[1][2][3] The site aggregated information via email, tweets with an #eqnz hashtag, SMS and a locally hosted web form.
The site was built with open source tools and active support from CrisisCommons[4] and Ushahidi.
Within its first week of operation, it had received approximately 100,000 unique visitors.
[10] As mainstream agencies responded to the quake, other forms of communication became established and the need for a grass roots website subsided.
[11] Despite complaints, the website does work on the Wayback Machine, until the screenshot on 2 July 2011.