WEMO ERT Set 4 - March 2011 - Photograph 11

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A photograph of a sign taped to a window. The sign includes a bullet pointed list of humorous observations about Christchurch following the February 2011 earthquake. The sign reads, "You know you're from Christchurch when: you use the term 'liquefaction' and 'seismic design' in casual conversation; digging a hole and shitting in your garden is no longer weird; your mayor describes the city as munted. If he means FUBARed, you agree; weaving through car size potholes on the street is no longer weird; a shower is heaven; you have a preference of which kind of silt you'd rather shovel, dry or wet; you see tanks...driving around town; you are always noting what you are under; due to frequent aftershocks during the night, you sleep like a baby - every 10 minutes you wake up and shit yourself".

WEMO ERT Team Set 3 - April 2011 - Photograph 09

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A photograph of the back page of a Christchurch City Council form. The form allowed contractors to apply for the authorisation to enter the Christchurch Red Zone after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Information on the back reads, "What does this authorisation mean for me? I am wearing appropriate personal protection clothing and equipment. At all times DO NOT enter any red placarded building. You may enter a yellow placarded building for a period of time (no longer than 30 minutes) and follow the instruction of the escorts. A green placarded building may be accessed for longer periods. Please note: do not enter any buildings which are not for the purpose of your authorisation".

WEMO ERT Set 4 - March 2011 - Photograph 03

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A photograph of a camp site in Latimer Square. The camp has been set up as temporary accommodation for emergency management personnel. Three tents have been pitched and there are crates and boxes of gear stacked in front.

WEMO ERT Set 4 - March 2011 - Photograph 04

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A photograph of a sign on a portaloo in Latimer Square. The sign reads, "Do not dispose of dust masks in the toilet/bathroom, as they are blocking pumps".

WEMO ERT Set 4 - March 2011 - Photograph 05

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A photograph of an earthquake damaged house. A USAR team has spray-painted a message on the side of the house. The message reads, "Pile cleared by dogs, 4 March". To the left, a pile of rubble is lying next to the house.

WEMO ERT Set 4 - March 2011 - Photograph 01

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A photograph of a whiteboard in the Christchurch City Council Command Unit in Latimer Square. The whiteboard includes information about each USAR team working in Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

WEMO ERT Set 4 - March 2011 - Photograph 14

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A photograph of the McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street. Small pieces of masonry have crumbled from the pillars between the windows and fallen onto the footpath below. The front door has also shattered and broken glass has spilled onto the footpath in front. The word "clear" has been spray-painted on the bottom-storey window to the left.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 134

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Hereford Street. A column on the right side of the building has snapped and the side wall has pulled away from the building. USAR codes have been spray-painted on one of the windows on the bottom storey. In the foreground there is a police car.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 215

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A photograph of flooding in the car park in the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. Several cars parked in the car park are submerged in the water.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 13

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A photograph of a path between two houses in Christchurch. The path is covered in rubble from the collapsed house to the right.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 66

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A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble from several earthquake-damaged buildings on Manchester Street. In the foreground a member of an emergency management team is watching on. Several other emergency management personnel can also be seen in the distance.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 07

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a room inside a house in Christchurch. Large sections of the plaster have crumbled from the walls, revealing the brick wall underneath.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 131

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A photograph of an excavator demolishing the Country Theme Store building on the corner of St Asaph and Manchester Streets. Road cones have been placed along St Asaph Street as a cordon.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 241

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A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River. An excavator is sitting on top of the rubble. There is a crane to the left.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 160

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a group of buildings on Hereford Street. The front walls of the buildings have collapsed, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the street.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 78

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A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Oxford Terrace Baptist Church. Steels bracing has been used to stabilise the front of the building. Crumbled masonry and other rubble is still lying in front. Wire fences have been placed around the building site as a cordon.

WEMO ERT Set 4 - March 2011 - Photograph 02

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team spray-painting a line on Manchester Street. In the background is a pile of rubble.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 082

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team outside a building in the Christchurch city centre. One of the men is holding bolt cutters.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 52

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A photograph looking down south down Poplar Lane from the intersection of Lichfield Street. The lane is littered with bricks from the earthquake-damaged buildings above. A car parked on the right side of the lane has also been crushed by the falling bricks. Behind the car a message reading, 'Open your eyes. Life is beautiful', has been chalked on a brick wall.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 174

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a Stonehurst Accommodation building on Gloucester Street. The bottom storey of the building has collapsed and the top two storeys are resting on the rubble. The closest wall of the building has also collapsed, exposing the rooms inside.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 18

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and the Red Cross, standing on the corner of Lichfield and High Streets. In the background large piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings line the street.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 79

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of buildings in central Christchurch. The basement of the buildings have collapsed and the concrete blocks have spilled into the car park. Large cracks have also formed in between the blocks in the walls of the building to the left.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 167

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A photograph of emergency management personnel examining a block of earthquake-damaged rooms at Stonehurst Accommodation on Gloucester Street. The bottom storey of the block has collapsed and the remaining rooms are now resting on an incline. The front walls of these rooms have also collapsed and the rubble has spilled in to the courtyard in front. Cordon tape has been draped across the courtyard in front of the rubble. In the foreground there is liquefaction on the ground from a liquefaction volcano.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 102

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A photograph of a the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. An excavator is parked on the street to the left. Wire fencing has been placed around the buildings on the other side of the street.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 177

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A photograph of USAR codes spray-painted in the window of St Elmo Courts on the corner of Hereford and Montreal Streets. There are large cracks in the wall next to the window and scaffolding to the left.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 03

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A photograph of an earthquake-damaged house. A large section of the house has collapsed, the bricks spilling into the garden in front.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 054

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A photograph of a United Kingdom International Search and Rescue Service tent in Latimer Square.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 25

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team climbing a stairway inside an earthquake-damaged house. Bricks have fallen from the storey above and have covered the stairs.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 016

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team in Latimer Square. There are members of other emergency management teams in the background including the Tauranga Response Team, the Taupo Response Team, and the New South Wales USAR team.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 189

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A photograph of cars in a driveway which have been crushed by fallen bricks. The bricks came from an earthquake-damaged wall above.