Earthquake cost estimate jumps to $4 billion
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
With us is the chief executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority - Roger Sutton.
Canterbury may have a regional holiday to mark the anniversary of the Christchurch Earthquake.
Heart attack rates have surged two weeks after the Canterbury earthquake, as aftershocks continue.
The first permanent repairs to Canterbury homes damaged in September's earthquake will start today.
Head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Roger Sutton is in our Christchurch studio .
Oral history interview with Jacinta O'Reilly about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Oral history interview with Guinevere Eves-Newport about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Oral history interview with Jane Sutherland-Norton about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Oral history interview with Kristy Constable-Brown about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
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.
Farmers in North Canterbury say the earthquake is another blow to a region which has battled drought and volatile lamb and dairy markets
The Canterbury earthquakes are behind a big blowout in the Government's deficit which has grown to a record 18-point-4 billion dollars.
The University of Canterbury estimates only a few hundred students have moved away because of last month's earthquake.
The Canterbury Tactix netball team are playing at home tonight for the first time since last month's earthquake.
The Insurance Council is ranking the Canterbury earthquake as the world's third most expensive insured event this year.
The Insurance Council is ranking the Canterbury earthquake as the world's third most expensive insured event this year.
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.
In Canterbury, work has started on re-surveying the region's landscape, following the 7.1-magnitude earthquake in September.
The chairman of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission, Murray Sherwin, joins us for the morning in our Wellington studio.
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.
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.
Federated Farmers says it's waiting for official approval from the Earthquake Commission and other relief organisations.
In earthquake-ravaged Canterbury, a state of emergency remains in place despite hopes it would be lifted today.
Civil Defence says a state of emergency will remain in place in earthquake ravaged Cantebury for at least another day.