Nurse Emmabelle Cabahug Anoba, 26, was one of the many students at the King's Education language school in the CTV building when the earthquake hit.

Lalaine Collado Agatep, 38, from the Philippines, was an enrolled nurse who had moved to New Zealand in 2008 and worked at a Wellington rest home.

Christine Patricia Stephenson (Trish), 61, was a casual practice nurse who worked at The Clinic in the devastated CTV building.

Janet Dawn Meller was a "supermum" who was devoted to her children, her sister Pauline Luxford says.

Valquin Bensurto has been confirmed as one of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake.

Kyle Brandon Jack-Midgley, 27, was in the CTV building when it collapsed during the earthquake.

Siwen Huo, 28, from China was described as being like a daughter to the Allerby family whom she stayed with when she arrived in New Zealand in 2002.

Donna Merrie Manning, 43, loved seeing people step outside their comfort zone and succeed.

Ivy Jane Cabunilas, 33, of the Philippines, has been confirmed as a victim of the earthquake.

Nina Jane Bishop has been confirmed as one of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake.

Te Taki (Wally) Tairakena, 60, was a teacher at the King's Education language school, which was based in the CTV building.

Deborah Ann Roberts, 39, was the accounts manager at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.

Jewel Jose Francisco, 26, was one of a group of Filipino students studying English at King's Education in the CTV building.

Dr Husam Al-Ani's patients and friends have left online tributes to a man they say was an exemplary GP.

Andrew James Llewellyn Bishop - "Bish" - was supposed to give his sister away at her wedding.

Marion Isabella McKirdy Hilbers, 49, worked as the receptionist at medical practice The Clinic in the CTV building.

Joanna Clare Didham, 35, died when the CTV building, where she had worked for the past 13 years, collapsed in the earthquake.

Dr Dominic Joseph Gerard Bell, 45, worked for The Clinic, a general practice in the CTV building.

Rika Hyuga, 30, was a student at the King's Education language school, on the third floor of the CTV building. She died when the building collapsed in the earthquake.

The family of Haruthaya Luangsurapeesakul believe she is now an angel in heaven.

A family doctor, Dr Maysoon Mahdi Abbas was trained in Baghdad but moved to New Zealand in the mid-90s, Fairfax media reported.

Whether in front of the camera or behind it, Matty Beaumont was equally at home.

Fresh journalism graduate Rhys Brookbanks was in his first weeks of work when the earthquake struck.

Teresa McLean, 40, worked as a nurse at The Clinic, a medical centre in the CTV building and died when it collapsed in the earthquake.

In her last moments in the CTV building receptionist Dian Falconer prayed. Knowing that made her loss a little easier to bear, daughter Tere-moana Wilson said.

Murray John Wood's day job was managing director of Canterbury Television. But outside his office he would often be found hammering the keys of his piano around the Garden City.

Aaron Waine's relief at being reunited with his wife turned to horror when he realised a building she had seen collapse was where his mother, Susan Chuter, 51, worked.