The Government has appointed the panel of experts that will investigate why so many buildings collapsed during Christchurch's February earthquake.
A photographs of the Fuze Restaurant & Cafe Building on London Street in Lyttelton. The top storey of the building has been deconstructed, and a new roof has been made with plywood and corrugated iron.
Winnie Bagoes on Gloucester Street. The side of the building has collapsed. Bricks and rubble lie in a pile on Gloucester Street where they fell.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams watching a digger clear rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from demolished buildings at 385-395 Worcester Street.
A photograph of earthquake damage to 154 Manchester Street. Rubble from the building covers the footpath.
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from demolished buildings at 385-395 Worcester Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 191 Armagh Street, exposing the inside of the building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 191 Armagh Street, exposing the inside of the building.
A photograph of a digger clearing the remains of a demolished building at 468 Colombo Street.
A photograph of a digger clearing the remains of a demolished building at 468 Colombo Street.
A photograph of a digger clearing the remains of a demolished building at 468 Colombo Street.
A photograph of a pile of bricks from the earthquake-damaged building at 158 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a pile of bricks from the earthquake-damaged building at 158 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a pile of bricks from the earthquake-damaged building at 158 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Fuller Brothers Building on Tuam Street.
Page 5 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 10 September 2011.
Chaplain Tom Innes performing a blessing for the new buildings in the Kirkwood Village.
Chaplain Tom Innes performing a blessing for the new buildings in the Kirkwood Village.
A photograph of chalked messages on the side of a building in New Brighton.
Chaplain Tom Innes performing a blessing for the new buildings in the Kirkwood Village.
Chaplain Tom Innes performing a blessing for the new buildings in the Kirkwood Village.
A photograph of the new Press Building on Gloucester Street under construction. To the right, the former Theatre Royal can be seen with wooden beams placed under the awning for support.
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes continues today with the focus on the Pyne Gould Corporation building, where 18 people were killed.
Members of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team using a circular saw to cut through steel at the site of the CTV Building.
A member of the New Zealand Defence Force on the site of the CTV Building. In the background diggers are being used to clear the rubble.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Armagh Street, Madras Street, Latimer Square, St John's Anglican Church, Hereford Street, the Octagon Live restaurant, the Design and Arts building, the High Street mall, and the Grand Chancellor Hotel. It also includes footage of construction workers cutting up metal beams, and clearing rubble from a building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 128 Manchester Street. Rubble from the building covers the footpath.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 128 Manchester Street. Rubble from the building covers the footpath.
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from the demolished building at 270 St Asaph Street.