Six years after Christchurch's destructive 6.3 magnitude earthquake the rebuild programme is now being used to provide training for workers from the Pacific. Twenty-four workers from Fiji, Tonga and Samoa are helping rebuild the city while learning new skills and earning money they can send home.
Construction workers examining the damaged top of the facade of the Lyttelton Coffee Company building on London Street in the basket from a crane. In the foreground, a pile of scrapped corrugated iron can be seen.
Construction workers examining the damaged top of the facade of the Lyttelton Coffee Company building on London Street in the basket from a crane. In the foreground, a pile of scrapped corrugated iron can be seen.
A photograph of workers adding bracing to the underside of a bridge.
A worker helps construct a temporary classroom at the College of Education.
A worker helps construct a temporary classroom at the College of Education.
Workers photographed on the Ilam Oval, helping to build the temporary classrooms.
Scaffolding in the James Hight Library allowing workers to reach the ceiling.
Workers constructing a deck between the temporary classrooms on the Ilam Oval.
A worker helps construct a temporary classroom at the College of Education.
A worker using an Isaac compacter to level a road in Avonside.
Workers constructing a deck between the temporary classrooms on the Ilam Oval.
A worker helps construct a temporary classroom at the College of Education.
A worker helps construct a temporary classroom at the College of Education.
A photograph of workers inside an earthquake-damaged building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of workers clearing rubble on Colombo Street, near Cashel Mall.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CERA workers in the red zone".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Workers inside the Novotel Hotel".
A photograph of a worker standing in a trench on Manchester Street.
Two workers taking photographs while standing in the middle of Bealey Avenue.
A digger and workers working on road remediation in a residential area.
A digger and workers working on road remediation in a residential area.
A digger and workers working on road remediation in a residential area.
A photograph of workers removing a window frame from the Diabetes Centre.
Workers removing building material from the damaged Sullivans Bar on Manchester Street.
Workers removing building material from the damaged Sullivans Bar on Manchester Street.
A digger and workers working on road remediation in a residential area.
A photograph of workers clearing drains along Kirsten Place in New Brighton".
Workers constructing a deck between the temporary classrooms on the Ilam Oval.
A photograph of workers suspended from a crane in a basket. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Edward Gibbon building on the corner of Madras, St Asaph and High Streets".