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.
Aerial image of Sumner 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.
Aerial image of Sumner taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The early morning earthquake caused damage to the Royal Hotel at Temuka".
Aerial image of Redcliffs taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The early morning earthquake caused damage to the Royal Hotel at Temuka".
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.
Aerial image of Christchurch 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 Sumner taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Sumner taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Naval blockade: Greenpeace say its activists are willing to get arrested over their protest against a Brazilian oil company surveying off East Cape. Royal Commission: Legal experts are in agreement ... the purpose of the Royal Commission into February's earthquake in Christchurch is to investigate - not to incriminate.
Aerial image of Cathedral Square taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Cathedral Square 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.
Aerial image of New Brighton taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Latimer Square 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 Porritt Park taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of Hagley Park taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
The Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission is calling for changes to building standards as a matter of urgency.
Aerial image of Cathedral Square 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 Lancaster Park taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
All that remains of the Theatre Royal plus the interior dome under plastic wrap at the back
The question of secrecy looms large over the newly announced Royal Commission into the country's security agencies. Nigel Hampton QC is a lawyer with extensive experience of top-level inquiries, including the Royal Commissions in the Pike River disaster and the Canterbury earthquakes. He talks to Guyon Espiner.