Christchurch businesses, councils, MPs and individuals have banded together to turn the rubble of the Canterbury earthquake green.
rubble from earthquake at Papanui Corner
Record fines for two companies and a director who illegally dumped contaminated demolition material has highlighted problems with the costs of dumping earthquake rubble from Christchurch.
Scientists in Europe have developed a technology which could be used to find survivors buried in rubble from collapsed buildings in events like the Christchurch and Japanese earthquakes.
Two taxi drivers have spoken out for the first time about their brush with death when they narrowly escaped falling rubble during the Canterbury Earthquake.
Building facade reduced to rubble during the magnitude 7.1 eathquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
Building parapet reduced to rubble during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
Building parapet reduced to rubble during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
A video of an interview with Alexandra Harteveld-Turnball, a Year 13 student from Marian College, about her school project making jewellery from earthquake rubble. Harteveld-Turnball and six friends were given access to the PricewaterhouseCooper site to gather rubble for their project. The jewellery will be sold at markets, with all proceeds going to St John.
A digitally manipulated image of building rubble.
Demolition rubble seen through the cordon fence.
Photo outside of Pegasus Building with Copthorne Hotel rubble taken by Mike Gaudin, 25 November 2011.
Photo outside of Pegasus Building with Copthorne Hotel rubble taken by Mike Gaudin, 25 November 2011.
Photo outside of Pegasus Building with Copthorne Hotel rubble taken by Mike Gaudin, 25 November 2011.
Photo outside of Pegasus Building with Copthorne Hotel rubble taken by Mike Gaudin, 25 November 2011.
A photograph of rubble outside the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of rubble from 6 London Street.
A photograph of rubble outside 199 Madras Street.
A photograph of rubble from 128 Manchester Street.
A photograph of rubble from 128 Manchester Street.
Rubble from the partially collapsed Piko Wholefoods building.
Damaged buildings and demolition rubble down Tuam Street.
Rubble from the partially collapsed Piko Wholefoods building.
A photograph of rubble from 128 Manchester Street.
A photograph of building rubble at 181 Peterborough Street.
Detail of a steel ornament among other building rubble.
The Christchurch Cathedral has suffered massive damage, with its spire reduced to rubble and the roof caved in. There were visitors inside the building when the earthquake hit, and it is still unclear whether anyone was trapped beneath the rubble.
A video of the rubble from the tower of the ChristChurch Cathedral. The tower was demolished in May 2012 after the 22 February 2011 earthquake made it unsafe.
A graffiti-style recruitment advertisement for the NZ Police, depicting police officer Spence Kingi pulling a woman from the rubble.
A graffiti-style recruitment advertisement for the NZ Police, depicting police officer Spence Kingi pulling a woman from the rubble.