View down Tuam Street. On the left is the building housing the Real Groovy music shop, which relocated there after the September earthquake. Beside it is the former Odeon Theatre.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch scenes after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake. The premises of Simply Catering on the Salisbury Madras Streets corner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata undergoes repairs to its tower after it was damaged in the September earthquake".
Detail of a building on the corner of Manchester Street and Struthers Lane. A room covered in grafitti has been exposed after the wall crumbled. Scaffolding can be seen in front.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata undergoes repairs to its tower after it was damaged in the September earthquake".
Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Seamen's Building in Norwich Quay, Lyttleton, after the damaged top story has been removed".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata undergoes repairs to its tower after it was damaged in the September earthquake".
A wooden fence has been spray painted after the building was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Good neighbours in Riccarton. Florist shop takes in barber shop after their building was damaged in the quake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mary heading to Timaru to sub after the closure of The Press building following Canterbury's earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tim Stahl from Canterbury University maps the fault line west of Rolleston with GPS equipment after Saturday's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key speaks to media after talking to business owners at the Kaiapoi Club".
An Iroquois helicopter landing in Christchurch. The Iroquois helicopters made tours of Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A store window that has been spray painted after it was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
A window has been spray painted after the building was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
Spray painted codes outside a block of apartments after it was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
Damage to the footpath in front of Knit World on Peterborough Street. On the window are spray painted codes left by Search and Rescue after the building had been checked.
Detail of spray painted codes left after a building was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
A fence has been spray painted after the building was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
Christchurch lawyer Duncan Webb made the shift into politics because of the people left behind after the Christchurch earthquakes. Now he's ahead of National's Nicky Wagner in the latest results.
Built in June 1917, the popular 'Sign of the Kiwi' heritage building in Christchurch's Port Hills has re-opened today after being closed for six years due to earthquake damage.
Many farmers' homes have been red-stickered after the Kaikoura earthquake, but they say they can't leave because their farms aren't just their homes, they're their livelihoods
Photos taken in Bishopdale Library on April 8 following the February 22 earthquake. File reference: CCL-2011-04-08-Bisopdale-After-The-Earthquake-IMG_0450 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Photos taken in Bishopdale Library on April 8 following the February 22 earthquake. File reference: CCL-2011-04-08-Bisopdale-After-The-Earthquake-IMG_0454 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Photos taken in Bishopdale Library on April 8 following the February 22 earthquake. File reference: CCL-2011-04-08-Bisopdale-After-The-Earthquake-IMG_0447 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
File reference: CCL-2011-04-08-Lyttelton-Library-P1110823 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries Photos of Lyttelton Library on Friday 8 April, the day it re-opened after the February 22 earthquake.
File reference: CCL-2011-04-08-Lyttelton-Library-P1110824 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries Photos of Lyttelton Library on Friday 8 April, the day it re-opened after the February 22 earthquake.
Photos taken in Bishopdale Library on April 8 following the February 22 earthquake. File reference: CCL-2011-04-08-Bisopdale-After-The-Earthquake-IMG_0446 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
File reference: CCL-2011-04-08-Lyttelton-Library-P1110836 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries Photos of Lyttelton Library on Friday 8 April, the day it re-opened after the February 22 earthquake.