On this day seven years ago a powerful and deadly earthquake rocked Christchurch, changing the city's landscape forever.
The 6.3 magnitude quake struck at 12.51pm, at lunchtime when many people filled the city's streets.
One-hundred-and-eighty-five people were killed and several thousand others were injured.
The quake caused widespread destruction in the central city, with buildings already weakened by another big quake five months earlier.
Seven years to the minute, hundreds gathered in front of the names of the 185 people who lost their lives.
There was a lot of damage in suburban areas too, with significant liquefaction - dark silt bubbling up from below ground - and rock cliffs collapsing, sending huge boulders tumbling down hillsides.
On the seventh anniversary of that destructive earthquake, many gathered to remember and pay their respects to those who lost their lives.
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