A photograph of a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of liquefaction inside a building in the Christchurch central city.
An Environmental Health Officer collecting air readings in the Christchurch central city.
An Environmental Health Officer collecting air readings in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of liquefaction on a street in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
Police have confirmed the death toll from the Christchurch earthquake has reached 145.
The Christchurch Cathedral Square showing the Anglican Cathedral after loosing its tower and spire after the 6.3 quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. This image also shows the remains of the very heavy snow fall we had on Monday 25 July 2011. The centre of the city is still cordoned off. This image was taken from a helicopter flight over the...
An aerial photograph of the south-east quarter of the Christchurch central city.
Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Maddock reports from the Christchurch Central City cordon.
The Christchurch City Council is looking to Scandinavia for help with the earthquake re-build. Two Danish based urban design experts are working with the Council over the next four weeks to develop a draft plan for rebuilding the central city.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team working in Christchurch central city.
A photograph of rubble from a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of rubble from a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of rubble from a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building in the Christchurch central city.
A partially constructed tilt slab building on a site in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of rubble from a partially demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
A partially constructed tilt slab building on a site in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of rubble from a partially-demolished building in the Christchurch central city.
Bridget Mills is in the Christchurch central city with one of the rescue teams.
We cross live to Christchurch to talk to one of the entrants, Roger Dennis, in a 48 hour design challenge to come up with a new look for part of the earthquake hit city's central business district.
A video about the Environmental Health Officers testing environmental and occupational health issues in the Christchurch red zone after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Detail of the Christchurch Anglicain Cathedral viewed from a path between the new Cashel Mall shopping area and Cathedral Square which was opened two weekends ago. This is the first time this section of the city has been open to the public since the 22 February 2011 earthquake. It will be closed off again after 11 December 2011 for the demolitio...
Thousands of Christchurch residents have shared their views on how the central city should be rebuilt after February's catastrophic earthquake.
Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings after the 6.3 magnitude quake hit Christchurch 22 Feburary 2011. This small cluster of historic buildings in central Christchurch are treasured by the city, both for their historical importance and their beauty. Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (1858 to 1865) were designed by Benjamin Mountfort, C...
An Environmental Health Officer collecting air readings on Gloucester Street, in the Christchurch central city.
An Environmental Health Officer collecting air readings on Gloucester Street, in the Christchurch central city.
This winter-eve is warm, Humid the air! leafless, yet soft as spring, The tender purple spray on copse and briers! And that sweet city with her dreaming spires, She needs not June for beauty's heightening, Lovely all times she lies, lovely to-night!— From "Thyrsis: A Monody" by Matthew Arnold 1822–1888
On the evening of February 7th, 1908 the headlines in the Star ‘screamed out’ A DISASTROUS FIRE, HUGE OUTBREAK IN THE CITY, CENTRAL BLOCK DEVASTATED, DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUS…