The Prime Minister, John Key, has just announced that a national memorial service to mark the Christchurch earthquake will be held in the city on Friday March the 18th.
Rowan Quinn, Radio NZ reporter in Hagley Park, Christchurch, where tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the memorial service marking the February 22 earthquake.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Rhodes Memorial Home on Dyers Pass Road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Rhodes Memorial Home on Dyers Pass Road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Rhodes Memorial Home on Dyers Pass Road.
A photograph of the Christchurch central city taken from Rhodes Memorial Home on Dyers Pass Road.
A photograph of the Christchurch central city taken from Rhodes Memorial Home on Dyers Pass Road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Rhodes Memorial Home on Dyers Pass Road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Rhodes Memorial Home on Dyers Pass Road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Rhodes Memorial Home on Dyers Pass Road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Rhodes Memorial Home on Dyers Pass Road.
A memorial service for the 166 victims of the Christchurch earthquake has been held at Westminster Abbey. Attended by the Prince of Wales and the High Commissioner for New Zealander, the ceremony was led by the Dean of Westminster.
A video about a memorial wall in the Linwood Crematorium Memorial Garden which collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The wall housed nearly 100 people's ashes. Staff from the Cremation Society of Canterbury collected the ashes and stored them in bags until the wall could be rebuilt.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake-damaged war memorial in Lyttelton".
The Christchurch memorial service, Japan's earthquake and tsunami, and compassion fatigue.
The Citizens' Memorial beside the Cathedral has also been fenced off.
Today's memorial for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake is also being marked in Adelaide.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the memorial service in Hagley Park, marking the February 22 earthquake.
A memorial service to remember those who lost their lives, and to reflect on the devastating impact of the February 22nd earthquake on our city and its people.
A memorial service to remember those who lost their lives, and to reflect on the devastating impact of the February 22nd earthquake on our city and its people.
The words 'Rise Up Chch' being flown over Hagley Park as part of the memorial service that was held there.
The memorial service for those who died in the Christchurch earthquake will take place in Hagley Park just after midday today.
The Prime Minister John Key says the day will be a provincial holiday in Canterbury, but the Cabinet ruled out declaring a national holiday.
The Prime Minister says Prince William will speak at next week's national memorial service being held for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake.
A scheme called Crack'd for Christchurch wants to make a beautiful memorial out of the fine china broken in the earthquake. Jenny Cooper is one of a group of people who plan to create an inner-city mosaic that is an art work in its own right, but also acts as a memorial to old Christchurch.
Black and red ribbons tied on to trees in the Christchurch. These were part of the memorial service held in Hagley Park.
More now from today's post cabinet news conference where the Prime Minister announced that a national memorial service to mark the Christchurch earthquake will be held in the city on Friday March the 18th.
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.
On the eve of the memorial service for the Christchurch earthquake, the Labour party is laying into the Government's handling of the city's ditching as a Rugby World Cup venue.
A national memorial service marking the Christchurch earthquake is announced. It could take more than a year for all the victims to be identified and Rocky raises 60 thousand dollars for the relief fund.