A small boy proudly tells his father 'Next month our class is donating all our pocket money to the quake fund'. His father, who is sitting in an armchair reading a newspaper with a headline that says 'Brownlee lavishes top dollar pay on quake panel' is so furious that steam pours out of his head. Context - The public has been very generous with donations to victims of the Christchurch earthquakes. Questions are now being asked about the Christchurch City Council's handling of consultants' contracts (to do with the rebuilding of the city after the earthquakes). City councillors have been questioning the council's awarding of more than $2.8 million of contracts to consultants. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A photograph of the ChristChurch Cathedral cross, on display in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 12 September 2010 entitled, "Volunteer Quake-catchers".
A photograph of the clock from the Canterbury Provincial Chambers on display in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum.
A house in Richmond, seen before the earthquakes.
A house in Avonside, seen before the earthquakes.
A damaged brick building has wooden bracing holding the walls together. The photographer comments, "This building came through the September Christchurch quake with a few band aid plasters, but the February quake means that she is now DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)".
UC Quake Box set up in the Facilities Management yard to record people's quake stories for the Ceismic project. Peter Smeele and Rose Crossland read through the paperwork before telling their stories, while Kris Vavasour and Jacquie Walters look on.
A photograph of the ChristChurch Cathedral cross and spire, on display in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum.
A photograph of the ChristChurch Cathedral cross and spire, on display in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum.
A presentation by Dr Deirdre Hart at the New Zealand Coastal Science 20th Annual Conference. The presentation is titled, "Coastal Quakes: New Zealand's underrated hazard complex".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 26 February 2012 entitled, "Quakes and Quietude".
The quake, centred 10km north-west of Culverden, struck at 4.28am.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Quake: Lyttelton: Rev Neil Struthers at the Holy Trinity Church".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Quake: Lyttelton: Rev Neil Struthers at the Holy Trinity Church".
Offers of assistance to quake-ravaged Christchurch are flooding in from around the country.
Jessica Maddock has been covering the quake and its aftermath throughout the past month.
A pdf transcript of Laura's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
A pdf transcript of Belle's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Working hard since the quake, Helipro helicopter pilot Kent Wilson".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote portal. Road tunnel administration building quake damage".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote portal. Road tunnel administration building quake damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The road between Sumner and Lyttelton reopens after quake damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lyttelton Farmers Market two weeks after the 7.1 quake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote portal. Road tunnel administration building quake damage".
Transcript of Alia Hope-Wilson's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of Alia Hope-Wilson's earthquake story,captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of Daniela Maoate-Cox's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of Rob Seddon-Smith's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Video of R C Norman's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.