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Christchurch workers compensation

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Workers who lose their income as a result of the earthquake in Canterbury will be eligible for compensation.

State of emergency remains in place in Canterbury

Audio, Radio New Zealand

In earthquake-ravaged Canterbury, a state of emergency remains in place despite hopes it would be lifted today.

Companies donating to earthquake fund

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Many of New Zealand's companies are fronting up with large donations to help with rebuilding in Christchurch.

Quake firms to seek government wage subsidy

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Government will be asked to provide special funding to help save small Christchurch businesses facing ruin after the earthquake.

Media with Denis Welch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Denis discusses the Canterbury earthquake and the radiographers' strike.

Grants to be available to those forced out of their homes

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Emergency grants will be available from tomorrow for Christchurch residents who are no longer able to live in their homes because of earthquake damage.

Canterbury earthquake aftermath

Audio, Radio New Zealand

With Kelvin Berryman - Natural Hazards manager at GNS and Carol Ball - Red Cross Area Manager for Canterbury.

Best of the Week for 10 September 2010

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 10 September. This week........we have a review of our coverage of the earthquake that rocked Christchurch on Saturday morning.

Kate De Goldi: Canterbury quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Saturday Morning's commentator on children's books talks about being in her old home city of Christchurch last Saturday during the earthquake.

Impact of Canterbury's earthquake on the cultural sector

Audio, Radio New Zealand

We assess how last the earthquake has affected three major arts festivals and Christchurch's historic Repertory Theatre, and the part the arts have to play in helping the city to get back on its feet.

Canterbury tremor re-ignites memories of 1931 quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

As people in Canterbury continue to recover from the earthquake that struck 12 days ago, it's re-ignited the memories of those who survived the deadly 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.

Glass supply freezes as Christchurch companies clean up

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Glaziers and window makers in Christchurch say Saturday's earthquake smashed up to 90 percent of their glass supplies, leaving them without materials to repair people's homes.

NZ insurance premiums to rise following earthquake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury earthquake is tipped to increase insurance premiums across the country.

Liquefaction problems

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Sue Holmes, resident of Seabreeze Close in Bexley, which was built on reclaimed land which has liquefied after the Canterbury earthquake; Dr Tom Wilson, lecturer in Hazard and Disaster Management, from the department of Geological Sciences, Canterbury University; and Bob Parker, Mayor of Christchurch.

The Panel with Stephen Franks and David Farrar (Part 1)

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Topics - Jim Anderton says he still has a shot at winning Christchurch's Mayoralty - despite a swing in favour of incumbent Bob Parker and the Treasury predicts the Canterbury earthquake could knock nearly half percent off the country's economic growth rate in the three months to the end of September.

Parliament throws full support behind earthquake bill

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Parliament has unanimously supported legislation giving Government ministers the power to make exemptions to almost every law on the statute books, to help fast-track reconstruction efforts in Canterbury.

Arts with Courtney Johnston

Audio, Radio New Zealand

How Christchurch museums, galleries and libraries which store many of NZ's treasures have fared after the earthquake.

Canterbury earthquake aftermath - psychosocial support

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Clinical psychologist Sarb Johal, formerly an adviser with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Civil Defence, on trauma and psychosocial support after Canterbury's earthquake.

Earthquake Commission visits worst-hit areas

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Earthquake Commission says it's likely homes in the Christchurch suburb of Bexley, which sank and cracked in Saturday's quake, will be rebuilt. People in the hardest hit areas of Canterbury have been learning more about their insurance entitlements, as the commission's assessors arrive in Kaiapoi and Bexley to begin evaluating the damage.

Social Development Minister makes earthquake announcments

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Social Development Minister, Paula Bennett, says there are thousands of unemployed people in Christchurch who could help rebuild the city.

Auckland school raising funds for pupils in Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The plight of Earthquake victims in Christchurch has struck a chord with the pupils at an Auckland school. More than 300 pupils at Pasadena Intermediate, in the suburb of Point Chevalier, have donned the Canterbury colours, raising money to help a school down South recover from the disaster.

Canterbury's chief medical health officer warns of asbestos

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The chief medical officer of health for the region, Dr Alistair Humphrey, says people carrying out repairs on their earthquake-stricken properties need to be wary of asbestos.

Hundred million dollars earmarked for Canterbury

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Around a hundred million dollars has been earmarked by Cabinet as its initial contribution to Canterbury following the earthquake, but the Prime MInister says the final bill will be far higher.

Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 9 September 2010

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Almost a hundred homes north of Christchurch are declared unsafe to live in, 86 people who worked at Kaiapoi's New World supermarket are now jobless after Saturday's earthquake destroyed the store and a top defence official quits following allegations he lied on his CV.