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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD looking east along Hereford and Cashel Streets. Brightly coloured containers in the new Cashel Mall at centre left".

20130911_8095_EOS M-33 Another one ready to leave

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Another salvaged house from the Bexley (Pacific Park) red zone is on the truck and may start it's journey to a new location overnight.

Playing Favourites with Coralie Winn & Ryan Reynolds

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Co-founders of Gap Filler, a creative urban regeneration initiative started in Canterbury in response to the earthquakes.

Tower upbeat about future performance

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Insurance company, Tower, says it's started the year on a positive note despite bad weather and lingering complex claims from the Christchurch earthquakes.

Rosa Harris’ Corner Shop, Beckenham 1919

Articles, Lost Christchurch

It is the start of the second week of June 1919 and New Zealand’s Prime Minister, William Massey and the Minister of Finance, Sir Joseph Ward, are in Paris awaiting the signing of the Peace Treaty …

The Dominion Post Image: Andrew Gorrie 2011:02:25 11:47:40

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. The toll of long hours spent on sites by volunteers and rescue crews are starting to be seen. This crew pictured at the cathedral."

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 (15)

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. Jo Mackwell digs out the garden of her parents from under the silt in Reaby Street, Burwood".

Waikato Times Image: Sarah Brook 2010:09:08 13:06:47

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Charl Marais owns a grandfather clock that started of its own accord during the earthquake in the weekend pictured here with his grandson Dante aged 1".

Waikato Times Image: Sarah Brook 2010:09:08 13:07:52

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Charl Marais owns a grandfather clock that started of its own accord during the earthquake in the weekend pictured here with his grandson Dante aged 1".

Waikato Times Image: Sarah Brook 2010:09:08 13:06:13

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Charl Marais owns a grandfather clock that started of its own accord during the earthquake in the weekend pictured here with his grandson Dante aged 1".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 14:23:26

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Press. Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. This power pole in Kingsford Street sunk a good metre or so into the ground".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 14:20:59

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. Sign at the intersection of Liggins Street and Kingsford Street in Burwood, referring to traffic along Liggins Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 14:08:24

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. Nick Music shows his son, Tom with daughter Sophie, 7, his damage in Goodman Street, Burwood".

Central Canterbury News Image: Gary Moody 2010:09:16 13:09:58

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Craig Bradford, leasee and manager of the Famous Grouse Lincoln Hotel is hoping to see the doors open again before the next Rugby World Cup starts".

Lots of Cars are Stopping to Say Their Last Goodbyes

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A digger demolishing the former Ozone Hotel in New Brighton. The photographer comments, "The bulldozers are starting circling the Ozone in New Brighton, Christchurch. Taking bits of flesh from the mortally wounded building".

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The start of the New Brighton Jubilee River Walk, next to the Avon River and the Estuary. The Council has built a stop bank along the walkway.

The War of the Machines

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A digitally manipulated image of a high-reach excavator demolishing a building. The photographer comments, "After the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand the demolition of most of the City Centre began. After two years the government thought that the progress was far too slow, so began the start of the automatic demolition. Luckily when the solar powered demolition machines started to cause indiscriminate death and destruction they were isolated to the South Island and unable to cross the seas".

Land Information to re-survey Canterbury's landscape

Audio, Radio New Zealand

In Canterbury, work has started on re-surveying the region's landscape, following the 7.1-magnitude earthquake in September.

Evan Coster - helping hand

Audio, Radio New Zealand

There are many tales of generosity beginning in emerge in Christchurch. Evan Coster from Rangiora was working in Harvey Norman when the earthquake struck on Tuesday. He doesn't know if he has a job to go back to and with time on his hands wanted to do something useful. He started visiting local businesses in Rangiora such as Warehouse, Countdown, New World and service stations for donations of cups, coffee, sugar and milk. Then he rallied friends and family together and started delivering refreshments to emergency workers in all of the cordons in the CBD.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north along Cambridge Terrace and Durham Street from St Michael and All Angels Church. New Cashel Mall is at centre right".

The Skeletal Fish

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Dried liquefaction in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "This shape formed as the liquefaction after the 23 December earthquake in Christchurch started to dry out".

Looking at Chrstchurch's heritage buildings

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Instead of concentrating on the buildings destroyed in and after the earthquakes in Christchurch's CBD, a new event is enticing people back to explore the heritage buildings that have survived. A new organisation, Te Putahi, is behind the Open Christchurch programme that celebrates the city's surviving architecture, starting with inner-city schools throwing open their doors to the public. Architectural historian and co-founder of Te Putahi, Dr Jessica Halliday tells Lynn Freeman they hope to encourage discussion around well-designed spaces and their impacts on peoples' lives. Open Christchurch starts next Sunday with a tour of The Cathedral Grammar Junior School.

Two years after first quake, many still finding their feet

Audio, Radio New Zealand

It all started two years ago today at 4:36 in the morning, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Canterbury.

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:20 17:22:11

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hold on to your hats. There's a big 7.1 aftershock coming! Ralph Bungard owner of Three Boys Brewery testing the beer that started being brewed the night of the Christchurch Earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:20 17:28:10

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hold on to your hats. There's a big 7.1 aftershock coming! Ralph Bungard owner of Three Boys Brewery testing the beer that started being brewed the night of the Christchurch Earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:06 14:38:56

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. City Council surveyors Michael Croucher, left, and James Anderson check stop bank levels along the Avon River in Dallington/Burwood".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:20 17:30:57

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hold on to your hats. There's a big 7.1 aftershock coming! Ralph Bungard owner of Three Boys Brewery testing the beer that started being brewed the night of the Christchurch Earthquake".

Richard Langston - Things Lay in Pieces

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Poet/Journalist Richard Langston's fifth collection 'Things Lay in Pieces' starts with a sequence about the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Deconstruction of central Christchurch back on track

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The removal of rubble from the earthquake-stricken centre of Christchurch will start again today, once the worst of the ice in the central city melts.

Business owners faced hard decision to leave Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

When the earthquake demolished Christchurch's central business district, some business owners had no option but to pack up and start again in a different city.