Canterbury people whose homes were most damaged in last month's earthquake have waited nearly seven weeks to learn the future of their properties - and now they're being told it could be another two years before their houses are rebuilt.
Christchurch woman Lavina Pockson and her family live in a house with big cracks in it, on land that's among the most damaged from the big September earthquake.
The Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce estimates up to 150 of the region's small businesses will fold if they're not given Government assistance to relocate from their earthquake-stricken premises.
PDF slides from a presentation given by Dr. Thomas Wilson from the UC Geology department on 18 November 2010 in Wellington. The presentation was delivered at a State Services Briefing at the Reserve Bank Seminar Room, and at a public talk for UC Alumni at the Wellington Club.
Computer screens toppled in the James Hight Library.
College of Engineering staff stand beside a sign pointing through a fern garden to the temporary new entrance to the School of Engineering office. Asbestos is currently being removed from areas within the building. Pictured: Lisa Carter, Arran Yuill, Cecillia King, Karen Carthew, Janet Butcher, Cheryl McNickel and Vicki O'Sullivan.
One of the "Emergency campus closed" signs put up around the University following the September earthquake.
Damage to buildings on Manchester Street.
Red sticker declaring a building on Hereford Street unsafe.
Octagon Live Restaurant cordoned off after the earthquake.
Damage to a building in the central city.
The Shelley Common Room, previously a social space, converted into a study space after the September earthquake.
Janelle Blythe with the Penguin Scale.
Damage to buildings on Manchester Street.
Two people survey fallen bricks from a building in the city centre.
UC Senior Management Team and staff at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.
Photo of damage in Waimakariri, taken by Brian McIndoe, 6 September 2010.
Prime Minister John Key shakes UCSA President Nick McDonnell's hand at an event to thank the Student Volunteer Army.
A photograph of students gathered outside the UCSA building for a comedy show. The show was part of Orientation Week in February 2010.
Photo of damage in Kaiapoi, taken by Brian McIndoe, 6 September 2010.
UC Senior Management Team at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
New ceiling installed in a lecture theatre in the College of Engineering.
Damage to building at the corner of Hereford Street and Tramway Lane.
Cordon on Manchester Street in central Christchurch following the September earthquake.
Photo of damage in Waimakariri, taken by Brian McIndoe, 6 September 2010.
Bill Davison from Biological Sciences checks equipment in the Rutherford building.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
Damage to buildings on Manchester Street.
Staff working at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.