On October 23, 2010 Christchurch's Hagley Park hosted one of the biggest ever free concerts in New Zealand, following the first big earthquake to shake the city a month earlier.
An Ashburton couple who cooked barbecues for earthquake-weary Christchurch residents for nine months following the February quake have been named the joint winners of the Trustpower Community Awards.
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission begins looking into the collapse of the Canterbury Television Building today, with dramatic evidence due to be heard from some of the survivors.
A story submitted by Marjorie Weaver to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Julie to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Lisa Bevan to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Adele Geradts to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Polly to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Shelley to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Paul Murray to the QuakeStories website.
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 February 2012 entitled, "Festival of Flowers".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 18 January 2012 entitled, "Dampening the Dust".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
The public memorial service held at Hagley Park to mark the first anniversary of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Attached to the trees are notes with words of hope.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former convent on Exeter Street, Lyttelton".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 8 June 2012 entitled, "Christchurch Through New Eyes".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 22 May 2012 entitled, "Giving New Life".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 21 July 2012 entitled, "Of Patience and Patients".
A floral tribute in the form of two roses, a leaf, two hearts and three beads on paper covered wire wrapped into one bunch.
Colour photograph of the ChristChurch Cathedral bells at Taylor's Bell Foundry, Loughborough, United Kingdom, during an open afternoon on Sunday 30 September 2012.
Laminated photographic tribute to an unknown man in a head and shoulders shot with a second image below of a woman with four children.
Colour photograph of the ChristChurch Cathedral bells at Taylor's Bell Foundry, Loughborough, United Kingdom, during an open afternoon on Sunday 30 September 2012.