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Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:10 11:29:44

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. The historic MLC Building on Manchester Street is due for demolition. Manchester Courts".

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:10 11:29:53

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. The historic MLC Building on Manchester Street is due for demolition. Manchester Courts".

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:10 11:29:39

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. The historic MLC Building on Manchester Street is due for demolition. Manchester Courts".

Jim Baltaxe WEMO Photograph 002

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office in Wellington Airport. The volunteers travelled to Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help with the emergency response.

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:10 11:28:33

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. The historic MLC Building on Manchester Street is due for demolition. Manchester Courts".

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An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city with Armagh Street in the foreground and Christ Church Cathedral in the centre.

New Zealand Defence Force photograph 052

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NZ Army medics being briefed outside the PGC Building in Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. In the background, the collapsed PGG Building can be seen.

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Student Army leader Sam Johnston and Patsy Te Are lighting a flame to signify the presence of God at the Christchurch Earthquake Memorial Service in Hagley Park.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2011:03:16 03:09:48)

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A photograph of paper flowers attached to a wire fence outside Knox Church. Messages of encouragement for Christchurch have been written in the centres of the flowers.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2011:03:16 03:10:08)

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A photograph of paper flowers attached to a wire fence outside Knox Church. Messages of encouragement for Christchurch have been written in the centres of the flowers.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 338

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A photograph of the former Central Library on Gloucester Street. The entrance has been boarded up with plywood and the footpath is covered in dead leaves. To the left, a sign reading 'Library Open' is still standing outside.

Canterbury Tales Photograph 2013:10:25 (4)

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A photograph of The Knight, a large-scale puppet. The puppet is in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street. The puppet is part of Canterbury Tales, the main event of FESTA 2013.

Canterbury Tales Photograph 2013:10:20 20:13:06

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A photograph of one of the operators of a large-scale puppet titled The Merchant. The operator is putting on part of the costume, in the Free Theatre warehouse space on Lismore Street.

Canterbury Tales Photograph 2013:10:26 (6)

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A photograph of a large cardboard platform wrapped in blue plastic and ropes, lying near the Avon River on Cambridge Terrace. The platform is part of Canterbury Tales, which was the main event of FESTA 2013.

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A member of the Navy talking to a police officer during an operational tour of Lyttelton to view the aftermath of the Christchurch Earthquake.

Man with terminal cancer fighting insurer 10 years after quake

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A Christchurch man with terminal cancer is using his final days to battle his insurance company, a decade on from the deadly earthquakes. Brian Shaw owns an apartment that's in a block of 11. They were all damaged in 2011. Shaw is a building consent officer. He says getting technical reports and chasing a settlement with insurer Vero has already cost the unit owners about $400,000, and they still have not even made it to court. On Friday morning he will be protesting outside Vero's Christchurch office, along with other unhappy customers.

Redcliffs school moves to new site nine years after quakes

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A Christchurch primary school is moving into its permanent new home today, nine years after cliffs behind it collapsed during the city's earthquakes. Redcliffs School subsequently moved to a temporary location in the suburb of Sumner, but the new location will mean the school will return home to Redcliffs, after a land swap with the local park. The move comes after in 2016, the then National Government, overturned its own decision to close the school. Christchurch reporter Anan Zaki spoke to principal Rose McInerney ahead of today's move.

Lianne Dalziel wouldn't be leaving if not for quakes

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In her valedictory speech to Parliament, the Christchurch East MP Lianne Dalziel said she would not be leaving Parliament if not for the Canterbury earthquakes.

Quake clean-up begins in Avonside for a second time

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In Avonside, one of the suburbs most badly affected by the September 4th earthquake in Christchurch, a second massive clean-up operation is underway.

A third lawyer to help families at quake Royal Commission

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After an appeal from the families of Christchurch earthquake victims, a third lawyer is being appointed to the Royal Commission, to work specifically with them.