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Staff member guards a fence closing off the campus after the September earthquake.

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One of the "Emergency campus closed" signs put up around the University following the September earthquake.

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One of the "Emergency campus closed" signs put up around the University following the September earthquake.

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One of the "Emergency campus closed" signs put up around the University following the September earthquake.

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Members of the emergency response team look at a map of the campus at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.

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Prime Minister John Key visits the campus to thank the Student Volunteer Army who helped with the clean up following the September earthquake.

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Prime Minister John Key visits the campus to thank the Student Volunteer Army who helped with the clean up following the September earthquake.

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Prime Minister John Key visits the campus to thank the Student Volunteer Army who helped with the clean up following the September earthquake.

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Media photograph Prime Minister John Key, Opshop frontman Jason Kerrison and Student Volunteer Army Organiser Sam Johnson at an event held on campus to thank the student volunteers.

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:12:16 12:04:16

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "School's out! Pupils from St Pauls School leave their temporary campus at Catholic Cathedral College for the summer holidays. The Dallington Catholic school pupils have had a hell of a time after their school was badly damaged in the 4 September earthquake".

Shake proves precautions at chemistry faculty

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The University of Canterbury Dept. of Chemistry has weathered the Canterbury Earthquake of September 4, 2010 very well due to a combination of good luck, good planning and dedicated effort. We owe a great deal to university Emergency Response Team and Facilities Management Personnel. The overall emergency preparedness of the university was tested to a degree far beyond anything else in its history and shown to be well up to scratch. A strong cooperative relationship between the pan-campus controlling body and the departmental response teams greatly facilitated our efforts. Information and assistance was provided promptly, as and when we needed it without unnecessary bureaucratic overheads. At the departmental level we are indebted to the technical staff who implemented the invaluable pre-quake mitigation measures and carried the majority of the post-quake clean-up workload. These people put aside their personal concerns and anxieties at a time when magnitude-5 aftershocks were still a regular occurrence.