Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. A hedgeline showing horizontal displacement".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. A hedgeline showing horizontal displacement".
The Christchurch earthquake was obviously a huge story this year, and for one couple it will always be particularly memorable. Christchurch lawyer Katherine Ewer and her husband David got married that day.
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes finds out how the rural recovery is going near the epicentre of the Canterbury Earthquake that shook the province in the early hours of September 4th.
A building with temporary sheet metal weatherproofing on the roof, replacing the fallen brickwork. Scaffolding has also been erected next to the building so that repairs can be made.
A row of damaged shops on Victoria Street at the intersection with Bealey Avenue. The street has been cordoned off with road cones and a sign that says 'road closed'.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. A hedgerow showing horizontal displacement".
Every house has a roof ..... aftermath of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
This shop lost its gable during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
This building lost its parapet during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
Nothing wrong with this carpark building; that's just a mural on one of the structural shear walls.
This building lost its parapet during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
This building lost its parapet during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
Building facade reduced to rubble during the magnitude 7.1 eathquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
Building parapet reduced to rubble during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
Building parapet reduced to rubble during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
This building lost its parapet during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
A photograph of a crack in a bank next to a motorway in Christchurch. A tape measure in the crack indicates that it is four feet deep.
A photograph of a crack in a bank next to a motorway in Christchurch. A tape measure in the crack indicates that it is over five feet deep.
A photograph of a crack in a bank next to a motorway in Christchurch. A tape measure in the crack indicates that it is four feet deep.
A photograph of a crack in a bank next to a motorway in Christchurch. A tape measure in the crack indicates that it is four feet deep.
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, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. Hororata Homestead totalled by the quake".
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, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault line running through a woolshed".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. A fenceline destroyed by the quake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault line streaks through a farm".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. State highway 77 is still closed".
At around 11-30pm there was a cluster of earthquakes - two over magnitude five, including one at 11.40 which registered 5.4, that's equal to the strongest aftershock felt on Saturday afternoon.
Businesses, farmers and workers in Canterbury are anxiously waiting to see what more the government will do to help after the 7.1 earthquake that devastated the region on Saturday morning.