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Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

The title reads 'All shook up.... The cartoon shows the year '2010' shaking and dropping bits off the ends of the numbers. A second version has pupils inside the two zeros so that they look like eyes. Context - The Christchurch earthquake of 4 September 2010 and aftershocks which are continuing into 2011. 'All shook up' is the name of a song made famous by Elvis Presley. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Manchester Courts, a seven-storey building on the corner of Hereford and Manchester Streets, is a category one historic place built in 1905-1906 that up until the 7.1 earthquake, housed offices. News of the scheduled demolition provoked an emotional response from the people of Christchurch. UPDATE 14 October 2010: A group of residents is campaig...

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Maria Romero gave birth to Lola Mae during the September 4 2010 earthquake. Romero was in a birthing pool in Christchurch Women's Hospital on the 5th floor when the earthquake struck. (L-R) Maria Romero (mother), Lola Mae Romero, Lucas Romero 2 years old and Nick Blackburn (father)".

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Wayne Alexander has now lived through 3 earthquakes with a richter scale of 7 plus. 1968 Inangahua, 1989 San Francisco and 2010 Christchurch. His father also lived through three of the same magnitude. They live in one of the old Deans family residences which sustained chimney damage in Saturday's earthquake".

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Maria Romero gave birth to Lola Mae during the September 4 2010 earthquake. Romero was in a birthing pool in Christchurch Women's Hospital on the 5th floor when the earthquake struck. (L-R) Maria Romero (mother), Lola Mae Romero, Lucas Romero 2 years old and Nick Blackburn (father)".

Images, Canterbury Museum

One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 6 September 2010 showing earthquake damage to buildings on Victoria Street near Bealey Avenue. The red brick building is the Knox Church; it still stands on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street following the earthquake, though some extreme measures were taken to make it safe. The red b...

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Here's Prarie, outside our flat, the day after the 7.1 earthquake hit Christchurch. You see the damage to the street, which continued through our flat. We were forced to move out once an engineer examined the cracks in our balcony, walls, floors, and ceilings, and told us the building was unsafe for living. One crack ran from the street, pres...