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Workers in dust masks and hard hats searching through the rubble of Piko Wholefoods.
A worker laying steel to strengthen the foundations of a building on Victoria Street.
A Transfield Services worker digging liquefaction out of a manhole in north-east Christchurch.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kilmore Street looking west from the Town Hall".
Clearing a site on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton.
A photograph of workers in fluorescent vests outside Alice in Videoland. The photograph was taken on 29 April 2011 during the Residential Access Project which gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A worker repairs a leaning power pole in Bexley. The photographer comments, "I was told that this electricity pole in Bexley always leans after every big earthquake. Maybe it might take more than a one man and one shovel to put 'straight'".
A photograph of workers preparing breakfast for the emergency management personnel in Latimer Square. The workers are wearing high-visibility vests and hair nets. A sign on one of the tent poles reads, "Please wash hand before approaching the food tables, thank you".
Christchurch employers have been in Wellington today signing up tradespeople to help rebuild the earthquake damaged city.
Christchurch and Canterbury suffered significant housing losses due to the earthquakes. Estimates from the Earthquake Commission (EQC) (2011) suggest that over 150,000 homes (around three quarters of Christchurch housing stock) sustained damage from the earthquakes. Some areas of Christchurch have been declared not suitable for rebuilding, affecting more than 7,500 residential properties.
Two workers on a cherry picker replace the ceiling tiles in the James Hight Library.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Search and Rescue workers outside the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street".
A photograph of workers evaluating a crack in the footpath next to the Avon River.
A photograph of the Upper Hutt Community Rescue van and workers outside a residential address.
Two workers on a cherry picker replace the ceiling tiles in the James Hight Library.
Workers dig up the turf at the College of Education for the foundations of buildings.
Workers dig up the turf at the College of Education for the foundations of buildings.
A photograph of a worker inside the partially-deconstructed NewstalkZB Building on Worcester Street.
Two workers on a cherry picker replace the ceiling tiles in the James Hight Library.
A worker on the roof of one of the temporary classrooms in the Oval Village.
Workers helping to remediate the space under the library for shops, banks, and eating areas.
Workers helping to remediate the space under the library for shops, banks, and eating areas.
Workers stabilising piles, ready for conrete to be poured in, at the College of Education.
Workers helping to remediate the space under the library for shops, banks, and eating areas.
Workers helping to remediate the space under the library for shops, banks, and eating areas.
A worker in a digger, clearing rubble from a demolished building in the central city.
Two workers on a cherry picker replace the ceiling tiles in the James Hight Library.
Christchurch City Council workers placing planters on Colombo Street in preparation for its re-opening.
A worker pouring contrete into the foundation of a temporary classroom on the Ilam Oval.
Two workers in a cherry picker working on the Theatre Royal Building on Gloucester Street.