A photograph of a dug-out soil pit on a farm near River Road in Lincoln, showing saturated sand between the topsoil and the subsoil where the grass roots end.
A photograph of a dug-out soil pit on a farm near River Road in Lincoln, showing saturated sand between the topsoil and the subsoil where the grass roots end.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Red sticker on restaurants and take out places on Victoria Street".
A photograph of a dug-out soil pit on a farm near River Road in Lincoln, showing saturated sand between the topsoil and the subsoil where the grass roots end.
A photograph of part of the forecourt of a petrol station near New Brighton which has risen out of the ground and through the pavement.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Emma Goodall from Brooklands who wants to be paid out for the earthquake damage to her two houses".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Emma Goodall from Brooklands who wants to be paid out for the earthquake damage to her two houses".
A close-up photograph of part of the forecourt of a petrol station near New Brighton which has risen out of the ground and through the pavement.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Emma Goodall from Brooklands who wants to be paid out for the earthquake damage to her two houses".
The Para Rubber Building on Manchester Street, its demolition nearly complete. A concrete post can be seen in this picture, the steel reinforcement visible out the sides.
The days of aftershocks have got too much for the Wingfield family who are getting out of Christchurch in an effort to calm their deeply distressed children aged two and five.
Two taxi drivers have spoken out for the first time about their brush with death when they narrowly escaped falling rubble during the Canterbury Earthquake.
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes finds out how the rural recovery is going near the epicentre of the Canterbury Earthquake that shook the province in the early hours of September 4th.
Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Part of the record crowd rocking out during the Band Together concert for Canterbury at Hagley Park".
Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.
Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the turf and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.
Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.
Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.
Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.
Damage to a residential property on Chichester Street in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake. "Danger Keep Out" tape bars off entry to the collapsing side of the house.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Part of the record crowd rocking out during the Band Together concert for Canterbury at Hagley Park".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Part of the record crowd rocking out during the Band Together concert for Canterbury at Hagley Park".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Volcano holes. Small volcano-shaped mounds indicate the force of water being pushed out by the earth's movement".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hannah Airey giving out free hugs in central Christchurch to make people feel better after the earthquake".
Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.
The demolition site of a building on Gloucester Street. A digger sits on a pile of rubble. Tape with "Danger Keep Out" has been placed across the property.
A photograph of Peter Almond (wearing high visibility jacket), Derrick Moot and contractor Tony Fisher of Fisher Agricultural Ltd. inspecting a dug-out soil pit on a farm near River Road in Lincoln.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jennifer Graham found $3000 in her bathroom, which fell out from behind the mirror after the last large aftershock recently".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jennifer Graham found $3000 in her bathroom, which fell out from behind the mirror after the last large aftershock recently".