Members of No. 40 Squadron, a transport squadron in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, preparing the Hercules to move people out of Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A digger being unloaded from the HMNZS Canterbury. The Royal New Zealand Navy delivered machinery and equipment to Christchurch for use in the recovery effort after the Christchurch Earthquake.
A truck being unloaded from the HMNZS Canterbury. The Royal New Zealand Navy delivered machinery and equipment to Christchurch for use in the recovery effort after the Christchurch Earthquake.
Diggers at the CTV site. The rubble from the site has mostly been cleared, leaving an empty building site.
Rest home residents strapped into a Royal New Zealand Air Force Hercules C-130. The residents were being evacuated from Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
New Zealand Army Engineers working at New Brighton beach to provide desalinated water for residents affected by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A member of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue team using wire cutters to cut through steel at the site of the CTV building.
New Zealand Army Engineers working at New Brighton beach to provide desalinated water for residents affected by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Aerial image of Sumner taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
PTE Sony Watson, from the 3rd Catering and Supply Company, cleaning a helmet in the decontamination area. The area was set up after the 22 February 2011 earthquake in order to decontaminate equipment used in Operation Christchurch Quake.
Aerial image of a residential area of Christchurch taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
Hazel Hampton, a resident from one of Christchurch's eastern suburbs, filling out paperwork for a member of the New Zealand Army. Hazel Hampton is receiving a chemical toilet. Her suburb has been without water and power for over ten days.
An aerial view of Christchurch a week after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Members of the New Zealand Air Force unloading a generator from a NZ C130 Hercules at the Christchurch Air Movements Terminal. This was the first generators to arrive from Australia to support Operation Christchurch Quake.
NZ Army Chefs creating hot-box meals to be delivered to emergency service workers helping with the Christchurch earthquake operation.
Photograph captioned by the New Zealand Defence Force, "Chief of Defence Force, Major General Rhys Jones on an operational tour of earthquake affected areas of Christchurch".
South Island Operations Manager, Jeoff Barr, loading chemical toilets into a unimog in Christchurch. The chemical toilets were delivered to residents in Christchurch who had been without water for ten days.
Photograph captioned by the New Zealand Defence Force, "Chief of Defence Force, Major General Rhys Jones on an operational tour of earthquake affected areas of Christchurch".
Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force, Rhys Jones, and the Minister of Defence, Wayne Mapp, visiting the HMNZS Otago in Lyttelton.
A member of No. 3 Squadron in the Iroquois helicopter making tours of Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
The Taiwanese Search and Rescue team being farewelled at the Christchurch International Airport after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
A police officer distributes supplies to members of the emergency services in Latimer Square.
Two diggers at the site of the CTV Building. In the background, the elevator shaft can still be seen.
A solider guarding a cordon on Barbadoes Street near Moorhouse Avenue after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Defence Force personnel walking down Norwich Quay during an operational tour of Lyttelton taken by Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, Air Vice Marshal Peter Stockwell and Chief of Army Tim Keating to view the aftermath of the Christchurch Earthquake.
Members of the New Zealand Army delivering chemical toilets to residents in an eastern suburb. The suburb has been without water and power for over ten days.
Members of No. 40 Squadron, a transport squadron in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, preparing the Hercules to move people out of Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A digger being unloaded from the HMNZS Canterbury. The Royal New Zealand Navy delivered machinery and equipment to Christchurch for use in the recovery effort after the Christchurch Earthquake.
Defence Force personnel during an operational tour of Lyttelton taken by Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, Air Vice Marshal Peter Stockwell and Chief of Army Tim Keating to view the aftermath of the Christchurch Earthquake.
A member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force directing an ambulance at the Christchurch airport. In the background is a Boeing 757, used to evacuate rest home residents from Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
