Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Police search an area around the Sumner RSA".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Police search an area around the Sumner RSA".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Police search an area around the Sumner RSA".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Police search an area around the Sumner RSA".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Police search an area around the Sumner RSA".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Police search an area around the Sumner RSA".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Police search an area around the Sumner RSA".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Police search an area around the Sumner RSA".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Police search an area around the Sumner RSA".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Police search an area around the Sumner RSA".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Police search an area around the Sumner RSA".
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue breaking through the floor of a building which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue breaking through the floor of a building which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Emergency personnel gathered on Madras Street outside the collapsed Canterbury Television building. A digger can be seen searching the rubble while fire fighters work to extinguish the fire in the building.
Emergency personnel gathered on Madras Street outside the collapsed Canterbury Television building. A digger and the Urban Search and Rescue team can be seen searching the rubble while fire fighters work to extinguish the fire in the building.
Page 6 of Section O of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 23 February 2011.
The cartoon shows a digger dredging through the rubble and digging up a red heart representing 'hope' (Tom Scott doesn't do colour so this is significant). A rescuer nearby yells 'Careful! It's still beating'. Context - on 22 February 2011 a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck in Christchurch which has probably killed more than 200 people (at this point the number is still not known) and caused much more severe damage. There were many people trapped in collapsed buildings and it was apparent in only two or three days that in most cases they could not have survived but of course people still held out impossible hope. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Members of the Urban Search and Rescue teams from Auckland at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Air Movements Terminal in Christchurch.
The Taiwanese Search and Rescue team at the Christchurch International Airport after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
A press release from the United States Embassy New Zealand about the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team gifting their New Zealand counterparts around $600,000 worth of sophisticated detection and rescue equipment after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Members of the Urban Search and Rescue teams from Auckland observing two minutes of silence a week after the 22 September 2011 earthquake.
Emergency personnel lifting a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street during their search for trapped people.
A press release from the Office of the Press Secretary in the US White House announcing the deployment of a US Agency for International Development (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The response team included the Los Angeles County Fire Department Urban Search and Rescue Team who assisted with the search and rescue efforts.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team working in Christchurch central city. In the background, a digger is clearing rubble.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team working in Christchurch central city. In the background, a digger is clearing rubble.
The Taiwanese Search and Rescue team being farewelled at the Christchurch International Airport after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
The Taiwanese Search and Rescue team being farewelled at the Christchurch International Airport after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
The Taiwanese Search and Rescue team being farewelled at the Christchurch International Airport after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
The Taiwanese Search and Rescue team being farewelled at the Christchurch International Airport after helping out with the emergency response to the Canterbury Earthquake.
A photograph of a member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue team searching through the rubble of Ward's Brewery on Fitzgerald Avenue.