CPL Ian Warren, from the Royal New Zealand Air Force Air Security team, transporting luggage at the RNZAF Air Movements Terminal in Christchurch.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team sitting against a fence on Worcester Street near Latimer Square.
Members of the Civil Defence Operations Team conferring at their temporary headquarters in the Christchurch Art Gallery after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A member of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team clearing a piece of steel at the site of the CTV building.
A photograph of the helicopter used by a team from Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) to take aerial photographs of Canterbury following the 4 September earthquake.
Gold Award, presented to Jonas Bergler, originally from Germany but now Christchurch based, team leader for Student Volunteer Army online operations by Prime Minister John Key.
Members of the UC CEISMIC team, Chris Thomson, Han Li and Lucy-Jane Walsh, look through the windows of the Starbucks in Cashel Mall.
A photograph of a sign advertising the SCIRT website on the banks of the Avon River.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team working in Christchurch central city. In the background, a digger is clearing rubble.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team working in Christchurch central city. In the background, a digger is clearing rubble.
A member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team clearing a piece of steel at the site of the CTV building.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams cutting through the steel at the site of the CTV building.
A member of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue team using wire cutters to cut through steel at the site of the CTV building.
The inside of the Gap Filler Headquarters. Members of the Gap Filler team are working on a table in the centre of the office.
A photograph of a member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue team searching through the rubble of Ward's Brewery on Fitzgerald Avenue.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage control. Urban Search and Rescue team members liaise with safety officers in front of Blackwells department store in Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A team working on removing business materials from Te Waipounamu House, resting in the shade on Hereford Street".
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams watching a digger clear rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
Structural Engineers from the New Zealand and Los Angeles County Fire Department Urban Search and Rescue teams outside the Kenton Chambers Building on Hereford Street.
The Urban Search and Rescue team searching the remains of the Canterbury Television building for trapped people with the aid of a Southern Demolition digger.
The Urban Search and Rescue team searching the remains of the Canterbury Television building for trapped people with the aid of a Southern Demolition digger.
Members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Air Security team preparing to evacuate Christchurch rest home residents affected by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of members of the Diabetes Centre team standing in front of scaffolding in the entrance way to the Diabetes Centre on Hagley Avenue.
A photograph of members of the Diabetes Centre team standing in front of scaffolding in the entrance way to the Diabetes Centre on Hagley Avenue.
A photograph of a Hutt City Emergency Response team member talking to a police officer on Victoria Street as a group of workers watch on.
A brick wall has been spray painted after being cleared by a USAR team, this system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
Members of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team using a circular saw to cut through steel at the site of the CTV Building.
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 photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and the New Zealand Police walking down Antigua Street, near the Canterbury Brewery.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and the New Zealand Police walking down Antigua Street, near the Canterbury Brewery.