Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Taking refuge at Linwood college, the McLeod family are too scared to go back to their house. From left: Lorraine McLeod, Grant McLeod and Aaron McLeod (11)".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Etusia Kaleuati slept in her van in a city car park with her 5 children. Etusia Kaleuati pictured with two of her children Uzziel (2) and Juliah (8 months)".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Taking refuge at Linwood college, the McLeod family are too scared to go back to their house. From left: Lorraine McLeod, Aaron McLeod (11) and Grant McLeod".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Maling Street in Avonside. Charlie Tarawa is staying in a tent with his family on a neighbours lawn as they are too scared to go back into their house".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Maling Street in Avonside. Charlie Tarawa is staying in a tent with his family on a neighbours lawn as they are too scared to go back into their house".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Maling Street in Avonside. Paula Grant and Walton Briggs outside their make shift shelter. They are too scared to go in the house so are sleeping on the lawn".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Maling Street in Avonside. From left: Tamatea Briggs (12), Ngarita Briggs (8) and Walton Briggs sit under a makeshift shelter while they wait for a wood fire to boil water".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together concert in Hagley Park for earthquake relief. Jordan Luck (left) and Ray Colombus (middle) lead the artists at the finale".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Methodist Mission staff working in storage rooms above the Methodist Church on Harewood Road. Roz Lefay writing on the white board".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Acland Ave and other nearby residents upset about houses that are green stickered being unliveable. They cannot access any relief funds".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workers apply steel framing to protect a historic building, now the 'Octagon' restaurant on the corner of Manchester Street and Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi businesses and retail outlets struggling post-earthquake, leading into Christmas. Kaiapoi High Street. Blackwells department store is the earthquake-damaged building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workers apply steel framing to protect the historic building now the 'Octagon' restaurant on corner of Manchester Street and Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Samson, a cat belonging to Helen Milner and Barry Hayton, who went missing after the Canterbury earthquake and returned five weeks later".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Samson, a cat belonging to Helen Milner and Barry Hayton, who went missing after the Canterbury earthquake and returned five weeks later".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Samson, a cat belonging to Helen Milner and Barry Hayton, who went missing after the Canterbury earthquake and returned five weeks later".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Methodist Mission staff working in storage rooms above the Methodist church on Harewood Road. Mary Richardson is second from the right".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Canterbury A&P show president John Grigg's Hororata farm was badly damaged in the earthquake. The end of his grandmother's 1970 Holden Premier".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Samson, a cat belonging to Helen Milner and Barry Hayton, who went missing after the Canterbury earthquake and returned five weeks later".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workers apply steel framing to protect the historic building now the 'Octagon' restaurant on corner of Manchester Street and Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi businesses and retail outlets struggling post-earthquake, leading into Christmas. Kaiapoi High Street. Blackwells department store is the earthquake-damaged building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Acland Ave and other nearby residents upset about houses that are green stickered but are unlivable and they cannot access any relief funds".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Acland Ave and other nearby residents upset about houses that are green stickered but are unlivable and they cannot access any relief funds".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Acland Ave and other nearby residents upset about houses that are green stickered but are unlivable and they cannot access any relief funds".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Acland Ave and other nearby residents upset about houses that are green stickered but are unlivable and they cannot access any relief funds".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Acland Ave and other nearby residents upset about houses that are green stickered but are unlivable and they cannot access any relief funds".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workers apply steel framing to protect the historic building now the 'Octagon' restaurant on corner of Manchester Street and Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Acland Ave and other nearby residents upset about houses that are green stickered but are unlivable and they cannot access any relief funds".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workers apply steel framing to protect the historic building now the 'Octagon' restaurant on corner of Manchester Street and Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workers apply steel framing to protect the historic building now the 'Octagon' restaurant on corner of Manchester Street and Worcester Street".