Latest fromIn memory of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake

Canterbury quake memorial designs
New Zealand

Canterbury quake memorial designs

The Canterbury Earthquake Memorial will provide a place to reflect on the events that changed Canterbury forever, paying respect to the 85 people who lost their lives on 22 February 2011. It will acknowledge the shared trauma and huge support received with the recovery operation that followed.

Chch's third anniversary
New Zealand

Chch's third anniversary

A minute's silence has been observed for the 185 people who were killed in the 2011 Canterbury earthquake, as hundreds gathered to mark the third anniversary of the tragedy.

Linda Parker
New Zealand

Linda Parker

Linda Rosemary Parker, a community carer, was last seen leaving a disabled client's home for a doctor's appointment in the CTV building shortly before it collapsed in the earthquake.

Jinyan Leng
New Zealand

Jinyan Leng

Chinese national Jinyan Leng, 30, also known by the name Vicky, was studying English at King's Education in the CTV building and had been in New Zealand since August 2010.

Rhea Sumalpong
New Zealand

Rhea Sumalpong

Rhea Mae Sumalpong, 25, from the Philippines, sent a desperate plea for help to her mother in Australia as she was trapped in rubble in the CTV building after the February 22 earthquake.

Xiaoli Zhou
New Zealand

Xiaoli Zhou

Xiaoli Zhou, from China, was studying to be a nurse and had been learning English at the King's Education language school in the CTV building for about a year when the earthquake struck.

Jessie Redoble
New Zealand

Jessie Redoble

Jessie Lloyd Albaracin Redoble, 30, from the Philippines, was attending his first day of English classes at the King's Education language school in the CTV building on the day of the earthquake.