Beyond the Cordon
24 March to 14 May, Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato A poignant showcase of 79 full- colour images taken by a team of police forensic photographers provides renewed understanding of the devastation caused by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. In the weeks following the disaster the task of documenting the rescue and victim recovery operation inadvertently fell on 23 police personnel. Armed with an awareness of historic times needing to be captured, they recorded what they saw in the central city including rare and extraordinary aspects of the operation in the Red Zone. waikatomuseum.co.nz