Army engineers assist local authorities in the Christchurch earthquake

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A video about the New Zealand Army's engineers working with the Christchurch City Council and community centres to secure buildings in Christchurch, set up bases in Latimer Square, and fix infrastructure such as Burwood Hospital's water supply.

HMNZS Canterbury re-supplies for the Christchurch earthquake relief effort

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A video about the HMNZS Canterbury which travelled to Wellington after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to refuel and gather supplies. The crew worked overnight to ensure that they could return to the people of Lyttelton as quickly as possible.

Rebekah Rogers WEMO Photograph 074

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A photograph of the earthquake damage the brick fence of a house in Christchurch. Bricks from the broken fence have been stacked on the footpath in front. Liquefaction has been piled on the footpath and road cones placed in front.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 107

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to Wharetiki on Colombo Street. One of the walls has buckled and pulled away from the house. In the distance another house has a noticeable lean.

Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 33

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A photograph of emergency personnel in Cowles Stadium on Pages Road. The stadium was set up by Civil Defence as temporary accommodation for citizens displaced by the 4 September 2010 earthquake. In the foreground, the registration table has a Civil Defence sign reading, "Please register here".

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 164

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A photograph of emergency management personnel inspecting a room inside a building. A section of the wall in front of them has been removed so that it is now possible to see into the adjoining room. The closest room is full of cardboard filing boxes.

Kim Wright WEMO Photograph 051

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A photograph of earthquake damage to a road in Christchurch. A hole has been filled with gravel, and a road cone placed on top. In the background, cracks and liquefaction can be seen.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 083

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A photograph of a large crack in the pavement of Gayhurst road revealing that the ground has subsided under the tarmac.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 43

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A photograph of a car on Montreal Street submerged in liquefaction. The liquefaction on the rest of the road has been cleared away leaving only the patch around and under the car.

Byron Williams WEMO Photograph 12

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A photograph of a hole in a road. Road cones and police tape have been placed around the hole as a warning to road users.

Kim Wright WEMO Photograph 066

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Lichfield Street. The brick wall of the top storey of the building has crumbled, exposing the wooden structure underneath. Many of the windows are broken.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 114

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A photograph of a silt volcano. Silt volcanoes are caused by liquefaction, when the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.

Jim Baltaxe WEMO Photograph 041

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. A view through the window reveals that the side wall has crumbled. A pile of bricks can be seen in the car port.

Jim Baltaxe WEMO Photograph 128

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A photograph of a red sticker on the wire fencing outside a house on Papanui Street. The sticker indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Rebekah Rogers WEMO Photograph 075

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A photograph of the earthquake damage the brick fence of a house in Christchurch. Bricks from the broken fence have been stacked on the footpath in front. Liquefaction has been piled on the footpath and road cones placed in front.

Rebekah Rogers WEMO Photograph 076

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A photograph of a sign on a set of letterboxes in a residential property. The sign reads, "Broken water pipe outside entrance to flat 2 and 3 (down right side of house). Water meter has been turned off. 03/03".

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 41

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of shops on Manchester Street. The top storey of the shops has collapsed and the bricks and other rubble have spilled onto the street.

Sonja Farmer Photograph 24

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a fence on Park Terrace. The fence has crumbled, spilling bricks onto the pavement. Some of the bricks have been stacked behind.

Sonja Farmer Photograph 19

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A photograph of an earthquake-damaged fence on Montreal Street. The top half of the wall has crumbled, the bricks spilling onto the footpath.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 19

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team examining the path between two houses in Christchurch. The path is covered in rubble from the collapsed house to the right. A dog is walking through the rubble.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 28

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the back of a building on Madras Street. The outer walls of the building have collapsed and the bricks and other rubble have spilled onto the car park.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 108

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to Wharetiki on Colombo Street. One of the walls has buckled and pulled away from the house.

Kim Wright WEMO Photograph 029

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A photograph of a house on Montreal Street opposite the Christchurch Art Gallery. The chimney has been removed from the roof and a tarpaulin has been secured over the top.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 41

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A photograph of a car on Montreal Street submerged in liquefaction. The liquefaction on the rest of the road has been cleared away leaving only the patch around and under the car.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 109

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to Wharetiki on Colombo Street. One of the side walls has buckled and pulled away from the house.

Jim Baltaxe WEMO Photograph 091

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a residential road in Christchurch. Road cones have been placed around lifted man holes to warn road users.

Jim Baltaxe WEMO Photograph 092

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A photograph of an access hole in a residential street in Christchurch which has lifted out of the road. A road cone and spray-painted lines have been placed on top to warn road users.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 55

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A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on Manchester Street. In the background emergency management personnel in hazmat suits are standing in groups.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 146

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house. Large cracks have formed in between the bricks in the wall of the house. There is also a large crack on the left side of the second storey where the column has shifted.

Jim Baltaxe WEMO Photograph 109

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers on Durham Street. The top of the chamber has crumbled, and the masonry has fallen onto the footpath. Scaffolding which was erected after the 4 September 2010 earthquake has also fallen.