Mitchell Brown from the USAR National Management Team farewelling the Taiwanese Search and Rescue Team at the Christchurch International Airport. The team is heading home after helping with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team taking photographs of a building on Gloucester Street. To the left, USAR codes have been spray-painted on the wall of the building.
Summary of oral history interview with Alia Afzali about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Liz Grant's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team filling out paperwork outside City Care on Antigua Street. The City Care building has been blocked off with wire fencing and police tape.
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.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office walking down Lichfield Street towards the intersection of Madras Street. Buildings on either side of the street have been damaged by the earthquake. Plastic fences have been places around piles of rubble on the street as cordons.
A pdf transcript of Gabrielle Moore's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Samuel Hope. Transcriber: Maggie Blackwood.
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office catering for the staff at the Mainland Foundation Ballpark. The ballpark was set up by Civil Defence as an Emergency Response Centre after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
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 of a media briefing on the Christchurch earthquake response. The briefing was held in the in the Christchurch Art Gallery, which served as the temporary Civil Defence headquarters after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team lining up for breakfast in Latimer Square. To the right, members of the New South Wales USAR team are also getting breakfast.
A photograph of an information sheet used by the Civil Defence during the Christchurch Earthquake Response. The information sheet consists of a map of the original cordon set up in central Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake and a map of the cordon on Sunday 27 March 2011.
Personnel from the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) standing in Firefighters Reserve, in preparation for the two minutes of silence to honour the people who lost their lives in the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Just out of the picture is a sculpture fashioned from 5 tonnes of structural steel salvaged from the site of the World Trade Centre following their collapse on 11 September 2001 in terrorist attacks on New York City. The sculpture is now used as a tribute to firefighters in New Zealand.
A photograph of members of Civil Defence and other organisations helping with the emergency response to the Canterbury earthquakes. They are standing on the corner of Montreal and Gloucester Streets outside the Christchurch Art Gallery. The Art Gallery served as the headquarters for the Civil Defence after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A pdf transcript of Mutu's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Lucy Denham. Transcriber: Maggie Blackwood.
A pdf transcript of Participant number LY677's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Samuel Hope. Transcriber: Josie Hepburn.
A pdf transcript of Robin Robins's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Lucy Denham. Transcriber: Maggie Blackwood.
A pdf transcript of Peter Ngatuere's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Lucy Denham. Transcriber: Lucy Denham.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing on Gloucester Street, outside the Canterbury Provincial Chambers Buildings. The team member is wearing a hard hat, protective glasses, and a face mask.
A member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team team attempting to enter the City Care building on Antigua Street. A green sticker on the door indicates that the building has been inspected and is safe to enter.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team and New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue Team in front of a collapsed house in the Christchurch central city. In the background, the Newstalk ZB Building can be seen.
A photograph of signs on the side of the Christchurch Art Gallery. The art gallery served as the temporary headquarters for Civil Defence after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The signs read, "Media Info, Christchurch Earthquake Response" and "Media Briefings, every day 10:30 and 17:30 hours in auditorium". There is also a map showing access points into the central city.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office at a graduation ceremony in the Wellington Town Hall. The volunteers were awarded certificates of appreciation at the ceremony, for their work in the emergency response to the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch.
A pdf transcript of Jan's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Samuel Hope. Transcriber: Maggie Blackwood.
A pdf transcript of Liz Kivi's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Joshua Black. Transcriber: Josie Hepburn.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office at a graduation ceremony in the Wellington Town Hall. The volunteers were awarded certificates of appreciation at the ceremony, for their work in the emergency response to the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch.
A photograph of a media briefing on the Christchurch earthquake response. The briefing was held in the in the Christchurch Art Gallery, which served as the temporary Civil Defence headquarters after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Mayor Bob Parker is about to speak.
A member of the New Zealand Police photographed with Don Mahlke, a fire fighter from the Los Angeles County Fire Department in the United States. Mahlke travelled to New Zealand to help out with the search and rescue response to the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
The Taiwanese Search and Rescue team (USAR) being farewelled at the Christchurch International Airport after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake. In the centre is Rob Saunders from the New Zealand Fire Department, and on the right is Kao Wei, Team Leader of the Taiwan USAR team.