Church bells will ring worldwide ring for Christchurch today as tens of thousands of people attend today's National memorial service for the victims for the Christchurch earthquake.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is now double checking all of its paperwork following fears earthquake rubble dumped in a Christchurch land fill could have been contaminated by asbestos.
A box containing drilling cores from soil sampling. The photographer comments, "These are the samples from drilling near my home. As you can see they are not so much samples as sand piles. The drill in a nearby street went down 20m and it was sand all the way. This is the box of samples from the ground level to 4.6m deep".
Te Papa has been cleared to reopen after structural assessments following Monday's earthquake centred in North Canterbury.
Lydia Baxendell checks an artwork in the library.
Lydia Baxendell checks an artwork in the library.
Workers operate a drilling rig, sampling soil as part of EQC's geotechnical investigation of TC3 land. The photographer comments, "The work of getting 'soil' samples from all the areas marked as green/blue zones in Christchurch. These areas may be susceptible to liquefaction if a major earthquake occurs. The soil samples were a failure as all they found was sand".
Bill Davison from Biological Sciences checks equipment in the Rutherford building.
Bill Davison from Biological Sciences checks equipment in the Rutherford building.
The Earthquake Recovery Authority is knocking on the door of every red and orange zone resident in Christchurch to check on their welfare and offer them temporary accommodation if they need it.
John Nicolle from ITCS checks a computer in the the Geography building for damage.
John Nicolle from ITCS checks a computer in the the Geography building for damage.
John Nicolle from ITCS checks a computer in the the Geography building for damage.
It's day four of the massive clean-up operation in Canterbury. Hundreds of shops and offices in the region are being assessed to check if they're safe.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workers checking earthquake damage to the Christchurch Music Centre in Barbadoes Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A rubber-necker checks out some cracks on Williams Street in Kaiapoi".
Tourists checking out destruction caused by the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
A structural engineer who ordered a building green stickered though he'd failed to do another thorough check on it has defended his inspections at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Members of the Red Cross civil defence response team and South Canterbury Police have been in Christchurch helping with the earthquake clean up. Welfare checks required the team to walk along River Road checking on householders. Pictured looking at a damaged bridge on River Road near Tai Tapu are (from left) Andy Todd, Anna Munro and Ken Weavers".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Members of the Red Cross civil defence response team and South Canterbury Police have been in Christchurch helping with the earthquake clean up. Welfare checks required the team to walk along River Road checking on householders. Pictured from left are Aaron Sole, Andy Todd, Anna Munro, Ken Weavers, Tim Mitchell (Emergency Management Officer) and Tom Connolly".
A photograph of SPCA Inspector Christoff Heyns checking in a rabbit which was displaced by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Midnight Youth do a sound check for Saturday's Band Together concert in Hagley Park. Vocalist-guitarist Jeremy Redmore".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Midnight Youth do a sound check for Saturday's Band Together concert in Hagley Park. Guitarist-vocalist Simon Oscroft".
The Christchurch City Council has admitted it failed to provide a second line of defence in checks on a building that killed a woman during last February's earthquake.
A cordon check point on Durham Street. The demolition site was a building that housed Laycock Collision Repairs. The Christchurch Casino can be seen in the background.
CERA site which allows a check of the status of residental property in greater Christchurch in the aftermath of the series of major earthquakes and aftershocks which began in September 2010. Also has information about the zone classifications and FAQs.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Midnight Youth do a sound check for Saturday's Band Together concert in Hagley Park. Guitarist-vocalist Simon Oscroft and drummer Aidan Bartlett".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Midnight Youth do a sound check for Saturday's Band Together concert in Hagley Park. Guitarist-vocalist Simon Oscroft and drummer Aidan Bartlett".
A very large earthquake in the central North Island could trigger a big lahar from Mt Ruapehu. In the recent past it's been eruptions that have led to lahars on the mountain. But scientists from Canterbury University have checking what else might cause cause mud and debris to spew out of the crater lake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata is up for an expensive repair bill after it was badly damaged in the September 4 earthquake. Workers check out the damaged tower by crane as they decide where to start saving the church".