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

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

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

Ayako Yamaguchi, 30, of Japan, was a student of the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Noriko Otsubo, 41, of Japan, was a student of the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Hsin Hung Lee, of Taiwan, has been confirmed as a victim of the Christchurch earthquake.

Japanese national Yuki Hamasaki has been confirmed as a victim of the Christchurch earthquake.

Cristiano Carazo-Chandler was a teacher at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Li Min Wang, of China, was studying at the King's Education language school in the CTV building when it collapsed during the earthquake.

Yan Tao Zhong, from China, was a student of the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Jen Jin Hii (also known as Sandra), from Malaysia, worked at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Man Jin, 26, of China, was in the CTV building when the magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck.

Wen He, 25, of China, was a student at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Heather Meadows, 66, had much the same heritage as the city she called home.

Brian Warrington Taylor was the managing director of the King's Education language school and was in the CTV building at the time of the earthquake.

Jane Grant, a nurse in her 50s, was working on level four of the CTV building when it collapsed.

Mary Louise Anne Bantillo Amantillo, 23, from the Philippines, sent a text message to her parents back in the Philippines as she lay trapped in the rubble of the CTV building.

Tamara (Lia) Harca, was teaching her English language class at King's Education in the CTV building when the earthquake hit.

Hui Zhang, of China, was studying English at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Hifumi Hoshiba, 41, was a student at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Lesley Jane Thomson, 55, was in the CTV building to see an osteopath when the earthquake hit.

Saki Yokota, from Japan, studied at the Toyama College of Foreign Languages before arriving in New Zealand on a study trip to the King's Education language school.

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

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

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.

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