Graham Weild, 77, died when the facade of 603 Colombo Street collapsed during the earthquake.

University of Otago PhD student Didem Yaman was confirmed by police as a victim of the Christchurch earthquake on March 15, 2011.

Sisi Xin, 28, from China, was confirmed as a victim of the earthquake by police on March 10, 2011.

Christopher Patrick Smith, who died in the Christchurch earthquake shortly after dropping his son Dean at school, was remembered at his funeral as an adventurer, a fishing enthusiast and a joker.

Canadian woman Marielle Falardeau was on holiday in Christchurch and was due to fly out the day after the earthquake struck.

Rachel Elizabeth Conley, 27, of the United States, had just left the Southern Ink tattoo shop on Colombo Street when the earthquake struck.

On February 22, Normand Lee parked at the South City Shopping Centre carpark and is believed to have walked into the CBD from there.

When Jilly Murphy rushed back into her favourite store after the Christchurch earthquake, she had one thing on her mind - her family.

Five-week-old Taneysha Gail Prattley was being walked down Manchester St to a bus stop with her mother, father, aunt and grandfather when the earthquake struck.

It is believed St Albans resident Desley Ann Thomson, 32, was on her lunch break in the Christchurch CBD when the earthquake struck.

Lucy Routledge, 74, was with her husband Joseph (known as Stuart) on a bus when the earthquake struck.

Joseph Stuart Routledge (Stuart), 74, was with his wife Lucy on a bus when the earthquake struck.

Friends say Ofer Binyamin Mizrahi, a 22-year-old Israeli backpacker, died after debris fell on the car he was in when the magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit on February 22, 2011.

Lisa Patricia Willems, 43, was last seen at a BMW car yard in Manchester Street in Christchurch's CBD.

Christopher Grant Homan, 34, of Christchurch, has been confirmed as one of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake.

Ofer Levy, 22, was last seen checking out of a hostel in Manchester Street with a friend shortly before the earthquake.

Gabi Moshe Ingel, 22, was last seen checking out of a hostel in Manchester Street with a friend shortly before the earthquake.

Jayden Andrews-Howland, of Aranui was heading into town when the earthquake struck a day before his 15th birthday.

The body of Melissa Ann Neale was recovered from Cashel Mall, where she was eating lunch with her mother moments before the earthquake devastated Christchurch.

Neil Glyn Stocker has been described as a devoted family man who was dedicated to his work and was a well-known face in the Timaru community.

Owen McKenna is believed to have been shopping when debris fell on his car.

Scott William Emerson Lucy was looking forward to becoming a husband and starting a family with his fiancee, Gemma Shefford.

Rolleston man Paul Clarence Dunlop, 67, was part of a team of eight dismantling an organ at the Durham St Methodist Mission Church when the quake hit.

Tattoo apprentice Matthew Stuart McEachen (Matti) died as Southern Ink Tattoo in Manchester St came crashing to the ground.

Jaime Gilbert was running for his life from the bar he worked in when he became trapped under rubble.

Jeff Pelesa Sanft, 32, was travelling on a bus in Christchurch's city centre when the earthquake struck.

Gregory James Tobin, 25, is thought to have been working at Joe's Garage, in the central business district when the earthquake struck.