Gaps in the government's insurance cover will leave many schools damaged by the earthquakes in Canterbury out of pocket.
John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
Collapsed cliffs at Redcliffs. In the foreground, the car park of Redcliffs School is visible.
A month on from the Christchurch earthquake, all but a handful schools in the city are back up and running.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Children from Discovery 1 School".
Reporter Jessica Horn is at Burnside High School, where a welfare centre has been set up.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Here we can see why Redcliffs School is still closed".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Children from Discovery 1 School".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Children from Discovery 1 School".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Portaloos and temporary water tank at the Heathcote Valley School".
Road cones on the street beside the St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church and School.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sign for the Christchurch School of Music on Barbadoes Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The partially-demolished Christchurch School of Music on Barbadoes Street".
Student Volunteer Army members from Riccarton High School on a break from clearing liquefaction from Christchurch properties.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sign warning people who help themselves from the Heathcote Valley School".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 10 March 2011 entitled, "A new day, a new school...".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Design and Arts College".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Design and Arts College".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Design and Arts College".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Design and Arts College".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Design and Arts College".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Porta Showers set up in Burwood Primary School for the community".
The new Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority; they're putting the Rugby World Cup on the school curriculum.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 13 May 2011 showing Lyttelton Main School viewed from above near the top of the Gaol Steps between Oxford and St Davids Streets. The photograph is taken at an angle. Several subsequently demolished buildings are visible beyond the school including (from left to right) Lyttelton Police Station, th...
Private schools in Christchurch have asked the government for help as they try to cope in the aftermath of February's earthquake.
The partially deconstructed Cranmer Centre (formally Christchurch Girls High School) on the corner of Armagh and Montreal Streets.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our Lady Star of the Sea, Catholic School in Menzies Street, Sumner".
Schools will begin re-opening from today in Christchurch, helping children and their parents regain some sense of normality amidst the chaos caused by last month's earthquake.
All Christchurch secondary schools involved in rowing have made it to the annual Maadi Cup regatta at Lake Karapiro in Waikato despite major setbacks caused by the February earthquake.
Some Christchurch schools are so worried about the impact of February's earthquake on their students that they want special consideration to be given in their exam marks.