Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 055

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A photograph of a Wellington Emergency Management Office cap.

Kim Wright WEMO Photograph 043

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office in a van.

Lessons for Wellington from the Canterbury quake

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The head of an international team of engineers who design for disasters says Wellington should look closely at the lessons from the Canterbury earthquake.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 070

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office, taking photos of damage on a residential street.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 087

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office, taking photographs of damage along Gayhurst Road.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 104

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office crossing Glenarm Terrace in Dallington.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 129

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office, examining the lateral shifting of a rural road.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 074

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A photograph of Mark Osborne, a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office, taking a photograph of a crack down the middle of a road.

Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 127

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office in the departure lounge of the Christchurch International Airport.

Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 122

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing on a pile of bricks from an earthquake-damaged building in the Christchurch central city.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 125

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A photograph of a map of the Greendale fault line in Canterbury used by volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office.

Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 121

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing on a pile of bricks from an earthquake-damaged building in the Christchurch central city.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 126

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A photograph of a map of the Greendale fault line in Canterbury used by volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office.

Kim Wright WEMO Photograph 050

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office on the side of a road in Christchurch. Cracks and liquefaction can be seen at the entrance to a property.

Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 110

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A photograph of a volunteer from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing in a crack in a field near the Greendale fault line.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 098

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A photograph of Mark Osborne, a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office, outside the office block of St Paul's School in Dallington.

Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 52

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing outside an earthquake damaged building on Lichfield Street. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.

Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 124

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office sitting on a fence around a group of earthquake-damaged shops on Manchester Street.

Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 111

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A photograph of a volunteer from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing in a crack in a field near the Greendale fault line.

Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 123

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office sitting on a fence around a group of earthquake-damaged shops on Manchester Street.

Kim Wright WEMO Photograph 062

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office taking photographs of the lateral shifting and cracks in a road after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 093

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A photograph of a road cone in a crack in the footpath outside St Paul's School. In the background, volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office are surveying the damage.

Kim Wright WEMO Photograph 001

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office checking in at the Crowne Plaza on Kilmore Street. In the background, a broken window has been boarded up with plywood.

Kim Wright WEMO Photograph 060

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A photograph of volunteers fron the Wellington Emergency Management Office walking down an earthquake damaged street in Christchurch. In the background, one of the houses has a yellow sticker, indicating that access is restricted.

Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 119

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office working at the reception of the Civil Defence Report Centre set up in Cowles Stadium.

Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 090

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office lining up outside a Maggi van which is distributing out soup. The van is parked outside Cowles Stadium on Pages Road, which was set up by Civil Defence as temporary accommodation for those displaced by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 054

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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office with members of the New Zealand Army and New Zealand Police. In the background, a St John's ambulance can be seen.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 065

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A photograph of members of the Red Cross and the Wellington Emergency Management Office organising supplies and temporary accommodation in Cowles Stadium for refugees from the 4 September earthquake.

4 September 2010 Canterbury Earthquake (18 November)

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PDF slides from a presentation given by Dr. Thomas Wilson from the UC Geology department on 18 November 2010 in Wellington. The presentation was delivered at a State Services Briefing at the Reserve Bank Seminar Room, and at a public talk for UC Alumni at the Wellington Club.

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office organising supplies in Cowles Stadium on Pages Road. The stadium was set up as temporary accommodation for those displaced by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.