenue, closing one side of the road. Road cones have been used to indicate two lanes on the other side.
A local resident walks to the nearest dairy for essentials after the 7.1 magnitude quake, that has caused major infrastructure damage to Christchurch City.
International research has shed new light on why the February earthquake in Christchurch was so damaging.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to Lois Place, photographed from River Road".
A photograph of earthquake-damaged buildings on Bedford Row. Two 'No Entry' signs stand at the entrance to the street.
A photograph looking across a cleared building site between Lichfield Street and Bedford row to damaged buildings on Lichfield Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Governors Bay Hotel, which needed extensive renovations as a result of earthquake damage".
A photograph of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".
The west face of the damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. Steel bracing supports the wall where the Rose Window has collapsed.
Damage to the Edgeware Law building on Colombo Street. A brick wall has collapsed into the carpark exposing a bathroom.
Damage to a row of residential properties. Brick has fallen from some secton and covered up with a timber board.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Flowers have been put on the fence in front of the cathedral.
Damage to Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. A member of the public looks through the fences with diggers at work.
A photograph of a damaged house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "The block of Bexley and Pages Roads".
A photograph of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".
A photograph of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".
A photograph of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".