Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Teams of building inspectors gathered at the Linwood Service Centre before heading into the eastern suburbs en masse".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Maria Romero gave birth to Lola Mae during the September 4 2010 earthquake. Romero was in a birthing pool in Christchurch Women's Hospital on the 5th floor when the earthquake struck. (L-R) Maria Romero (mother), Lola Mae Romero, Lucas Romero 2 years old and Nick Blackburn (father)".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch scenes after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake. Porritt Park in Avondale/Wainoni where water has been contaminated with sewage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Vaughan Antiques (54 Salisbury St), which is to be demolished. Owner Mike Kerr says he's lost quite a few antiques, but has a 370-year-old chest which survived intact".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mayor Bob Parker following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Natalie and Matthew Cutler-Welsh and their children Ruby aged 4 and Jonah 2 outside their earthquake affected Richmond home. They received a free flight to Queenstown courtesy of Air NZ".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workers pull down the two chimneys at Community House in Timaru after they were damaged in the earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage to Halswell School. School Principal Bruce Topham looks at the damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Emma Goodall from Brooklands who wants to be paid out for the earthquake damage to her two houses".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Part of the Kaiapoi stop bank earmarked to have underground damming to alleviate liquefaction in earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Newly married couple Jill Tyquin-Smith and Arthur Smith of Rangiora, who decided to get married after the Canterbury earthquake so they could live together. They organised the wedding in two weeks and are now living happily ever after".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Newly married couple Jill Tyquin-Smith and Arthur Smith of Rangiora, who decided to get married after the Canterbury earthquake so they could live together. They organised the wedding in two weeks and are now living happily ever after".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Newly married couple Jill Tyquin-Smith and Arthur Smith of Rangiora, who decided to get married after the Canterbury earthquake so they could live together. They organised the wedding in two weeks and are now living happily ever after".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Newly married couple Jill Tyquin-Smith and Arthur Smith of Rangiora, who decided to get married after the Canterbury earthquake so they could live together. They organised the wedding in two weeks and are now living happily ever after".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Four year old Kahu Guthrie, clutching his presents, waves goodbye to Santa (played by Peter Leitch, the Mad Butcher, as he leaves in the police helicopter from Motuihe Island where Kahu and 30 other disadvantaged earthquake victims from Christchurch spent the day courtesy of Westpac)".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition underway on the Manchester Courts Building. Street sign dwarfed by the large mound of soil alongside the building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ralph Bungard, owner of Three Boys Brewery, testing the beer that started brewing the night of the Christchurch Earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "At the Love and Harmony benefit concert for Canterbury earthquake relief, Honestly Watene (left) of Naenae, and Emma Haua of Stokes Valley jive it up in rock 'n' roll fashion for a crowd of a hundred at Naenae Community Centre. They are members of the Hutt Valley Rock 'n' Roll Club".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A group of seven civil defence volunteers have just returned from four days helping in earthquake-affected Christchurch, in the welfare sector. Front row, from left: Paula Burke and Rodney Trainor. Middle from left: Kathie Scobie and Jo O'Connor. Back row from left: Marita Soper, Ian Withers and Andrae Gold".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A young man waits for a lift home".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Manchester Courts demolition ended for the day with a southerly coming through".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "National MP Nicky Wagner hosts a meeting at the Town Hall updating on earthquake-related issues. About 130 people attended".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Community work supervisor Steve Waghorn at The Pines Oval".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The stage nears completion for tomorrow's Band Together concert in Hagley Park".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The stage nears completion for tomorrow's Band Together concert in Hagley Park".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ben Friel (12), left, and Sam O'Hara (13) are doing the short bays bike ride to raise funds for Child Cancer and the Earthquake Appeal".
