Man who broke neck in quake walks in front door
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Ken Hird is back home today for the first time since breaking his neck during an earthquake aftershock in Christchurch.
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Latest quake throws up five times more silt than September
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The amount of silt and sand collected following the Christchurch earthquake is now almost five times more than September's quake.
The Week in Review - week ending 17 June 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A review of the week's news: Another earthquake in Christchurch, Prime Minister tight-lipped over what land will be abandoned because of repeated earthquake damage, volcanic ash cloud strands thousands of air passengers, tragic death of teen reignites debate over alcohol reform, problem gambling advocate objects to proposed casino expansion, wool the star at Fieldays and New Zealanders flock to the ballet.
Shock at new quake-prone building in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A woman badly injured in the Christchurch earthquake is astonished a new building in the city has been found to have serious seismic flaws. The empty new office building at 230 High Street has multiple problems in its earthquake design that the city council was warned about almost two years ago. Construction of the seven-storey building continued even after those warnings in December 2017. Susie Ferguson speaks to University of Canterbury lecturer Ann Brower, who was crushed after falling masonry fell on her bus during the February twenty-second 2011 earthquake.
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 1 March 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Church bells toll and thousands stand in silence to commemorate the Christchurch earthquake. Petrol prices go up, but the quake damaged city is spared and what was found under a statue in Cathedral Square?
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 7 March 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A national memorial service marking the Christchurch earthquake is announced. It could take more than a year for all the victims to be identified and Rocky raises 60 thousand dollars for the relief fund.
Media conference and Judith Collins' thoughts on todays events
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Prime Minister says he expects the death toll from this week's Christchurch earthquake will rise to more than two hundred.
Are Wellington and Gisborne ready for a big quake?
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The devastation caused by the Christchurch earthquake has other cities reviewing how well they are prepared for a similar shake.
Quake Damaged churches
Audio, Radio New Zealand
We are taking a look at some of Christchurch's icon and heritage buildings lost, or at least badly damaged by last Tuesdays earthquake.
Science - Earth Science
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Erosion to earthquakes with geologist and paleontologist Dr Hamish Campbell from GNS science. Chatham Islands geology and it's links with Christchurch and Canterbury.
Priorities for the new Christchurch 'Disaster Czar'
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Roger Sutton, the chief executive of networks company Orion has taken up a five-year contract as the CEO of the Christchurch Earthquake Reconstruction Authority, the top bureaucrat in the post-quake city.
Survivor Stories
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Kiwi director Christopher Dudman on his television documentary The Day that Changed My Life, which features those who survived in the immediate aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake, 22 February 2011.
EQC set to help Christchurch plumber sort unpaid bills
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A Christchurch plumber owed tens of thousands of dollars by the Earthquake Commission says the EQC has appointed a case manager to sort out the money it owes him.
Christchurch schools make it to Maadi Cup despite quake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
All Christchurch secondary schools involved in rowing have made it to the annual Maadi Cup regatta at Lake Karapiro in Waikato despite major setbacks caused by the February earthquake.
Our Own Odysseys: Sendai Volunteer
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Christchurch resident Nigel Rushton recently cycled through Japan and spent a week helping with the clean-up of another earthquake ravaged region.
Christchurch Cathedral has suffered massive damage
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Christchurch Cathedral has suffered massive damage, with its spire reduced to rubble and the roof caved in. There were visitors inside the building when the earthquake hit, and it is still unclear whether anyone was trapped beneath the rubble.
An all-Christchurch Chapter and Verse
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Canterbury novelist Joanna Orwin has a new, futurist story of a New Zealand changed by cataclysmic volcanoes and tsunami, Sacrifice. And we hear about some of the stories in a post-earthquake Christchurch anthology, Tales for Canterbury.
Questions over measure used to judge quake resistence
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes has heard evidence questioning the measure used to judge how resistant a building is to earthquake damage. It's come on the second day of hearings into why unreinforced masonry buildings collapsed in Christchurch during the February 22nd earthquake, killing 40 people.
Plumbers in Chch say they're struggling to keep solvent
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The plumbing industry says there is festering discontent in Christchurch, over what it calls unnecessary red tape from the Earthquake Commission.
Quake victim hopes to leave hospital to attend service
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The memorial service for those who died in the Christchurch earthquake will take place in Hagley Park just after midday today.
Calls for more leeway for Chch over national standards
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Christchurch school principals say they might not be able to implement the government's national standards properly because of the February earthquake.
Five thousand attend vigil in London for quake victim
Audio, Radio New Zealand
About five thousand people have attended a vigil in memory of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake at London's Westminster Cathedral.
Lyttleton community plans to be self reliant to safeguard food
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The community of Lyttelton, severely cut off from Christchurch access routes during the earthquakes, is planning to become more self reliant.
Business owners angry over Christchurch CBD access
Audio, Radio New Zealand
More than a houndred people with businesses in Christchurch's CBD have stormed a cordon into the Red Zone, in frustration at still not being allowed access to their buildings - one month on from the earthquake.
The demolition of heritage buildings in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Concern about the demolition process of heritage buildings in Christchurch. With Anna Crighton - Chairperson of the Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Buildings Fund Trust, which raises money, matched by the government, to save quake-damaged heritage buildings.
Union rejects claims of illegal activity
Audio, Radio New Zealand
More on allegations from the Earthquake Commission that some contractors have been filing false invoices for work done on the Christchurch rebuild.
Quake-hit beneficiaries get payments docked
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Some earthquake-affected residents in Christchurch are having their pensions and benefits cut, because they are earning interest on their insurance payouts.
Researchers begin to analyse effects of quake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Some parts of central Christchurch may have been hit by rogue seismic energy during last week's earthquake, amplifying the level of destruction.
Grim picture for the Capital if quake hits
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The Christchurch earthquake is prompting Wellington residents to prepare for the possibility that their city could be struck by a major tremor.
Govt reconsiders legal aid for quake families
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The Attorney General, Chris Finlayson, says he'll reconsider funding legal representation for the families of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake.