A photograph of USAR tools and supplies laid out and organised in Latimer Square.
A photograph of USAR tools and supplies laid out and organised in Latimer Square.
A photograph of collapsed scaffolding on Liverpool Street, blocking off the entrance to Cashel Street
A photograph of USAR tools and supplies laid out and organised in Latimer Square.
A photograph of emergency management personnel working in the Christchurch Art Gallery.
A photograph of Celia Wade-Brown, Mayor of Wellington, speaking at a graduation ceremony for more than 40 new civil defence volunteers in the Wellington Town Hall. Members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office team were presented certificates of appreciation during this event. The certificates were presented to the members to honour their involvement in the emergency response to the 22 February 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph of Fred Mecoy, the Wellington City Council's Emergency Preparedness Manager, speaking at a graduation ceremony for more than 40 new civil defence volunteers in the Wellington Town Hall. Members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office team were presented certificates of appreciation during this event. The certificates were presented to the members to honour their involvement in the emergency response to the 22 February 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch.
A photograph looking east down Gloucester Street from near the Manchester Street intersection. Members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and construction workers are walking down the street. To their right is the new Press House building with many broken windows. In the foreground, the Coachman building has sustained earthquake damage to the façade. Wire fences have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of a Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team member talking to a member of the Professional Building Services on Gloucester Street. In the background is the Press House building with many cracks in the façade. Bits of bricks and other debris are scattered across the footpath. Some of the windows above the facade have broken. USAR codes have been spray-painted on one of the bottom-storey windows.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team in the hanger of a Royal New Zealand Air Force Hercules. The ERT members are travelling to Christchurch to help out in the emergency response to the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Blankets, tent poles, and other supplies have been stacked in the centre of the hanger.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team examining an earthquake-damaged building on Acton Street. The closest section of the outer wall has collapsed, and the bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the pavement in front. A boat which was being stored inside has toppled over and is now sticking out of the building. Several cars, also stored inside the building, are visible.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office carting bags to their temporary accommodation in Hagley Park.
A photograph of building rubble on the footpath outside the Caffe Roma restaurant on Oxford Terrace.
A photograph of USAR codes spray painted on the front windows of Kebab Masters on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Westpac Trust Building on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the façade of Smith's Bookshop on Manchester Street.
A photograph of USAR and emergency management personnel lining up for lunch in Latimer Square.
A photograph looking across a courtyard in Victoria Square, towards the Town Hall. Liquefaction covers the courtyard.
A photograph of a WRFF Helitack Rappel Crew emergency response vehicle in Wellington.
A photograph of USAR and emergency management personnel lining up for lunch in Latimer Square.
A photograph of a camouflaged armoured vehicle on St Asaph Street.
A photograph of a camouflaged armoured vehicle on St Asaph Street.
A photograph of a wooden frame covered by a tarpaulin on Worcester Street, near Latimer Square.
A photograph of emergency management personnel inside the Canterbury Television Building on Gloucester Street.
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River.
A photograph of members of the New Zealand USAR team examining the collapsed basement of a building in central Christchurch.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Westpac Trust Building on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the windows of the Concrete Club on Manchester Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the façade of Smith's Bookshop on Manchester Street.
A photograph of emergency management personnel eating lunch in the temporary canteen set up in Latimer Square.