Quake victim's husband blames rescue effort for her death
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A lawyer is claiming five victims of February's Christchurch earthquake died because of inept search and rescue efforts.
A lawyer is claiming five victims of February's Christchurch earthquake died because of inept search and rescue efforts.
An article from Army News, March 2011 titled, "Looking for Life Amidst the Rubble".
A lawyer is claiming five victims of February's Christchurch earthquake died because of inept search and rescue efforts.
Relatives of the victims of February's earthquake in Christchurch are backing a new police inquiry into how people were rescued in the aftermath of the disaster.
Parliament has adjourned for two weeks following the declaration of a national emergency after yesterday's devastating Canterbury earthquake. The leadership of the various parties took turns to acknowlege the disaster and pay tribute to it victims and heroes.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 24 February 2011.
The family of a Christchurch earthquake victim wants the Royal Commission to investigate all Search and Rescue efforts during the disaster. The Government faces a higher-than-forecast Budget deficit.
A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Wednesday 17 August 2011.
A graffiti-style recruitment advertisement for the NZ Police, depicting police officer Nao Yoshimizu comforting the grieving relative of an earthquake victim. The image has been further graffitied to hide the officer's uniform, and the original advertisement text ("You too can do something extraordinary. Become a cop.") altered to read "You too can do something ordinary. Become a human".
The cartoon shows the word 'survivors' in very large print which fades out towards the end of the word. A second version is the same as the first but has the text 'Search called off' in the top left corner. A third version shows the word 'survivors' against a background of the ruined Christchurch Cathedral. Context - The moment when it was realized that no more people could have survived the Christchurch of 22 February 2011. To date there have been about 165 confirmed dead but there are more bodies still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. Three versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).
A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Wednesday 22 February 2012.
A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Friday 4 November 2011.
Page 5 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 10 September 2011.
Page 4 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 30 June 2012.
A review of the week's news including: Christchurch's emergency operation moves from rescue to recovery, two minutes' silence observed nationwide, government announces aid package, Finance Minister outlines cost of quake, a fifth of Christchurch population has fled, inquiry launched into collapse of damaged buildings, many Christchurch schools remain closed and some of their pupils enrol elsewhere, students and farmers roll up their sleeves to help quake victims, rescuers tell stories of survival, hundreds of Wellington buildings expected not to meet earthquake safety standards and time capsule discovered under statue of Christchurch founding father
The Maori Council confirms it will go to court to try and stop the partial sales of power companies. Advocates for sexual assault victims say the police have been too slow to improve the way they deal with complaints and concern that management problems at the Fire Service hampered rescue efforts after Canterbury's deadly earthquake.
Page 2 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 30 June 2012.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 4 December 2012.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 31 March 2014.
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 31 March 2014.
It's been a year since the police announced new measures to get more women into the force. One of those measures was a reality tv show, "Women In Blue", that followed seven female police officers on the job. Among them was Constable Bridget Suckling, who specialises in disaster victim identification. She juggles major operations such as Pike River and the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes with her work on the Auckland Search and rescue squad.She talks to Katy Gosset about why she joined the police and the impact of "Women in Blue".