Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:07 01:25:47

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Api Agsornwong (left) and Prakob Sresthakupt (right) are owners of Enjoy Thai Restaurant on Victoria Street which is now condemned. Pictured watching the buildings next door being demolished".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:07 01:25:51

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Api Agsornwong (left) and Prakob Sresthakupt (right) are owners of Enjoy Thai Restaurant on Victoria Street which is now condemned. Pictured watching the buildings next door being demolished".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:07 01:25:52

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Api Agsornwong (left) and Prakob Sresthakupt (right) are owners of Enjoy Thai Restaurant on Victoria Street which is now condemned. Pictured watching the buildings next door being demolished".

Miniature models of the Christchurch that was

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch artist Mike Beer creates miniature models of Christchurch buildings that were lost in the Canterbury earthquakes. Through these tiny models Mike hopes to remind people of the buildings that once shaped the city - and bring back the feelings and memories associated with them. Mike, who goes by the name Ghostcat, says It's all about the connections people have with a time, and place. His models are to be displayed at Fiksate Gallery in Christchuch from April 9.

Evidence given on how close Chch hotel came to collapsing

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard how close the city's tallest building came to collapsing entirely during the February 22nd earthquake.

Christchurch Earthquakes: Canterbury Provincial Council Chambers

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Built 1858-1865. This is just one end of what was once a very large building. Most of the rest has fallen.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 462

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The building that housed the New Zealand College of Early Childhood Education and Antiqueworld has been cordoned off. Spray painted marks left by USAR after it was checked can still be seen.

Engineers shocked by scenes of devastation

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A huge team of engineers is in Christchurch to assess the state of buildings damaged but still standing after Tuesday's earthquake.

Earthquake coverage - reporter Bridget Mills

Audio, Radio New Zealand

We hear the latest from Latimer Square where a make-shift hospital has been set-up outside the Canterbury TV building.

Earthquake also reshapes Canterbury University

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Canterbury University has been heavily reshaped by the earthquakes. It suffered damage to buildings, and also a significant drop in enrolments.

Quakes Royal Commission wraps up PGC hearing today

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury earthquakes concludes its hearing into the collapse of the Pyne Gould building today.

Digital Photograph: Flyers in the Window of the Lyttelton Information Cent…

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One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing the flyers in the window of the Lyttelton Information Centre on Oxford Street. The building was closed from 22 February 2011 until April 2013 due to the danger posed by the neighbouring building and then while repairs were scheduled and carried out. The flyers provided a sn...

Earthquake Engineering

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Earthquake engineers at the University of Canterbury are world-leaders in designing buildings that will be better able to withstand earthquake shaking.

Digital Photograph: Grubb Cottage, London Street, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing Grubb Cottage on London Street. The rear portion of this building was built in 1851 and is regarded as one of the oldest buildings in Canterbury. It was sold in 2006 to the Christchurch City Council and vested in the Grubb Cottage Heritage Trust. In August 2013 the buildi...

British search and rescue say long way to go at PGC building

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Today marks one week since the devastating earthquake struck Christchurch. Work within the cordon is continuing.

Fairfax Video, February 2011 (4)

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Aerial footage of Christchurch recorded the day after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The footage shows damage to the Smith City car park, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, the CTV Building, the PGC Building, the Durham Street Methodist Church, the Lyttelton Timeball Station, the roads alongside the Avon River, and the ChristChurch Cathedral. It also shows New Zealand Army road blocks outside the hospital, crushed buses on Colombo Street, a Royal New Zealand Navy vessel in Lyttelton Harbour, rock fall on the Summit Road, collapsed cliffs in Sumner and Redcliffs, tents set up in a park, flooding in New Brighton, and liquefaction in QEII Park.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:22 14:46:03)

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A photograph of a section of a piece of street art on the side of a building between Brighton Mall and Hawke Street. This section of the artwork has been painted around a sign which warns that the building is under electronic surveillance. It also includes the Japanese characters for "mother" and "child".

Koen Broekema's Photograph 178

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Members of the public walk past the damaged New Regent Street facades. The street has been cordoned off by security fences. The BNZ building on Armargh Street can be seen in the background.

Koen Broekema's Photograph 177

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Members of the public walk past the damaged New Regent Street facades. The street has been cordoned off by security fences. The BNZ building on Armargh Street can be seen in the background.

Photograph number UC 10-0655-01

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Vicki O'Sullivan stands by the sign pointing through a fern garden to the temporary new entrance to the School of Engineering office. Asbestos is currently being removed from areas within the building.

Koen Broekema's Photograph 175

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Members of the public walk past the damaged New Regent Street facades. The street has been cordoned off by security fences. The BNZ building on Armargh Street can be seen in the background.

Structural engineer blasts engineering profession

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes has been told illegal building techniques are being used in the Christchurch rebuild because the engineering profession is in crisis.

Raising Resilience

Audio, Radio New Zealand

American social-psychologist Tara Powell on the challenges of building confidence in children who have been traumatised by a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina or the Christchurch earthquake.

Christchurch City Council questioned over russian roulette

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Christchurch City Council has been questioned over whether it was playing russian roulette with its citizens with its rules on earthquake prone buildings.

CTV engineer says he's been treated unfairly

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The man who designed the CTV building that collapsed in the Christchurch earthquake has effectively scuttled any investigation into him by the Institution of Professional Engineers.

Sure is a lot of Saffolding!

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Knox Church Rebuild/ repair on a walk around the neighbourhood May 17, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:10:14 12:10:53

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Richard Peebles is further concerned over the Manchester Courts building, which was severely damaged in the September earthquake and has now become more unstable. There is talk to move the cordons further back".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:10:14 11:27:54

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Anne Edmond (proprietor) of Annie's wine bar and restaurant located in the Christchurch Arts Centre. Business is returning to normal despite the damage and closure of surrounding buildings caused by the September earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:10:14 11:23:22

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Anne Edmond (proprietor) of Annie's wine bar and restaurant located in the Christchurch Arts Centre. Business is returning to normal despite the damage and closure of surrounding buildings caused by the September earthquake".

Army engineers assist local authorities in the Christchurch earthquake

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A video about the New Zealand Army's engineers working with the Christchurch City Council and community centres to secure buildings in Christchurch, set up bases in Latimer Square, and fix infrastructure such as Burwood Hospital's water supply.