A photograph of a map used by the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team. The block of buildings between Montreal, Acton, St Asaph, and Antigua Streets has been outlined in red. Halkett Street has also been coloured in red. Various buildings around these areas have been highlighted in orange and blue.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team walking down Gloucester Street towards Latimer Square. To the right, shipping containers have been stacked beside the square. A cordon of wire fences and road cones have also been used to cordon off the street in the distance.
A photograph of a map used by the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team. The block of buildings between Montreal, Acton, St Asaph, and Antigua Streets has been outlined in red. Halkett Street has also been coloured in red. Various buildings around these areas have been highlighted in orange and blue.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Edward Gibbon building on Madras Street. Sections of the top storey have collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the road in front, damaging the awning and smashing several cars. In the foreground members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team are standing on the road.
A photograph of a garage full of furniture and other belongings in Christchurch.
A photograph of liquefaction inside a building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of a pile of rubble and scaffolding on Manchester Street.
A photograph of truck towing a Civil Defence rescue trailer.
A photograph of collapsed scaffolding outside a building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of several earthquake-damaged houses on Chester Street East.
A photograph of a car stuck in liquefaction on Montreal Street.
A photograph of emergency management personnel taking a break in Latimer Square.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the roof of a house in Christchurch .
A photograph of boxes stacked inside the Christchurch Art Gallery.
A photograph of the Hotel Grand Chancellor with a noticeable slump.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team inside an earthquake-damaged house. The wall to the left has collapsed and has been covered with plastic sheeting. Bricks and other rubble cover the floor of the room. A chest of drawers with clothing still inside has toppled to the left and is resting on the rubble.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing in front of an earthquake-damaged building on Lichfield Street. A section of the roof and the façade on the top storey of the building have collapsed and the bricks and other rubble have spilled onto the footpath and street below. USAR codes have been spray-painted on one of the bottom-storey windows and the front door.
A photograph of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team posing for a photograph on Lichfield Street. In the background is the earthquake-damaged John Burns & Co. Ltd Building. The top storey of the side wall of the building has collapsed and the rubble has spilled into the car park below. Several cars which were crushed by the falling rubble have been stacked next to the building.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team climbing a ladder up the back of a house on Gloucester Street. The ladder has been placed against the house so that the ERT members can enter the building through the open window. To the right a section of the house next door has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the shed below.
A photograph looking south down Manchester towards the intersection of Lichfield Street. In the distance members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team are standing next to a police car on Lichfield Street. Behind this there is a group of earthquake-damaged buildings which have spilled rubble onto Manchester Street. An excavator is parked on top of this rubble.
A photograph of workers in Latimer Square preparing food for emergency management personnel.
A photograph of emergency management personnel in the Christchurch Art Gallery.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble on the corner of Manchester and Lichfield Street.
A photograph of a pile of rubble and scaffolding on Manchester Street.
A photograph of an emergency management member photographing the interior of an earthquake-damaged building.
A photograph of emergency management personnel standing outside the Harcourts Building on Madras Street.
A photograph of crates of supplies outside the USAID tent in Latimer Square.
A photograph of emergency management personnel in a marquee outside the Christchurch Art Gallery.
A photograph of emergency management personnel lining up for breakfast in Latimer Square.
A photograph of USAR and emergency management personnel eating lunch in Latimer Square.