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A photograph captioned by Elizabeth Ackerman, "Brandon, Lance and Elizabeth". The photograph was taken during the Residential Access Project which gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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Heavy traffic at the corner of Moorhouse Avenue and Manchester Street as people attempt to leave the city centre shortly after the 22 February earthquake. The photographer comments, "Just after the aftershock settled on Tuesday afternoon, myself and colleagues fled our Tuam Street office to absolute devastation outside. We couldn't see more than a block in either direction due to the clouds of dust that had arisen from buildings that had just collapsed ... From here, we picked up our vehicles from the CCC car park and headed out to get out of the chaos to a position where we could check on loved ones ... As we got to Moorhouse Avenue, we found we had to quickly drive underneath [the Colombo Street overbridge]and carry on down to Brougham Street as the bridge was being closed at that moment. From Brougham, we headed back up towards Madras. The traffic lights were out and the intersection was chaos. Over the next couple of hours, we continued crawling through heavy traffic. Impressively, everyone was very orderly despite the feeling of panic and the continuing aftershocks. We chatted to others in other vehicles to exchange news and stopped to speak to a lady that had broken down following water in the engine after having driven hrough floods".

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Members of the University of Canterbury's Digital Media Group in their temporary office in KB02 in Kirkwood Village, the complex of prefabs set up after the earthquakes to provide temporary office and classroom space for the university. The photographer comments, "The e-learning group and the video conferencing team are now located in the Kirkwood Village at the University of Canterbury. It's a very impressive project, about 60 buildings arranged in various configurations with some used for teaching or computer labs, and others as staff offices. We will probably stay here for several years now. Looking up the centre of the room towards the front doors. The video conferencing team and Nikki Saunders, the course reader publisher, sit here. (The pizzas are for a moving-in celebration held just after I took these photos.)

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People gather at the corner of Colombo and St Asaph Streets shortly after the 22 February earthquake. A building has collapsed, and bricks and rubble litter the street. The photographer comments, "Just after the aftershock settled on Tuesday afternoon, myself and colleagues fled our Tuam Street office to absolute devastation outside. We couldn't see more than a block in either direction due to the clouds of dust that had arisen from buildings that had just collapsed ... From here, we picked up our vehicles from the CCC car park and headed out to get out of the chaos to a position where we could check on loved ones. Heading first along Manchester Street, buildings that were already heavily damaged were now completely written off. We couldn't get much further down Manchester Street so eventually made it to Colombo Street".

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A photograph taken from Manchester Street of the earthquake-damaged Strange's Building. The third storeys walls have crumbled leaving the inside of the building exposed. People can be seen walking along the street after evacuating their buildings during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Tower Chambers building on the corner of Lichfield and High Streets. The front of the building has completely collapsed. A crowd of people have gathered in front after evacuating their buildings during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Domo furniture store on Tuam Street taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A group of people can be seen walking past the Alice in Videoland building to the right.

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A photograph of the Peaches and Cream store on the corner of Tuam and Manchester Streets taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The shop windows have broken and plaster work has chipped off the corner of the building, onto the street.

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A photograph of a member of the public and a camera man standing in front of collapsed stores on Manchester Street taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. An excavator can be seen in the background removing rubble.

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A photograph of a crushed car under the rubble from the earthquake damaged Cycle Trading store on Manchester Street. The store's main window has been broken and the doors left open. The photograph was taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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A photograph of a rubble from the earthquake damaged Cycle Trading store on Manchester Street taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A cars headlights can be seen through the rubble. The store's main window has been broken and the doors left open.

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A photograph of a crushed car under the rubble from the earthquake damaged Cycle Trading store on Manchester Street. The store's main window has been broken and the doors left open. The photograph was taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.