A video of the controlled explosion of a 40-tonne boulder above the Summit Road. The boulder is being removed using explosives after an assessment by United Research Services found that the rocks supporting the boulder have become unsafe.
Erosion scarp along North New Brighton Beach.
Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Infrastructure damage in Lyttelton.
Erosion scarp along North New Brighton Beach.
Container wall protecting road from rock falls.
Liquefaction flooding in Travis Country.
Erosion scarp along North New Brighton Beach.
Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Container wall protecting road from rock falls.
Rock falls in redcliffs.
Container wall protecting road from rock falls.
Container wall protecting road from rock falls.
Rock falls in redcliffs.
Rock falls in redcliffs.
New Bridge in Ferrymead.
Old damaged bridge in Ferrymead next to the new one.
Infrastructure damage in Lyttelton.
Damaged footpath in Lyttelton.
Infrastructure damage in Lyttelton.
Infrastructure damage in Lyttelton.
Collapse of Shag Rock.
Infrastructure damage in Lyttelton.
Earthquake rubbish dump at Bottlelake Forest.
Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.
Earthquake rubbish dump at Bottlelake Forest.
Erosion scarp along North New Brighton Beach.
A truck dumps rubbish.
British researchers have found smokers are twice as likely to succeed in quitting if they receive supportive text messages, the head of the Christchurch Earthquake Rebuilding Agency (CERA) Roger Sutton says there will be no quick end in sight for the ongoing insurance problems in Canterbury and the government's hoping a new deal with Bollywood film-makers could bring millions of dollars into New Zealand.
A review of the week's news including: Prosecutions against thirteen of the seventeen people arrested in police raids in the Ureweras and elsewhere are dropped, the Christchurch earthquake one year on, health officials take expert advice on containing a deadly meningitis outbreak in Northland, a group of Dunedin volunteers are making a photographic record of thousands of the city's old gravestones, more Kiwis will have their calls monitored by researchers at Victoria University and DOC and an enthusiastic Rugby World Cup welcome Tongan style.