Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Volunteers help clean up liquefaction on Acland Avenue. Volunteer Shona Green sweeping dust from liquefaction".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. Dust from the drying silt in Kingsford Street Burwood".
The Earthquake Commission says claims from Canterbury homeowners are pouring in with 45,000 recorded so far, and 100,000 expected by the time the dust settles.
Deborah Nation dusts off a series of recordings made with successive generations of a Canterbury lineage whose family homestead was one of the casualties of the earthquake on 4 September 2010 .
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Vandals broke into and damaged the 1885 historic Church of the Good Shepherd in Phillips Street after the September earthquake. Constable Geoff McLean (crime scene officer) dusts for prints".
People walk along Tuam Street carrying bags and boxes. Brick dust covers the street where fallen bricks have been cleared, and on the left emergency tapes cordons off Manchester Street. The photographer comments, "This was taken shortly after the 4th September earthquake. Police allowed us free access past the cordon and simply advised us to watch out for falling masonry. The access situation was much different after the February aftershock".
Two men carry backpacks and shopping bags along Tuam Street, stepping over emergency tape that lies across the road. Brick dust covers the street where fallen bricks have been cleared. The photographer comments, "Two members of our office carrying gear through the cordon. This was taken shortly after the 4th September earthquake. Police allowed us free access past the cordon and simply advised us to watch out for falling masonry. The access situation was much different after the February aftershock".