Christchurch: Day 4

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bodyareapyne230211.jpg The Uelese brothers (from left) Junior (12), Jonathan (6), Joseph (8) and James (4), eat breakfast at the welfare centre at Cowles Stadium, Aranui, eastern Christchurch. Inner city residents Vern and Margaret Leader, who are taking comfort from the company of others at the welfare Stadium at Cowles Stadium, Aranui. Assisting the Salvation Army to serve up breakfast at the welfare centre at Cowles Stadium, Aranui are (from left) Aya Aoyagi (28), and Burnside High School head prefects Matt Hutchinson (17) and Sarah Drake (17). Salvation Army Christchurch food co-ordinator Major Rex Cross. NZ Army's desalination of sea water on New Brighton beach. New Brighton Union Church with its steeple now sitting alongside. USAR personal examine Christchurch Cathedral. USAR personal examine Christchurch Cathedral. USAR personal examine Christchurch Cathedral. Beside Christchurch Cathedral. USAR personal examine Christchurch Cathedral. Tired SAR staff rest in the square. Christchurch teenager Samantha Sawin gives a freshly baked muffin to helicopter crews near the Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter. Buses evacuate people from the Cowles Stadium welfare centre after concerns about conditions there. Garden City Helicopters general manager Simon Duncan. A policeman escorts a cyclist out of the cordon area. Police move people away from a Christchurch Girls' High School building believed to be on the verge of collapse after strong aftershocks. Ben Moore and Boss after a day's searching.
 

The recovery effort continues in Christchurch.

Otago Daily Times photographs by Craig Baxter, David Hill, Peter McIntosh and Matthew Haggart.

 

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