On Friday morning he spoke about the moment he found out about the terror attack.
Some Christchurch residents were able to get out of the city to stay with relatives.
A near empty demolition site in Lyttelton has had new foundations marked out.
A near empty demolition site in Lyttelton has had new foundations marked out.
Staff carrying shop fittings out of the damaged Bealey Pharmacy.
Water surging out of a drain after the September 4th earthquake.
Police car visible out the window of the Student Volunteer Army's bus.
Liquefaction seeping out of the ground onto the garden lawn and footpath.
Many Christchurch trades people are refusing to carry out quake repairs unless the homeowner agrees to pay the bill, saying it takes too long to get the money out of the Earthquake Commission. Some contractors say they still haven't been paid for jobs done after the quake in September and the amount of debt some businesses are carrying are putting them in jeopardy.
A photograph of a conference participant decorating a cut-out heart at the second annual Out of the Heart Pacific Women's Leadership Conference, held at Riccarton Racecourse on 21 May 2016. The conference was sponsored by All Right? and featured posters from the All Right? I am ... Identity project.
An image used as a web tile on the Stuff website. The image depicts a flower and a microphone surrounded by musical notes and reads, "Hey! What's Ladi6 doing in Canterbury?..." The image was created to promote All Right?'s 'Out and About with Ladi6's videos.
Workers repairing the James Hight building at the University of Canterbury, seen from inside the library. The photographer comments, "Yet another change of workplace for our E-Learning group, as the University juggles people and buildings to carry out earthquake repairs. Our area looks over a central roof space that has seating areas. It may be a while before we're allowed out there though".
Showing some of the spirit of Christchurch
One of the failure modes that got the attention of researchers in the 2011 February New Zealand earthquake was the collapse of a key supporting structural wall of Grand Chancellor Hotel in Christchurch which failed in a brittle manner. However, until now this failure mode has been still a bit of a mystery for the researchers in the field of structural engineering. Moreover, there is no method to identify, assess and design the walls prone to such failure mode. Following the recent break through regarding the mechanism of this failure mode based on experimental observations (out-of-plane shear failure), a numerical model that can capture this failure was developed using the FE software DIANA. A comprehensive numerical parametric study was conducted to identify the key parameters contributing to the development of out-of-plane shear failure in reinforced concrete (RC) walls. Based on the earthquake observations, experimental and numerical studies conducted by the authors of this paper, an analytical method to identify walls prone to out-of-plane shear failure that can be used in practice by engineers is proposed. The method is developed based on the key parameters affecting the seismic performance of RC walls prone to out-of-plane shear failure and can be used for both design and assessment purposes
A photograph showing painted out sign with the words "N.Z. NATIONAL".
Volunteers hand out soup as part of the Random Acts of Kindness initiative.
A heart-shape made out of stones and flowers in a demolition site.
Repairs are being carried out on the Avondale Road bridge.
Filing cabinet draws fallen out and damaged in an office in the Registry Building.
A woman out walking through the fields of daffodils in Hagley Park.
A Christchurch school has bought ukuleles for all its children out of earthquake donations.
A document which sets out the 12d standards at SCIRT.
Tape woven into the mesh of the cordon fence on Madras Street spells out 'Hapori'.
A volunteer gives out an icecream as part of the Random Acts of Kindness Initiative.
A volunteer gives out an icecream as part of the Random Acts of Kindness Initiative.
A volunteer gives out an icecream as part of the Random Acts of Kindness Initiative.
A volunteer gives out an icecream as part of the Random Acts of Kindness Initiative.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building with steel sticking out of the concrete.
A page banner promoting a lift-out titled, "Land and new homes".
A volunteer gives out an icecream as part of the Random Acts of Kindness Initiative.