A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Line flushing and CCTV inspection of sewers and storm water drains. An endless task that had to be done".
A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "I had assured Lois that we would be safe from falling chimneys about 3 weeks before the September Quake..".
The entrance to a building has been spray painted after it has been cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
Colour close up photograph of windows and balconies on the Crowne Plaza; it can be seen that they are no longer perfectly aligned.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Terry Bellamy receives his two copies of 'The Big Quake' that he purchased from the Christchurch Press from Louise Wilson".
Caption reads: "People brought food to the area and we were grateful. It was a disaster but we were coping. Our house was broken but that didn’t mean we had to be."
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A woman standing beside a house on Avonside Drive that has been abandoned due to damage from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Its front garden has become overgrown.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault line running through a paddock".
A sign posted in the window of clothing shops Snoclothes and Milly May on London Street reassures customers that the shop 'will be back as soon as the building is sorted'.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Now there's a new Christchurch scene. People clad in high-vis and buildings that look temporary painted jauntily".
A woman standing beside a house on Avonside Drive that has been abandoned due to damage from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Its front garden has become overgrown.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Andre Marchand at the site of the heritage building in Colombo Street that housed his business before the earthquake".
A copy of the plan, developed in 2011, outlining the communication and community engagement that supported SCIRT's central city programme and kept Christchurch residents informed about this work.
A photograph of photographer Ed Lust at the RAD Bikes bike shed during a hands-on talk that was part of FESTA 2013.
A paper for the SCIRT Board which requests that the Board provide support to SCIRT's Training Team with assisting to develop a civil trade qualification.
A presentation for the SCIRT Board which outlines the process that SCIRT's Training Team intended to take towards assisting with developing a civil trade qualification.
A photograph of a red sticker on the wire fencing outside a house on Papanui Street. The sticker indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Andre Marchand at the site of the heritage building in Colombo Street that housed his business before the earthquake".
St John's Presbyterian Church on Winchester Street in Lyttelton. The ground around the church is strewn with masonry that has fallen from the church's walls and collapsed tower.
An abandoned house on Avonside Drive. A red sign taped to the window states that the house is "Unsafe" to enter.
A digitally manipulated image of a portaloo. The photographer comments, "It seems that it was a bit of a lottery if your portaloo was ever cleaned and emptied after the Christchurch earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Canterbury earthquake. People look at what was once a straight section of Telegraph Road that moved sideways by 3 metres".
Heart shaped fabric and a note that reads "Farewell Sweet Volcano" have been woven on the fence around site where the Volcano Cafe was located, on the corner of London and Canterbury Streets.
Heart shaped fabric and a note that reads "Farewell Sweet Volcano" have been woven on the fence around site where the Volcano Cafe was located, on the corner of London and Canterbury Streets.
Detail of building rubble, road cones and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street. A digger sits in the background.
A photograph of a frying pan that was used as a banner. Inside the pan, alphabet pasta is arranged to read, "Find your hidden strengths".
A photograph of an orange stickered house on Kilmore Street. The orange sticker indicates that the building can only be entered for short periods.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Marika Begg with the macrocarpa tree stumps in her garden that were chopped down after earthquake damage. Di Madgin story".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Marika Begg with the macrocarpa tree stumps in her garden that were chopped down after earthquake damage. Di Madgin story".