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Heart attacks surge again two weeks after quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Heart attack rates have surged two weeks after the Canterbury earthquake, as aftershocks continue.

Repairs to quake-damaged homes start today

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The first permanent repairs to Canterbury homes damaged in September's earthquake will start today.

Recovery head says demolition process will be sped up

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Roger Sutton is in our Christchurch studio .

Interview with Jacinta O'Reilly

Audio, UC QuakeStudies

Oral history interview with Jacinta O'Reilly about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.

Interview with Guinevere Eves-Newport

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Oral history interview with Guinevere Eves-Newport about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.

Interview with Jane Sutherland-Norton

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Oral history interview with Jane Sutherland-Norton about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.

Interview with Kristy Constable-Brown

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Oral history interview with Kristy Constable-Brown about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.

North Canterbury farmers take another hit

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Farmers in North Canterbury say the earthquake is another blow to a region which has battled drought and volatile lamb and dairy markets

Canterbury quakes behind record Government deficit

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The Canterbury earthquakes are behind a big blowout in the Government's deficit which has grown to a record 18-point-4 billion dollars.

NZ scientists unimpressed Italian study of Canterbury quakes

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An international study looking at the Canterbury earthquakes is attracting loud criticism from New Zealand scientists.

Canterbury homeowners fear cost of broken concrete foundations

Some Canterbury homeowners are worried that missed earthquake damage to concrete slabs could result in another big bill for the taxpayer. This comes only weeks after EQC told Checkpoint that the cost of mis-scoped damage or defective repairs following the Canterbury earthquakes could cost up to $1 billion. This includes $450 million for botched repairs, including badly repaired rubble ring foundations, and $300 million for an ex gratia payment to about 1000 over-cap onsold homeowners. But some Canterbury homeowners who bought after the earthquakes - and did their due diligence - are only discovering damage to their concrete slab foundations now. Logan Church reports.

Interview with Matthew Hughes

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Interview with Canterbury Earthquakes Geospatial Reserach Fellow, Matthew Hughes. This interview was conducted by Emma Kelland as part of Deirdre Hart's Coastal and River Earthquake Research project.

Land Information to re-survey Canterbury's landscape

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In Canterbury, work has started on re-surveying the region's landscape, following the 7.1-magnitude earthquake in September.

Canterbury recovery commission chair faces new challenge

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The chairman of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission, Murray Sherwin, joins us for the morning in our Wellington studio.

Christchurch earthquakes unveil window into past

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The Canterbury earthquakes succeeded in all but destroying modern-day Christchurch, but from the rubble has emerged a surprising bonus - an insight into the city's history.

Earthquake cost estimate jumps to $4 billion

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Treasury has revised its sums on what it thinks will be the full cost of the Canterbury earthquake - which is now estimated at four billion dollars.

Police in Canterbury are honoured

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Police officers and staff in Christchurch, who have been called the heroes of the February 2011 earthquake, have been honored today for their actions including a daring crane rescue.

Canterbury's rural sector has hundreds of beds available

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Federated Farmers says it's waiting for official approval from the Earthquake Commission and other relief organisations.

Commission witnesses questioned about Cashel Street building

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Witnesses before the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission have been questioned about why a building known to be earthquake prone was allowed to reopen, despite several red flags.

Structural engineer breaks down at Royal Commission

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A structural engineer has broken down at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission after admitting he contributed to a woman's death in the February the twenty second earthquake.

Ombudsman report details inefficiencies at EQC

Audio, Radio New Zealand

An earthquake community group in Canterbury says a damning report on the ineffectiveness of the Earthquake Commission highlights the frustration of getting information on their own homes.

Canterbury's state of emergency still in place

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Civil Defence says a state of emergency will remain in place in earthquake ravaged Cantebury for at least another day.

Last-minute claims flood into Earthquake Commission

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Last-minute claims for property damage caused by the Canterbury earthquake are flooding into the Earthquake Commission as the deadline looms. Homeowners have responded to an eleventh-hour hurry up, and the number of claims being lodged daily has almost quadrupled.

CTV survivor talks about the earthquake service

Audio, Radio New Zealand

It's been a year since Pip Ranby was rescued from the top floor of the five storey Canterbury Television building.

Third Canterbury council in insurance strife

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The Christchurch city and Waimakariri District councils have from today got no insurance cover for future earthquakes after their existing policies expired at 4pm.

Earthquakes expose hidden artefacts in central Christchurch

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When the Canterbury earthquakes brought about the destruction of almost all of the buildings in central Christchurch, it created a unique opportunity for an insight into the past.

Paul Millar - CEISMIC Thinking

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Paul Millar, associate professor at Canterbury University, is concerned that future generations won't have access to the full picture of the Canterbury earthquakes, so he got the CEISMIC Project under way. The project is an archive of earthquake-related digital material and includes resources from the National Library, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Christchurch City Libraries, Te Papa, NZ On Screen, the Canterbury Museum and the Ngai Tahu Research Centre. Paul says the aim is to document the impact of the disaster and the process of recovery, and make all that material available for free.