Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Volunteers clearing out sand".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Volunteers clearing out sand".
Penguins Quakey and Shakey hanging out in a student workroom.
A staff member carying boxes out from the Registry building.
Demolition work being carried out on the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Liquefaction seeping out of the ground onto the garden lawn.
Demolition work being carried out on the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Penguins Quakey and Shakey hanging out with students on campus.
Liquefaction seeping out of the ground onto a garden lawn.
On the eve of the memorial service for the Christchurch earthquake, the Labour party is laying into the Government's handling of the city's ditching as a Rugby World Cup venue.
Emergency grants will be available from tomorrow for Christchurch residents who are no longer able to live in their homes because of earthquake damage.
The Mack tractor unit with "half a house" ready to depart in the middle of the night, when the roads are quiet. But where is this house heading too?
The cartoon shows one car heading out of Christchurch and another heading into Christchurch. Two roadsigns read 'Earthquake refugees heading out of Christchurch' and 'Motorist refugees heading to Christchurch for cheap petrol'. Context - many people are leaving Christchurch after the 22 February earthquake but others are coming into Christchurch to benefit from cheap fuel. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
An infographic giving details of roadworks being carried out in Christchurch.
Spray paint on the footpath to mark out the uneven surface.
Penguins Quakey and Shakey hanging out on the NZI3 sign.
Selwyn CD off to check out the damage after the 40+ aftershocks overnight.
Selwyn CD off to check out the damage after the 40+ aftershocks overnight.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi volunteers clearing out sand".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ground cracks out in Kaiapoi".
On Friday morning he spoke about the moment he found out about the terror attack.
Some Christchurch residents were able to get out of the city to stay with relatives.
Staff carrying shop fittings out of the damaged Bealey Pharmacy.
Police car visible out the window of the Student Volunteer Army's bus.
Liquefaction seeping out of the ground onto the garden lawn and footpath.
Many Christchurch trades people are refusing to carry out quake repairs unless the homeowner agrees to pay the bill, saying it takes too long to get the money out of the Earthquake Commission. Some contractors say they still haven't been paid for jobs done after the quake in September and the amount of debt some businesses are carrying are putting them in jeopardy.
Showing some of the spirit of Christchurch
One of the failure modes that got the attention of researchers in the 2011 February New Zealand earthquake was the collapse of a key supporting structural wall of Grand Chancellor Hotel in Christchurch which failed in a brittle manner. However, until now this failure mode has been still a bit of a mystery for the researchers in the field of structural engineering. Moreover, there is no method to identify, assess and design the walls prone to such failure mode. Following the recent break through regarding the mechanism of this failure mode based on experimental observations (out-of-plane shear failure), a numerical model that can capture this failure was developed using the FE software DIANA. A comprehensive numerical parametric study was conducted to identify the key parameters contributing to the development of out-of-plane shear failure in reinforced concrete (RC) walls. Based on the earthquake observations, experimental and numerical studies conducted by the authors of this paper, an analytical method to identify walls prone to out-of-plane shear failure that can be used in practice by engineers is proposed. The method is developed based on the key parameters affecting the seismic performance of RC walls prone to out-of-plane shear failure and can be used for both design and assessment purposes
Volunteers hand out soup as part of the Random Acts of Kindness initiative.
A heart-shape made out of stones and flowers in a demolition site.