Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Remains of the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A structural engineer has told the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission that illegal building techniques are being used in the Christchurch rebuild because the engineering profession is in crisis.
The Christchurch City Council has admitted it failed to provide a second line of defence in checks on a building that killed a woman during last February's earthquake.
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has tried to determine exactly who should have put a cordon around a central Christchurch building identified as an earthquake risk.
A story submitted by Marjorie Weaver to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Julie to the QuakeStories website.
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A story submitted by Lisa Bevan to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Adele Geradts to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Adele Geradts to the QuakeStories website.
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 2 June 2012 entitled, "Waste Water Waiting".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 19 May 2012 entitled, "Cordon Cutback".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 19 November 2012 entitled, "Back at Bailies".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 2 September 2012 entitled, "Lingering in Lyttelton".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 19 February 2012 entitled, "Festival of Flowers".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 20 March 2012 entitled, "Shaking and Shattering".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Manchester, High, and Lichfield Streets".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph showing damage to the building at 110 Lichfield Street. Part of the interior of The Mexican Cafe on the upper floor is visible.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph showing a crane next to the heavily braced Our City-Otautahi building. A pile of large plastic wheelie bins is in the foreground.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Taken from Hereford Street looking across the site of the Occidental Hotel to the IRD building on Cashel Street".
The floor plate covering the gap between the Locke and Logie buildings was buckled by the force of the movement during the 23 December 2011 earthquake.
The floor plate covering the gap between the Locke and Logie buildings was buckled by the force of the movement during the 23 December 2011 earthquake.
Looking through the gutted building on Gloucester Street which formerly housed the On the Spot dairy, with the Police kiosk in Cathedral Square visible in the background.
A graffiti paste-up of a digger on the side of a building in the central city. The artist has added a speech bubble reading, "Nom, nom".