Saturday, March 5, 2011

Canterbury / Christchurch Earthquake 2011 - Weekend


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Student volunteer army members help to clean up an Avonside Drive property. At front, from left, are Lynda Wright and Liz Williams. An expert screens the rubble at the destroyed CTV site in Madras St. Helen Clark comforts Murray Shaw, the deputy chair of New Zealand On Air, outside the Civil Defence headquaters in Christchurch today. Children ride their bikes past huge piles of liquefaction along Roxburgh street in Beckenham. Farmers spent the morning clearing the silt and making the road passable. The Christchurch Bascilica lies in ruins. Lyttelton Lounge worker Martine Ribotton is comforted as the cafe where she worked is demolished. A Southern Demolition worker retrieves a chair from the condemned Lyttelton Lounge at the request of the owner. He did not know his cafe was being demolished. Police patrol the city centre on push bikes. Prime Minister John Key, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker outside Latimer Square. Ross Whelan and daughter Madelyne Whelan stand beside the remains of their local shops in Christchurch. Chris Crishom helps clean up the streets of Christchurch. A Chinese recovery team works with members of New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue to carry a body from the Canterbury TV site. Prime Minister John Key prior to the start of a media conference. Resident around Christchurch begin the painful task of cleaning up in the suburbs after the devastating 6.3 earthquake earlier in the week. Palmers street resident Todd Roydon next to his house which has been condemed. Shirley resident Paul Stratford cleans the sand away from his daughter's toy Batmobile. Shirley resident Paul Stratford has a laugh as he tries to clear the sand away from his daughter's rocking horse in his Riselaw street backyard. Dust fills the streets of Christchurch as the sand left over from liquefaction starts to dry out. Shirley resident Noy Godfrey doesn't know where to start as she cleans the sand from the front of her home. Prime Minister John Key visits the tent city at Latimer Square. Prime Minister John Key visits the tent city at Latimer Square. Prime Minister John Keyand Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee greet rescue workers on a visit to the tent city in Latimer Square, Christchurch. Prime Minister John Keyand Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee greet rescue workers on a visit to the tent city in Latimer Square, Christchurch. Prime Minister John Key visited the tent city at Latimer Square and got a hug from one of the English rescue workers. A rescue worker in tent city at Latimer Square. Inside the area for the rescue workers at Latimer Square. Brent Smith with his daughters Bryony and Shannon at the site of their Christchurch house which had to be destroyed after it was severly damaged by both quakes. Brent Smith has had his house destroyed after it was severly damaged after both quakes. Members of the Smith family watch as their historic house is demolished in Christchurch. The 1850s-era Hambledon Bed and Breakfast was left uninhabitable after the September quake. A cyclist rides through a silt and water logged street in the suburb of Richmond. Residents in New Brighton collect water from a tanker that came through their street early in the day. Thomas Healey carries a full gas bottle tied to his back, back to a relief centre in New Brighton. A disorientated cat drinks from ground water in a gutter in the suburb of Richmond. A crane clears debris in Lyttelton. The Nelson Redcross Response team, Hugh Leckie, Isabelle Lotscher, Cheynne Leslie, David van der Peet, Debbie Preest, Steve King, Lee Bradley and Tasman area manager Fraser Benson prepare to head out to the suburbs of Christchurch this morning. Dave Hallfrey (from ENZED Canterbury) and Emma Gray (from Divine Cake company), have been giving away free food near the Palms Mall. Dave Hallfrey from ENZEND Canterbury has been giving away free sausages and bread, just to help out. HELPING HANDS: Constable David Filmer gets some tension relief from Christine Carter. Carter has been giving stress relief therapy to police and rescue workings coming back from their duties at the end of a long day. 

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