A view down Colombo Street of a team of Fire Service and Search and Rescue personnel using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Behind them the broken tower of the Christ Church Cathedral can be seen.
An image from a Army News March 2011 photo compilation titled, "All in a Days Work". The image is captioned, "Searching through the rubble". In the image, members of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team are digging through rubble in the central city. In the background, a digger can be seen.
A photograph of a group of tents set up in Latimer Square next to the Singapore Rescue Team's store and equipment area. Plastic mesh and tape has been placed around the tents as a fence. The tents were used as temporary accommodation for emergency management personnel after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Members of the Urban Search and Rescue teams from Auckland at the Air Force air movements terminal in Christchurch.
Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tim Manning, briefing members of the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) upon their arrival in Christchurch to assist with search and rescue efforts.
Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tim Manning, briefing members of the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) upon their arrival in Christchurch to assist with search and rescue efforts.
Emergency personnel helping an injured man who was trapped in the collapsed Pyne Gould Corporation building. He can be seen descending down the shaft of a crane. This photograph shows how the building's different floors have "pancaked", collapsing on to each other.
The Southern Espresso Rescue coffee van, which sold coffees to the audience at Gap Filler's "Film in the Gap!" project in Beckenham.
Members of the Urban Search and Rescue teams from Auckland at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Air Movements Terminal in Christchurch.
Personnel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Singapore Army, the New Zealand Police, the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue Team, and St John, standing for two minutes of silence outside the Christ Church Cathedral in honour of the people who lost their lives in 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.
Following the briefing for the University of Canterbury staff working bee, university staff and Urban Search and Rescue workers gather outside before the cleanup begins.
A member of the New Zealand Police with an injured man, rescued from the collapsed PGC building. The man's head has been wrapped in bandages.
Members of the Urban Search and Rescue teams from Auckland boarding an air craft at the Royal New Zealand Air Force air movements terminal in Christchurch.
A digger clearing rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
A photograph of the Regent Theatre dome sitting in a garden. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Rescued dome at Paddy Snowden's place, Brittan Street, Linwood".
A photograph of the Regent Theatre dome sitting in a garden. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Rescued dome at Paddy Snowden's place, Brittan Street, Linwood".
A photograph of the Regent Theatre dome sitting in a garden. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Rescued dome at Paddy Snowden's place, Brittan Street, Linwood".
A photograph of the Regent Theatre dome sitting in a garden. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Rescued dome at Paddy Snowden's place, Brittan Street, Linwood".
Members of the New Zealand Defence Force and Urban Search and Rescue teams from Auckland observing two minutes of silence a week after the 22 September 2011 earthquake.
Members of the New Zealand Defence Force and Urban Search and Rescue teams from Auckland observing two minutes of silence a week after the 22 September 2011 earthquake.
Members of the New Zealand Search and Rescue (USAR) team in Latimer Square. After the 22 February 2011 earthquake, emergency service agencies set up their headquarters in Latimer Square.
A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Wednesday 17 August 2011.
A digger at the site of the CTV Building. In the background, the elevator shaft can still be seen.
Two diggers at the site of the CTV Building. In the background, the elevator shaft can still be seen.
Diggers at the CTV site. The rubble from the site has mostly been cleared, leaving an empty building site.
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "2011 Top Ten, Continued".
A store on Manchester Street with "NO GO" spray-painted in the front window as well as other search and rescue codes. 'Danger keep out' tape has been placed across the property.
Diggers at the CTV site. The rubble from the site has mostly been cleared, leaving an empty building site.
Two diggers at the site of the CTV Building. In the background, the elevator shaft can still be seen.