Chang Lai, from China, was a student at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Japanese student Miki Hayasaka, 37, was studying at King's Education in the CTV building to broaden her job prospects as a nurse.

Adrienne Isobel Lindsay, 54, was from Christchurch.

Yoko Suzuki, of Japan, was a student at the King's Education language school in the CTV building and was there when the earthquake struck.

Emi Murakami, 19, from Japan, was studying at the King's Education language school in the CTV building when the earthquake struck.

Saya Sakuda, of Japan, was studying at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Helen Margaret Chambers, 44 of Christchurch, died when the Pyne Gould Corporation building collapsed in the earthquake.

Jittra Waithayatadapong, 40, was one of a number of Thai nurses who were in the CTV building when the earthquake struck.

Asuka Tsuchihashi, from Japan, was studying English at the King's Education language school in the CTV building when the earthquake struck.

Wanpen Preeklang, 45, of Thailand, was studying at the King's Education language school in the CTV building when the earthquake struck.

Hui Yun Tu, of China, was a student at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Former Oamaru man Blair James O'Connor was working as an accountant in the Perpetual Trust office on the first floor of the Pyne Gould Corporation building when the earthquake struck.

Yurika Uchihira, 19, was a student from the Toyama College of Foreign Languages, who was also a fencing coach at a Japanese elementary school.

Linda Isobel Arnold, 57, was driving along Colombo Street when the earthquake struck.

Wanju Li, 44, from China was also known as Julia.

De Li, 18, from China was known as Luca in New Zealand.

Kyoko Kawahata, 20, from Japan had only been in New Zealand one day when the earthquake struck on February 22, 2011.

Yumiko Hata, 29, who came from the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka, was a student of the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Gillian Sayers was a teacher at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Beverley May Stick, 71, died with her husband of 51 years as the pair travelled by bus into central Christchurch.

Amanda Jayne Uriao (Mandy), 38, died at the CTV building, where she worked as a sales rep. for Canterbury Television.

Earl Nicholas Stick, 78, died with his wife of 51 years as they travelled by bus into central Christchurch.

Tao Wang, 29, was studying English at the King's Education language school in the CTV building when the earthquake struck.

Phimphorn Liangchuea, from Thailand, was studying at the King's Education language school in the CTV building when it collapsed in the earthquake.

Paul Khye Soon Wu, 60, died when the CTV building collapsed in the earthquake.

Adrienne Meredith, 36, worked for Perpetual Trust in the Pyne Gould Corporation building.

Caiying Ye, from China, was an English student at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Jennifer Ann Donaldson, 55, died after a building frontage in Colombo Street fell on her during the earthquake.

Mina Yamatani, 19, from Japan, was an English student at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

As police release more names of people who died in Christchurch's devastating earthquake, they say the toll is likely to be 182 but it could take months for the last bodies to be identified.