Watching the televised Christchurch memorial service at First Church, in Dunedin. Photo by Jane Dawber.
The Kiwi Haka Group sings a waiata at a multidenominational memorial service in Queenstown. Photo by Matt Stewart.
Watching the service at the Wanaka Drop-in Centre. Photo by Matthew Haggart.
Christchurch mayor Bob Parker places a flower at the national memorial service held in the city's Hagley Park.
Mourners place flowers.
Japanese families place their flowers.
A Japanese woman prays after placing her flower.
The crowd listens to the service.
The crowd listens to the service.
The crowd listens to the service.
The crowd listens to the service.
'Grief is the price we pay of love.'
People come together to remember those lost in the Christchurch earthquake.
Otago Daily Times photos by Craig Baxter, in Christchurch.