Daffodils in Hagley park. The earthquake had not destroyed spring in the garden city.
Magnolia blooms in a private garden on the Cashmere hills.
A flowering fruit tree provides spring colour after the September earthquake.
Spring flowers among the rubble of St John's Church, Latimer Square, Christchurch.
It would have been a glorious Spring day in Christchurch had it not been for the magnitude 7.1 earthquake at 4:30 am. All the water and silt you can see covering the street in this photo erupted from the ground following the earthquake.