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Avon site for memorial
A $10 million memorial for the victims of Christchurch’s February 22 earthquake will be built on the banks of the Avon River.

Chch memorial marks 'turning point'
A minute's silence has been observed for the 185 people who were killed in the 2011 Canterbury earthquake.

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
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.

Iris Bottling
Reta Stewart, 88, was named by police as a victim of the Christchurch earthquake on February 3, 2012.

Elizabeth Sinclair
Elizabeth Sinclair, 76, was named by police as a victim of the Christchurch earthquake on February 3, 2012.

Pamela Barkle
Pamela Christina Barkle, 72, was named by police as a victim of the Christchurch earthquake on February 3, 2012.

Beverley (Faye) Kennedy
Beverley Faye Kennedy, 60, who preferred to be known as Faye, worked at The Clinic, on the CTV building's fourth floor.

Xiujuan Xu
Xiujuan Xu, 47, was a student at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

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
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.

Valeri Volnov
Valeri Volnov, a Russian with New Zealand residency, was an IT systems operator at Canterbury Television, which was based in the CTV building.

Shawn Lucas
Shawn Lucas, 40, worked as a sports director, producer and programming manager in the CTV building.

Weiyu Zhang
Weiyu Zhang, 30, from China, was studying at the King's Education language school in the CTV building at the time of the earthquake.

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.

Julie Wong
Julie Kathryn Wong, 37, died when the Pyne Gould Guinness building collapsed during the earthquake.

Hiroko Tamano
Hiroko Tamano was in Kobe 15 years ago when a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck, killing 6400 people.

Yoko Sakurai
Yoko Sakurai, 27, of Japan, was a student of the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

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.

Susan Selway
Susan Lyn Selway, 50, worked as a clinical psychologist in a private practice housed in the CTV building.