A box containing drilling cores from soil sampling. The photographer comments, "These are the samples from drilling near my home. As you can see they are not so much samples as sand piles. The drill in a nearby street went down 20m and it was sand all the way. This is the box of samples from the ground level to 4.6m deep".
Workers operate a drilling rig, sampling soil as part of EQC's geotechnical investigation of TC3 land. The photographer comments, "The work of getting 'soil' samples from all the areas marked as green/blue zones in Christchurch. These areas may be susceptible to liquefaction if a major earthquake occurs. The soil samples were a failure as all they found was sand".
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is now double checking all of its paperwork following fears earthquake rubble dumped in a Christchurch land fill could have been contaminated by asbestos.
Lydia Baxendell checks an artwork in the library.
Lydia Baxendell checks an artwork in the library.
The Earthquake Recovery Authority is knocking on the door of every red and orange zone resident in Christchurch to check on their welfare and offer them temporary accommodation if they need it.
It's been revealed that not a single one of New Zealand's 315 police buildings constructed before 2011 have had a full earthquake safety check. Canterbury's district health buildings and a central Wellington cinema are among other major structures needing checks. Phil Pennington joins us with the details.
Church bells will ring worldwide ring for Christchurch today as tens of thousands of people attend today's National memorial service for the victims for the Christchurch earthquake.
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has tried to determine exactly who should have put a cordon around a central Christchurch building identified as an earthquake risk.
A view down Colombo Street towards a cordon check point.
Bill Davison from Biological Sciences checks equipment in the Rutherford building.
John Barton from Psychology checks a Geography building office for damage.
Bill Davison from Biological Sciences checks equipment in the Rutherford building.
Wendy Lawson from Psychology checks a Geography building office for damage.
Wendy Lawson from Psychology checks a Geography building office for damage.
Wendy Lawson from Psychology checks a Geography building office for damage.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Police check damaged building following Canterbury's earthquake".
Selwyn CD off to check out the damage after the 40+ aftershocks overnight.
Selwyn CD off to check out the damage after the 40+ aftershocks overnight.
John Nicolle from ITCS checks a computer in the the Geography building for damage.
Wendy Lawson and John Barton from Psychology check the Geography building staffroom for damage.
John Nicolle from ITCS checks a computer in the the Geography building for damage.
John Nicolle from ITCS checks a computer in the the Geography building for damage.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Members of the Red Cross civil defence response team and South Canterbury Police have been in Christchurch helping with the earthquake clean up. Welfare checks required the team to walk along River Road checking on householders. Pictured looking at a damaged bridge on River Road near Tai Tapu are (from left) Andy Todd, Anna Munro and Ken Weavers".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Members of the Red Cross civil defence response team and South Canterbury Police have been in Christchurch helping with the earthquake clean up. Welfare checks required the team to walk along River Road checking on householders. Pictured from left are Aaron Sole, Andy Todd, Anna Munro, Ken Weavers, Tim Mitchell (Emergency Management Officer) and Tom Connolly".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A rubber-necker checks out some cracks on Williams Street in Kaiapoi".
Te Ahi Kaa check out the relief effort following the Christchurch earthquake on February 22, 2011.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workers checking earthquake damage to the Christchurch Music Centre in Barbadoes Street".
Tourists checking out destruction caused by the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
A photograph of a veterinarian giving a puppy a full health check after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.