A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office examining the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.
A photograph looking into the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. Rolls of carpet and chairs are sitting in a pool of water.
A photograph of a damaged support beam in the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. A section of the concrete has crumbled, exposing the steel reinforcement underneath.
A photograph of a large crack in the pavement of New Regent Street, near the tram tracks. Many of the pavement tiles have fallen into the crack.
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River. In the foreground is the Edmonds Band Rotunda.
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River. An excavator is sitting on top of the rubble.
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, just visible behind the trees along Cambridge and Oxford Terraces. A crane is sitting in front of the building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Television Building on Gloucester Street. Some of the concrete on the columns has crumbled, revealing the steel reinforcement underneath.
A photograph of workers in high-visibility vests and hard hats walking down London Street. In the distance, two more workers can be seen behind cordon fences.
A photograph of people walking down Park Terrace near the intersection of Peterborough Street. Cordon fences and road cones have been used to direct traffic onto safer parts of the road.
NZ Army personnel unloading hot-box meals from a truck for delivery to emergency service workers helping with the Christchurch Earthquake operation.
A photograph of a stack of mattresses in Cowles Stadium. The stadium was set up as a Civil Defence Report Centre after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of a United Kingdom International Search and Rescue Service tent in Latimer Square.
A photograph of cordon fences, police tape and road cones around the Concrete Club on Manchester Street. Broken glass covers the footpath.
The HMNZS Otago moored in Lyttelton. The ship travelled to Lyttelton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help in the relief effort.
A photograph of emergency management personnel standing at the intersection of Gloucester and Montreal Streets and consulting documentation. In the background, cordon fences can be seen in both directions.
A photograph of the Treehouse Bar on Manchester Street with a mannequin still on the balcony. The street has been closed off with wire fencing topped with barbed wire.
The New Zealand Fire Department's headquarters in Latimer Square. After the 22 February 2011 earthquake, emergency service agencies set up their headquarters in Latimer Square.
A photograph of technical equipment for One News outside the Christchurch Art Gallery. The art gallery was used as the temporary Civil Defence headquarters after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of a temporary Recovery Assistance Centre set up in the Sydenham Community Centre on Hutcheson Street. To the right, a line of portaloos can be seen.
A photograph of a volunteer from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing in a crack in a field near the Greendale fault line.
Aerial image of the Christchurch central city taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission. The Hotel Grand Chancellor can be seen.
A photograph of members from the Wellington Emergency Management Office inside a WRFF Helitack Rappel Crew emergency response vehicle in Wellington.
A member of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team clearing a piece of steel at the site of the CTV building.
Members of the Urban Search and Rescue teams from Auckland at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Air Movements Terminal in Christchurch.
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office sitting on a fence around a group of earthquake-damaged shops on Manchester Street.
A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army on the roof of a residential property. They have climbed the roof to cover a hole with a tarpaulin.
Sailors standing outside the HMNZS Canterbury which has just arrived in Lyttelton after a trip to Wellington to resupply.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team inside a WRFF Helitack Rappel Crew emergency response vehicle.
Air Force Medic service number X1023153 (left) and Army Medic service number U1015606 next to the 'Medical' sign in Latimer Square.