Students in the Student Volunteer Army assembling wheelbarrows.
A PDF copy of pages 232-233 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'SVA - The Clean Up'. Photos: Peter Walker, Three Chairs Photography. With permission from Volunteer Army Foundation.
The first meeting for new civil defence volunteers in Christchurch since the earthquake last month has attracted more than four times the number that usually turn up.
Christchurch is preparing to welcome the first refugees to settle in the city since the 2010 earthquake, but it needs more volunteers to help them transition into their new lives.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 12 September 2010 entitled, "Volunteer Quake-catchers".
Page 15 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 19 March 2011.
Page 12 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 21 March 2011.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 22 June 2011.
Canta Magazine Volume 81 Issue 19 from 20 September 2010.
Mayor Bob Parker, Sam Johnson, leader of the Student Volunteer Army, Prime Minister John Key and UCSA president Nick McDonnell at an event to thank the Student Volunteer Army.
Two students who helped organize the 10,000 strong student volunteer army during the Christchurch earthquake are going to Japan to help students there mobilize an army of their own.
Page 13 of Section O of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 23 February 2011.
Page 11 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 18 March 2011.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 18 April 2011.
Page 12 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 29 March 2011.
Page 15 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 21 April 2011.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 18 June 2011 entitled, "Confidence Cracking".
Page 11 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 21 June 2011.
Page 4 of Section B of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 5 March 2011.
Page 7 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 28 February 2011.
A photograph of volunteers preparing the site for Foamapalooza.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi volunteers clearing out sand".
A photograph of volunteers creating the Outdoor Music Room.
A photograph of volunteers painting a mural in Kaiapoi.
A photograph of students from the Student Volunteer Army and Entré with a sign reading, 'Churchill Park'.
A photograph of bricks laid as a pathway in Churchill Park. Each brick has a message written on it.
A photograph of bricks forming a playing square of Christchurch: A Board Game. The bricks show a picture of ChristChurch Cathedral, and read, "ChristChurch Cathedral. Skip church, move to Ferry Rd".
A photograph of students from the Student Volunteer Army and Entré on the site of Christchurch: A Board Game.
A photograph of students from the Student Volunteer Army and Entré with University of Canterbury Vice-Chancellor Rod Carr.
A photograph of bricks laid as a pathway in Churchill Park. Each brick has a message written on it.