WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 64

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A photograph of the broken windows of the Press House on Gloucester Street.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 65

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A photograph of emergency management personnel exiting the car park of the earthquake-damaged Press House on Gloucester Street.

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Martin van Beynen, a reporter for The Press newspaper, photographing damage to Wave House (Winnie Bagoes Pizza Bar). Masonry from the building has collapsed onto several parked cars.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 66

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A photograph of emergency management personnel exiting the car park of the earthquake-damaged Press House on Gloucester Street. One of the team is pushing a wheelbarrow full of various supplies.

Press Release from the US House of Representatives Congressional Delegation

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A press release from the US House of Representatives Congressional Delegation containing a message from Donald Manzullo, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, about the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch. Mr Manzullo was attending the US-NZ Partnership Forum in Christchurch house before the earthquake hit.

Readout of the President's Call to Prime Minister Key of New Zealand

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A press release from the Office of the Press Secretary in the US White House about President Obama's call to Prime Minister John Key to express his condolences over the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch and to offer American assistance.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 62

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A photograph looking east down Gloucester Street from near the Manchester Street intersection. Members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and construction workers are walking down the street. To their right is the new Press House building with many broken windows. In the foreground, the Coachman building has sustained earthquake damage to the façade. Wire fences have been placed around the building as a cordon.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 63

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A photograph of a Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team member talking to a member of the Professional Building Services on Gloucester Street. In the background is the Press House building with many cracks in the façade. Bits of bricks and other debris are scattered across the footpath. Some of the windows above the facade have broken. USAR codes have been spray-painted on one of the bottom-storey windows.

USAID Responds to New Zealand Earthquake

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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.

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An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street looking west towards Latimer Square. The new Press Building and the Marque/Pacific Towers buildings are at the centre of the photo with the Cathedral in the lower right".

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An aerial photograph of Cathedral Square. Captions added by BeckerFraserPhotos identify the demolition sites of key buildings.