Monday: A firefighter walks past as a digger demolishes a row of shops in St Albans, after an aftershock destabilsied it further.
The earthquake popped sewer man holes out of streets all over Brooklands.
Firefighters remove loose bricks from the top of a heritage building in preparation for reopening the area to the public.
Army and police stop cars near Cathedral Square.
Tuesday: Avonside residents carry water from a tanker along what remains of their street which still has no water, sewerage or power.
Dunedin firefighter Chris Kennett throws a section of chimney off a house in Avonside as Simon Smith (left) and Dave Riddell look on.
Kaiapoi woman Judi Pincott, living in fear of more aftershocks.
Removal trucks line Courtney Dr, Kaiapoi, where residents expect the homes on the left side of the street will all have to be levelled.
A backyard in Courtney Drive, Kaiapoi where the fence has moved over two metres and left a large hole.
St Elmo Court at the corner of Hereford and Montreal St, which developed new cracks during the 5.1 aftershock on Wednesday morning.
Craig Baxter's photos of the Canterbury earthquake, as featured in the Otago Daily Times over the past week. Prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.