A photograph of a sewage tank decorated for Christmas, captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kingsford Street, Horseshoe Lake".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square in front of the Crowne Plaza Hotel looking unkempt and uncared for".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking along Chester St West - there are already a number of empty sites and several more buildings due for demolition".
Painted lines and planters on Colombo Street, seen through the cordon fence. The decorations were part of a Christchurch City Council Transitional City project, in preparation for Colombo Street's re-opening.
Emergency personnel lifting a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street during their search for trapped people.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Regional Emergency Management Team waiting for a coffee at a café in a house.
Aerial image of a residential area of Christchurch taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of a residential area of Christchurch taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
A photograph of the head of a puppet created by Free Theatre Christchurch for Canterbury Tales, as part of FESTA 2013.
Aerial image of Lancaster Park taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Aerial image of a residential area of Christchurch taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
A photograph of people assembling the temporary installation titled Team Tensile for LUXCITY.
Aerial image of a residential area of Christchurch taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Video of an interview about Diana Madgin's experiences of the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The video was edited by Georgina Tarren-Sweeney for the Women's Voices project. Interviewer: Allie McMillan.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 16 February 2013 entitled, "Contribution {with a little help from Cassels and Sons}".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 16 July 2013 entitled, "Holding up a mirror to the past...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 7 December 2012 entitled, "This too will pass...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 27 May 2013 entitled, "The Hottie Project 2013".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 13 September 2010 entitled, "A Present a Week {till Christmas} Week 10".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 26 March 2011 entitled, "Processing Stuff...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 29 November 2011 entitled, "The dummy: should it stay or should it go???".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 20 January 2012 entitled, "This week I've been....".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 20 May 2011 entitled, "Bloggers Quilt Festival: my favourite quilt ever...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 31 July 2012 entitled, "Planning a Road Cone Quilt....".
At 12.51 p.m. on Tuesday 22 February 2011, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake caused severe damage in Christchurch and Lyttelton, killing 185 people and injuring several thousand.
A video of a presentation by Thomas Petschner during the Resilience and Response Stream of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. The presentation is titled, "Medical Clowning in Disaster Zones".The abstract for this presentation reads as follows: To be in a crisis caused by different kinds of natural disasters (as well as a man made incidents), dealing with ongoing increase of problems and frequent confrontation with very bad news isn't something that many people can easily cope with. This applies obviously to affected people but also to the members of SAR teams, doctors in the field and the experienced humanitarians too. The appropriate use of humour in crisis situations and dis-functional environments is a great tool to make those difficult moments more bearable for everyone. It helps injured and traumatised people cope with what they're facing, and can help them to recover more quickly too. At the same time humorous thinking can help to solve some of the complex problems emergency responders face. This is in addition to emergency and medical only reactions - allowing for a more holistic human perspective, which can provide a positive lasting effect. The ability to laugh is hardwired into our systems bringing a huge variety of physical, mental and social benefits. Even a simple smile can cultivate optimism and hope, while laughter can boost a hormone cocktail - which helps to cope with pain, enhance the immune system, reduce stress, re-focus, connect and unite people during difficult times. Humour as an element of psychological response in crisis situations is increasingly understood in a much wider sense: as the human capacity to plan and achieve desired outcomes with less stress, thus resulting in more 'predictable' work in unpredictable situations. So, if we approach certain problems in the same way Medical Clowns do, we may find a more positive solution. Everyone knows that laughter is an essential component of a healthy, happy life. The delivery of 'permission to laugh' into disaster zones makes a big difference to the quality of life for everyone, even if it's for a very short, but important period of time. And it's crucial to get it right as there is no second chance for the first response.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Grant Thornton building in Cathedral Square being readied for deconstruction".
A photograph of the collapsed corner of the Ruben Blades Hairdressing Academy building on Manchester Street. Members of the public are searching for survivors in the rubble.
A photograph of a large-scale sculpture titled Altitude being set up for LUXCITY.
A photograph of a large-scale sculpture titled Altitude being set up for LUXCITY.