Call for more temporary villages in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
For people in Christchurch who have to temporarily leave their earthquake damaged home, two housing villages are filling the accommodation gap.
For people in Christchurch who have to temporarily leave their earthquake damaged home, two housing villages are filling the accommodation gap.
Two shattering earthquakes and a few thousand aftershocks haven't put off a hundred immigrants becoming New Zealand citizens in Christchurch.
Morning Report comes from Christchurch as the city remembers the devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck a year ago tomorrow.
17 jobs have gone at the Christchurch Art Gallery, which is closed for earthquake repairs until at least June next year.
Christchurch city councillors wants to know what the Earthquake Recovery Authority's plan is to hand back power to the council.
Thousands of Christchurch residents have shared their views on how the central city should be rebuilt after February's catastrophic earthquake.
Households in Christchurch are being warned many face a long wait before essential services are restored following last week's earthquake.
A month on from the Christchurch earthquake, all but a handful schools in the city are back up and running.
February 22 marks 13 years since Christchurch's devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake, and the urban recovery is still in progress.
Heritage supporters are hoping that serious earthquake damage wrought upon Christchurch cemeteries will be repaired- but the issue of who funds that work remains unresolved.
More than 170 people employed by the Christchurch City Council have been told their jobs are gone as a result of the earthquake in February.
Since the Christchurch earthquakes 15 years ago archeologists have been busy. They've dug up nearly a million artifacts, unearthing and illuminating the city's history.
Jane Bowron is a newspaper columnist who lived in the red zone at the time of the earthquake.
Responsibility for dealing with the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake could pass from Civil Defence to the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority within a matter of days.
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has tried to determine exactly who should have put a cordon around a central Christchurch building identified as an earthquake risk.
When the new Canterbury Earthquake Memorial was revealed last month, something unusual happened for a work of public art. It was universally appreciated! Christchurch filmmaker Rick Harvie has documented the two year long project from seeking submissions though to the official ceremony. Rick tells Lynn Freeman he's about to put his now finished documentary, including footage of the ceremony and feedback from a range of people, online.
Three years on from the earthquakes of 2011, Census data now confirms massive changes to the face and shape of Christchurch.
Christchurch's first office and retail development since the earthquake gets the go ahead.
A major area of possible earthquake liquefaction has been identified south of Christchurch.
Police have confirmed the death toll from the Christchurch earthquake has reached 145.
How much are insurance premiums going to increase by after the Christchurch earthquakes?
An inquest into another five victims of February's earthquake begins today in Christchurch.
The Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says Christchurch will be a better city.
Unanimous political support for legislation vesting the Government with extraordinary powers for Christchurch has broken down.
Christchurch Womens Refuge says its safe houses are full as women have fled the worsening domestic violence in the city following June's powerful aftershocks.
Wellington's about to host a symposium called Shared Lines, inviting artists from Japan, Kaikoura and Christchurch to talk about their experiences and their art.
Christchurch architect Bob Burnett founded the Superhome movement after his children got sick "bouncing around substandard rentals" after the Christchurch earthquake.
Christchurch's Cardboard Cathedral was designed as a temporary structure to fill the void left by the damage caused to Christ Church Cathedral in the 2011 earthquake.
Christchurch's Court Theatre devastated by February's earthquake has found a temporary new home - an old grain store in the suburb of Addington.
The wait will finally be over for some Christchurch households when they find out whether their earthquake-damaged properties will be abandoned.