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Canberra bombers sweeping over the Wairoa traffic bridge and the Port-land Island memorial lighthouse during their mock bombing run.

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Wairoa Electric Power Board inspector, Frank Mogford, acted as a roving radio contact

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St. John Ambulance cadets rush to the aid of a victim lying injured on the roadway

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Firemen installing a pump on the riverbank are watched by a crowd of children

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Two firemen direct their hoses on the "fire"

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The Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Gotz, and his wife, follow firemen's activities at the rear of their engine

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The Marine Parade, where most of the damage occurred, was extensively littered with debris, some of which is pictured being cleared by a front-end loader.

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A St. John Ambulance officer and his assistant helping a "bomb victim" along the footpath to the temporary first-aid post.

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The Mayor, Mr R. E. Shortt, and Mr Gotz, join with onlookers to watch St. John Ambulance officer, Trevor Parker, attending to a "patient".

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The communications control office, Alec Heir, and the assistant town clerk, Ken McCulloch, instructing runner-boys on their various duties.

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A victim, trapped between two piles of "fallen timber", is attended to, while in the background, P and T men restore fallen lines.

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After the exercise, a meeting was held to summarise events. Pictured in the official party, are from left: Wing Commander G. L. Stedman, Captain L. P. G. Bourke, Mr Gotz, Mr Shortt, Sir Geoffrey Peren, Mrs Gotz, Mr J. S. Standring, and Mr I. Snadden.