Civil Defence staff conferring at their headquarters in the Christchurch Art Gallery during the immediate aftermath of the 22 February earthquake.
Aerial image of New Brighton taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of New Brighton taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
HMNZS Canterbury moored in Lyttelton.
Aerial image of Christchurch taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Lyttelton taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Soldiers from the New Zealand Army guarding a cordon in the central city.
Liquefaction in the front yard of a house in Dallington. The chimney of the house has also collapsed and is lying against the roof.
Members of the Student Volunteer Army leaving the UCSA car park on their way to clearing liquefaction from Christchurch properties.
A photograph of severe cracking above a window of the SBS bank on the corner of Manchester Street and Worcester Street.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street from near the Cashel Street intersection. Rubbish skips line the right side of the road.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Munn's clothing store on Armagh Street. Windows have been boarded up and the building has been fenced off.
A photograph of Umut Akguzel wearing a high-visibility vest, standing in front of a damaged building in the CBD.
A photograph of the Gloucester Street entrance to Cathedral Junction. Bricks from a demolished building can be seen on the right hand side.
Three diggers clearing rubble from the demolished Winnie Bagoes building on Manchester Street.
Members of the NZ Army and Police at the Operation Earthquake Task Force Headquarters.
The Environmental Health Offices testing in the Christchurch central city, photographed outside the damaged Stonehurst Backpackers.
People taking pictures of an uprooted tree near the Avon River. The tree has fallen onto a shipping container and security fence beside it.
The former Post Office on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay with wire fencing around the building.
Dave Dobbyn performing at the Christchurch Earthquake Memorial Service in Hagley Park.
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Two Years in Pictures".
A City Care worker sits beside a water tank. A sign advices that water must be boiled before use.
A pile of bricks, insulation, and pieces of chimney flue awaiting collection beside Burwood Road in Burwood.
A photograph of rubble piled up in a car park in the Christchurch central city. Several flights of concrete stairs can be seen.
A digital copy of a pen and ink and watercolour painting by Raymond Morris, titled, 'Colombus & Ware, 650 Colombo Street'.
Aerial image of Porritt Park taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Porritt Park taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Porritt Park taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Christchurch taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Redcliffs taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.