Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Volunteers help clean up liquefaction on Acland Avenue. Volunteer Ewart Ward (right)".
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt at a residential property after the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer Army on their way to clean up silt after the earthquake.
Three years on from the 7.1 earthquake that struck Canterbury, some neighbourhoods have been changed forever.
Christchurch Earthquake, the clean up begins, with residents clearing mud and sand off there properties onto the roadside.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Volunteers help clean up liquefaction on Acland Avenue. Robson Avenue resident Kelly Gearry".
A student in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt on a residential property after the earthquake.
A local resident photographed with students in the Student Volunteer Army cleaning up silt after the earthquake.
Staff in the Registry Building back at work after cleaning up the mess left by the earthquake.
Students in the Student Volunteer army at Chisnallwood Intermediate preparing to clean up silt after the earthquake.
A Christchurch MP is challenging earthquake-recovery agencies to clean up the suburb of Sydenham within a week.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as supermarket staff start to clean up and re open".
Petrol and diesel price hikes have disappointed some of those on the frontline of the Christchurch earthquake clean-up.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Volunteers help clean up liquefaction on Acland Avenue. Volunteer Shona Green sweeping dust from liquefaction".
Christchurch resident Nigel Rushton recently cycled through Japan and spent a week helping with the clean-up of another earthquake ravaged region.
Some people in Christchurch who spent last night in freezing earthquake damaged homes with no power, are backing a call from the community group Cancern for emergency shelters to be set up when the next winter storm hits.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Some of the students that are cleaning up the mud in the Barrington street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Some of the students that are cleaning up the mud in the Barrington street".
Clean-up in the CBD of Christchurch is well under way after the 6.3 magnitude quake 22 Febraury 2011.
Workers use a large water-blasting pipe to clear blocked drains. The photographer comments, "The Australian company Barry Bros Turned up very late at night to clean out our street drains of liquefaction".
Cleaning up Manning Signs of the silt from liquefaction. Three fellow workers man the shovels while two building engineers talk to the boss (hidden). After doing the car park we then turned our hands to the inside of the factory, once clearance was given that we could go inside.