Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Simon Jones moving out of his Brooklands home".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Simon Jones moving out of his Brooklands home".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Simon Jones moving out of his Brooklands home".
A photograph of pipes lifted out of the ground at a petrol station in New Brighton.
A photograph of a make-shift bridge over the dug-out basement of the Cranmer Centre.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Simon Jones moving out of his Brooklands home".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Simon Jones moving out of his Brooklands home".
A photograph of contractor Tony Fisher of Fisher Agricultural Ltd. inspecting a dug out soil pit on a farm near River Road in Lincoln.
A photograph of a large sand volcano on a farm near River Road in Lincoln being spread out with multiple power-harrow passes.
A photograph of a fence post that lifted out of the ground during the earthquake, pulling a clump of soil with it.
UC student trainee science teacher Carrie Whyte helps out at a Papanui study centre, assisting Bopha Chea with her Art History assignment.
Earthquake damaged Christchurch homes written off by insurance companies are becoming hot property for investors wanting to make money renting them out.
The wait will finally be over for some Christchurch households when they find out whether their earthquake-damaged properties will be abandoned.
The budget airline Jetstar is cutting back on some of its flights out of Christchurch partly because of the earthquake.
Look! Kirsa found a message in a bottle under a house. Here’s how we got the message out.       Katharine Watson          
A photograph submitted by Ross Williamson to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Halberg Street looking south, liquefaction carted out from properties".
A Christchurch couple fighting their insurer and the Earthquake Commission in court say accepting EQC's offer would leave them massively out of pocket.
Musical instruments rang out in the Christ Church Cathedral last night for the first time since the Canterbury earthquakes. Anna Sargent was there.
A consent granted by the Christchurch City Council, providing consent to carry out earthquake repair work that may affect protected vegetation.
A building on Manchester Street near High Street. The front wall has partially crumbled around the windows, bricks fallen out.
A photograph of the interior of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, showing a wall severely out of alignment.
An example of a public flyer promoting good driver behaviour, handed out in areas of traffic detours or delays.
Tap Dance', a Gap Golf course built by Gap Filler out of wooden planks and green felt.
An exposed bathroom in the partially demolished Himalayas Indian restaurant. A digger can be seen out front.
Elephant sculpture made out of grass in Re:Start mall. This was one of the sculptures presented by the Christchurch Garden City Trust.
A document which contains a set of procedures for the "best practice" mark out and recording of subsurface utilities.
Members of the Student Volunteer Army carting liquefaction in wheelbarrows out of a resident's property in Avonside.
A photograph of road cones around a drain that has been lifted out of the ground on Avonside Drive.
Wilsons carpark on Peterborough Street behind cordon fence, with damaged buildings in the background. Sign on fence reads "Extreme danger, keep out".
Damage to a house in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake. The chimney has been shaken out from the wall.