Photograph number UC 10-0507-28

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Mayor Bob Parker signs a shovel at an event to thank the Student Volunteer Army.

Photograph number UC 10-0507-27

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Prime Minister John Key signs a shovel at an event to thank the Student Volunteer Army.

Photograph number UC 10-0496-34

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At an event held to thank the Student Volunteer Army, Mayor Bob Parker signs a shovel representative of the hard work by the students.

Raring to Go

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A digitally manipulated of a digger's tread and bucket. The photographer comments, "There is nothing more excitable than a grown man with a big, big toy".

Photograph number UC 10-0496-38

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At an event held to thank the Student Volunteer Army, Op Shop's Jason Kerrison signs a shovel representative of the hard work by the students.

2010 - Photograph of the Student Volunteer Army

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A photograph of University of Canterbury students carrying wheelbarrows, shovels and spades to help clean up liquefaction in earthquake-damaged areas after the September 2010 earthquake.

Northern Outlook Image: Laura Melville 2010:09:04 01:11:52

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Cassia Place brothers Daniel and Josh Evans walk armed with a shovel to borrow fuel, after waking up to find their garden under silt".

Photograph number UC 10-0507-31

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Jason Kerrison of Opshop, Prime Minister John Key, Student Volunteer Army Organiser and Mayor Bob Parker pictured with signed shovels during an event to thank the Student Volunteer Army.

Christchurch Press Image: Charlie Gates 2010:09:04 13:20:26

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Waitaki Street resident Mark Gilbertson shovels silt. The crater on the New Brighton street is where the pavement collapsed, bursting the mains and flooding the street".

Big Red

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A digitally manipulated image of an excavator. The photographer comments, "This is a huge excavator in the Christchurch CBD. It is being used to clear away the enormous amount of rubble from the buildings being demolished. It seems that nearly all the big machinery from all other the world has been needed in the clean up of the earthquake damaged buildings and utilities".

Here We Go Again

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A worker repairs a leaning power pole in Bexley. The photographer comments, "I was told that this electricity pole in Bexley always leans after every big earthquake. Maybe it might take more than a one man and one shovel to put 'straight'".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:09:06 07:35:44

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. University student Sam Johnson organised through Facebook students to go into the suburbs to help residents clean up after Saturday morning's earthquake. They gathered in Halswell to help residents clean up the silt from their properties. Celia Mann and Dave White shovel dirt".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:09:06 07:33:17

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. University student Sam Johnson organised through Facebook students to go into the suburbs to help residents clean up after Saturday morning's earthquake. They gathered in Halswell to help residents clean up the silt from their properties. James Litchwark (L) and Tom van Laanen shovel dirt".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:09:06 07:45:46

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. University student Sam Johnson organised through Facebook students to go into the suburbs to help residents clean up after Saturday morning's earthquake. They gathered in Halswell to help residents clean up the silt from their properties. James Litchwark (L) and James Wigzell shovel dirt from 2A Larsons Road, Halswell".