A sudent in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
A student in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
A students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
The Foundry Bar and ampitheatre areas reopened as social spaces after the earthquake.
The Foundry Bar and ampitheatre areas reopened as social spaces after the earthquake.
A student in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
A student in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
A student in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
The Treasury expects rebuilding after the Canterbury earthquake will help economic growth next year and put upward pressure on inflation.
There are 10 fresh regulations already in place under emergency powers rushed through Parliament to deal with the Canterbury earthquake.
A Lotto game called 'Tremor Strike' invites people to 'Simply guess the magnitude of the next four consecutive aftershocks and WIN BIG!' Four differently coloured balls each with a tremor magnitude number bounce across the shaking ground. Refers to the earthquake of 4th September and the continuing aftershocks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Laura, Nicola, and Debra watch a sand volcano build in the Wyn Street gutter.
Bruce and his cage were sitting on top of the small wooden table on the right before the earthquake. He was understandably alarmed.
A video of TVNZ's Breakfast show broadcasting live from Cathedral Square. Presenters Paul Henry and Pippa Wetzel have flown down to Christchurch to record a special show titled "Breakfast for Canterbury", which aims to celebrate the Canterbury region's resilience in the aftermath of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Saturday Morning's commentator on children's books talks about being in her old home city of Christchurch last Saturday during the earthquake.
Cracks in the path of a residential property on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach after the September 4th earthquake.
Cracks in the driveway of a residential property on Hood Avenue in Pines Beach after the September 4th earthquake.
A man and woman read the paper and watch the news on television. The man says 'Roll on 2011' after reading the long list of disasters in New Zealand in 2010. They are 'Blizzards, South Canterbury Finance, Earthquakes, kiwifruit, Pike River' The TV announcer is discussing 'road deaths'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A man has climbed an active volcano and pitched a tent in order to get away from the Canterbury earthquake and the flooding in the lower North Island. Refers to the Christchurch earthquake of 4th September 2010 as well as the heavy rain, slips, and flooding from Whanganui in the centre of the North Island down to the Rimutaka Hill Road, North of Wellington. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A graph shows an earthquake registering 7.1 on the Richter scale and $2 billion on the 'Wreckter' scale. An arrow shoots upwards from the $2 billion anticipating that the cost will rise higher. Text above reads 'SIZE-mic does matter'. Refers to the Christchurch earthquake of Saturday 4th September 2010 and the cost of the damage. No-one was killed. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Gerry Brownlee explains the EQC plan to remediate land damaged in the Canterbury earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Senior Fire Fighter Trevor Casey, at the Brooklands Volunteer Fire Brigade, following Canterbury's earthquake".
The ground slipped laterally at this previously unknown faultline across Highfield Road in mid-Canterbury, resulting in a relative displacement of at least 2 metres and the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Saturday 4 September 2010. Note the now misaligned fence posts, hedge and road.
Wairoa Street Another web site used this image (with a link to this Flickr page), so the view count sky rocketed. CERA (Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority)/Tonkin & Taylor also used this image on page 13 of a Land Damage presentation on 23/06/11. This was also released as a PDF. A few months later a friend emailed me the report (for...
Cracks in the roads and foot paths were surprisingly hard to find given the strength of the earthquake.
A man reads a newspaper with a headline 'Aftershocks'. His wife thinks it refers to the Canterbury earthquake of 4th September but it actually refers to the implosion of the ACT Party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lincoln Butcher John Davies' business has suffered because of the earthquake".
Father has been nailed to the floor by his kids. He shouts with rage as he tries to walk away from his armchair. Nearby is a newspaper with the text 'Earthquake lessons - Secure all unstable objects'. Context: Stress of earthquakes in Christchurch leads eventually to comedy. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
UC Senior Management Team and staff at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.
UC Senior Management Team and staff at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.