A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office talking to members of the Red Cross in Cowles Stadium. The stadium was set up by Civil Defence as temporary accommodation for those displaced by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team working on Tuam Street near the intersection of High Street. In the background are several piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings.
Kao Wei, Team Leader of the Taiwan USAR team, hugs Mitchell Brown from the New Zealand USAR National Management Team. The Taiwanese team is heading home after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
A photograph an Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team pretending to break into a car inside a building in the Christchurch city centre. The car is a 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Super Bee.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office working at the reception area of Cowles Stadium. The stadium was set up by Civil Defence as temporary accommodation for those displaced by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force examining documentation outside the C-130 Hercules at Christchurch airport. The Hercules was being used to evacuate people from Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Len Pettet, a resident from one of Christchurch's eastern suburbs, going over paperwork with a member of the New Zealand Army. Len Pettet is receiving a chemical toilet. His suburb has been without water and power for over ten days.
A photograph looking south down Manchester Street from the intersection of Gloucester Street. Bricks from an earthquake-damaged building cover the footpath. Wire fences have been placed around the building as a cordon. The SBS building can be seen in the distance.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street, severely damaged after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The domes on either side of the Cathedral have collapsed and are lying in the area in front.
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building on Cambridge Terrace. Emergency management personnel are hanging above the building in a crane-raised platform. An excavator is sitting on the rubble and a tent has been pitched in the foreground.
Hazel Hampton, a resident from one of Christchurch's eastern suburbs, talking to 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.
The Minister of Defence, Wayne Mapp, disembarking from the HMNZS Otago. The ship travelled to Lyttelton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help in the relief effort.
A photograph of the Forsyth Barr Building on the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets. The photograph was taken out a window of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building. Below a crane has been parked on the intersection of Armagh and Colombo Streets.
A photograph of emergency management staff meeting outside the Christchurch Art Gallery. The art gallery was used as the temporary Civil Defence headquarters after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. In the background, a New Zealand Fire Service truck can be seen.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team inside the Craigs Investment Partners House on Armagh Street. A red sticker on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
Prime Minister John Key preparing for a photograph with members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) outside the US headquarters in Latimer Square.
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office at the canteen set up as part of a temporary Civil Defence headquarters after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The headquarters was set up the Mainland Foundation Ballpark on Pages Road.
A photograph of rubble outside the Cranmer Centre on the corner of Armagh and Montreal Streets. The rubble is from the front walls of the building which have crumbled in places, spilling bricks onto the street. Cordon fencing has been placed around the building.
A photograph of the Wellington Emergency Management Office, taking photos of St Paul's Church in Dallington. The church was severely damaged after the 4 September earthquake. Police emergency tape can be seen around the building, keeping people away.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the ChristChurch Cathedral in Cathedral Square. The tower has been partially demolished and a pile of rubble sits in front. A Daniel Smith Industries Ltd crane is sitting to the left.
Members of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team on Barbadoes Street, with a New Zealand Army vehicle and a digger behind them. Metal fences have been placed across the street to serve as a cordon.
CPL Ian Warren, from the Royal New Zealand Air Force Air Security team, helping with the arrival of displaced people from Christchurch at the Air Force Air Movements terminal a week after the 22 February 2011 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 press release from the United States of America Embassy New Zealand containing a statement by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate regarding the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch.
A poster created by Empowered Christchurch to advertise their submission to the CERA Draft Transition Recovery Plan on social media.The poster reads, "Submission. CERA Draft Transition Recovery Plan. 5. In your opinion, is there a better way to report on these recovery issues? Looking at the recovery from the perspective of the eastern suburbs, it is impossible to avoid thinking of phenomenon referred to as 'Disaster Capitalism' and considering the aspects that have already become evident in the recovery process. Loss of equity and quality of life, risk transfer and other substantial shifts are taking place. We suggest that a regular mini-census should be conducted through the remainder of the recovery at intervals of 6-12 months to monitor deprivation, insurance cover (or lack of it), mortgage, home equity, and rental status. If unexpected changes identified, investigation and correction measures should be implemented. We need a city that is driven by the people that live in it, and enabled by a bureaucracy that accepts and mitigates risks, rather than transferring them to the most vulnerable residents ."
LCPL Ryan Dempsey, from the 3rd Catering and Supply Company, photographed in the NZ Army's decontamination area. The area was set up after the 22 February 2011 earthquake in order to decontaminate equipment used in Operation Christchurch Quake. In the background is a sign reading, 'Contaminated overalls'.
An image from a Army News March 2011 article titled, "Sappers Show Their Expertise in a City Under Siege". The image shows New Zealand Army engineers working at New Brighton beach to provide desalinated water for residents affected by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An image from a Army News March 2011 article titled, "Sappers Show Their Expertise in a City Under Siege". The image shows New Zealand Army engineers working at New Brighton beach to provide desalinated water for residents affected by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
An image from a Army News March 2011 article titled, "Sappers Show Their Expertise in a City Under Siege". The image shows New Zealand Army engineers working at New Brighton beach to provide desalinated water for residents affected by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A press release from the Office of the Press Secretary in the US White House about President Obama's call to Prime Minister John Key to express his condolences over the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch and to offer American assistance.