Canterbury schools to stay closed until Monday, Earthquake family tries to comfort traumatised children, Christchurch welfare centres start filling up, Independent Australian MPs back Labor, Universities raise fees to maximum, MPs in Parliament pay tribute to people of Canterbury, Prime Minister speaks from Christchurch, and Julia Gillard speaks about the newly formed government.
Almost a hundred homes north of Christchurch are declared unsafe to live in, 86 people who worked at Kaiapoi's New World supermarket are now jobless after Saturday's earthquake destroyed the store and a top defence official quits following allegations he lied on his CV.
Army takes control of central Christchurch, Cabinet earmarks money for Canterbury quake, More on the damage from the Christchurch earthquake, Heavy rain causes flooding in lower North Island and Fox Glacier crash report could take two years.
Police prosecutor jailed for dealing drugs;Sharebrokers getting late rush of MRP investors;Pressure mounts on MP Aaron Gilmore;Police rule out anyone else being at risk;Mother of electrocuted son is pleased that electricians been named and shamed;NZ Post signals to Government it will need to invest in KiwiBank in two years;Judge says young killer could have made something of himself;Elderly in Christchurch say they are low on priority list for earthquake repairs and payouts.
Bricks are stacked onto wooden pallets at St Mary's Catholic Church in Richmond.
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield. (L to R): Builder Kevin Deam and St. Mary's parishioner Craig Perkins inspect a damaged spire on the church tower".
Detail of the side of the front wall of St Mary & St Athanaslos church on Edgeware Road, right side. Cracks can be seen running diagonally between the bricks. The top of the wall has crumbled onto the pavement below.
A document written by University of Canterbury alumnus Mary Priscilla Clark (nee Macleod). The document describes the life of her great uncle, Murdoch Keith Macleod, also an alumnus of the University.
Simon reports from Cashmere.
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield . (L to R): St. Mary's parishioner Craig Perkins and builder Kevin Deam secure the final damaged spire to be removed from the church tower".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Merivale".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Mary's Edgeware. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A statue of Mary in a window of the damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Mary's Edgeware. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Mary's Edgeware. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Mary's Edgeware. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Mary's Edgeware. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".