A photograph of a New Zealand Fire Service Environment Protection Unit truck parked outside Latimer Square.
A video about the New Zealand Army's delivery of chemical toilets to Christchurch residents without plumbing.
One black hardcover book with a multi-coloured dust jacket depicting men in uniform amongst rubble entitled 'Christchurch 22.2: Beyond the Cordon' containing colour photographs by the New Zealand Police following the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The severe damage to Christchurch’s central city caused by the 22 February 2011 earthquake is unique...
Richard Collins' food retail business was destroyed after the February earthquake in Christchurch. He has started a new life in Kakanui in Waitaki.
"Extraordinary powers for extraordinary times."The Government says that's what it's giving to the new Christchurch earthquake authority it's set up to lead the rebuild.
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Friends Helping Friends".
Sarah Lockey is a New Zealander in London who is organising a fundraiser for Canterbury earthquake victims.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New Zealand Post, ASB Bank and BNZ Bank on Oxford Terrace".
A photograph of a Royal New Zealand Air Force aeroplane at the Air Movements Terminal in Christchurch.
An image from a Army News March 2011 article titled, "Defence Medical Personnel Use Their Expertise". In the image, Royal New Zealand Air Force and New Zealand Army personnel are checking on a rest home resident who is being evacuated from Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The new Shag Rock".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The new Shag Rock".
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "2011 Top Ten, Continued".
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Two Years in Pictures".
A view across the intersection of Salisbury and Manchester Streets to the National Library of New Zealand building.
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Aloha Nui Loa, Christchurch".
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Independence Day in Christchurch".
Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Horne is at her home in Christchurch, which has sunken into the ground.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Bank of New Zealand building on Charles Street in Kaiapoi".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Bank of New Zealand building on Charles Street in Kaiapoi".
A photograph of a member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force loading a helicopter at Hagley Park.
A photograph of a Royal New Zealand Air Force Hercules C-130 on the runway at Wellington airport.
A photograph of a Royal New Zealand Air Force Hercules C-130 on the runway at Wellington airport.
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "American Friends of Christchurch".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Bank of New Zealand building on Charles Street in Kaiapoi".
Personnel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Singapore Army, the New Zealand Police, the New Zealand Urban Search and Recue Team, and St John, paying their respects to the people who lost their lives during the 22 February 2011 earthquake at a memorial of flowers in Cathedral Square.
The M7.1 Darfield earthquake shook the town of Christchurch (New Zealand) in the early morning on Saturday 4th September 2010 and caused damage to a number of heritage unreinforced masonry buildings. No fatalities were reported directly linked to the earthquake, but the damage to important heritage buildings was the most extensive to have occurred since the 1931 Hawke‟s Bay earthquake. In general, the nature of damage was consistent with observations previously made on the seismic performance of unreinforced masonry buildings in large earthquakes, with aspects such as toppled chimneys and parapets, failure of gables and poorly secured face-loaded walls, and in-plane damage to masonry frames all being extensively documented. This report on the performance of the unreinforced masonry buildings in the 2010 Darfield earthquake provides details on typical building characteristics, a review of damage statistics obtained by interrogating the building assessment database that was compiled in association with post-earthquake building inspections, and a review of the characteristic failure modes that were observed.
On 22 February 2011,a magnitude Mw 6.3 earthquake occurred with an epicenter located near Lyttelton at about 10km from Christchurch in Canterbury region on the South Island of New Zealand (Figure 1). Since this earthquake occurred in the midst of the aftershock activity which had continued since the 4 September 2010 Darfield Earthquake occurrence, it was considered to be an aftershock of the initial earthquake. Because of the short distance to the city and the shallower depth of the epicenter, this earthquake caused more significant damage to pipelines, traffic facilities, residential houses/properties and multi-story buildings in the central business district than the September 2010 Darfield Earthquake in spite of its smaller earthquake magnitude. Unfortunately, this earthquake resulted in significant number of casualties due to the collapse of multi-story buildings and unreinforced masonry structures in the city center of Christchurch. As of 4 April, 172 casualties were reported and the final death toll is expected to be 181. While it is extremely regrettable that Christchurch suffered a terrible number of victims, civil and geotechnical engineers have this hard-to-find opportunity to learn the response of real ground from two gigantic earthquakes which occurred in less than six months from each other. From geotechnical engineering point of view, it is interesting to discuss the widespread liquefaction in natural sediments, repeated liquefaction within short period and further damage to earth structures which have been damaged in the previous earthquake. Following the earthquake, an intensive geotechnical reconnaissance was conducted to capture evidence and perishable data from this event. The team included the following members: Misko Cubrinovski (University of Canterbury, NZ, Team Leader), Susumu Yasuda (Tokyo Denki University, Japan, JGS Team Leader), Rolando Orense (University of Auckland, NZ), Kohji Tokimatsu (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan), Ryosuke Uzuoka (Tokushima University, Japan), Takashi Kiyota (University of Tokyo, Japan), Yasuyo Hosono (Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan) and Suguru Yamada (University of Tokyo, Japan).
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Christchurch Earthquake Teams in Motion".
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Dealing with Post-Quake Stress".