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Three time capsules opened in Christchurch today

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Three time capsules, recovered after the Christchurch earthquake, have been opened in the city today.

Canterbury Earthquake - Daille Rogers

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Daille Rogers is at Hagley Park where people have been evacuated from the central city.

Christchurch's art community struggles to regroup after quake

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A lack of affordable space after Christchurch's earthquake threatens to fracture the city's arts community.

City Mission says there's a 'new level of poor' in Christchurch

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A Christchurch catering company has joined forces with the City Mission to tackle what is being described as a new era of poverty after the Canterbury earthquakes.

Greening the garden city: Ōtautahi's regeneration through nature, art and …

Artist and landscape architect Bridget Allen wouldn't have known how appropriate the name of her gardening business was to be when she set it up, out of Ilam art school and working at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. The name Regenerative Gardening Maintenance was prophetic given her city and its landscape was about to start regenerating. The 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes saw not only buildings turned to rubble, large tracts of land, including an area around Ōtākaro Avon River the size of two New York Central Parks, started to turn from suburbia back to nature. The red zone has been turning green ever since. In the wake of tragedy artists and gardeners came together to innovate and create new public spaces, with an eye on sustainability and community connection. Allen cofounded New Brighton sewing charity Stitch-o-Mat and retrained as a landscape architect. Since 2023 she has been the director of The Green Lab, which began after the quakes as Greening the Rubble, creating urban green spaces and events for connection, while also working with residents to make their own backyards more sustainable. Ever busy with working and planting bees, workshops to build habitats for plants and nature, and consultations to help people make their backyards more sustainable, on August 16 Bridget is running with The Green Lab Birds of Brighton printmaking workshops. It's at the Make Station in New Brighton Mall at 11am and 1pm. No experience is needed. She joined Culture 101's Mark Amery.

Hunt for Christchurch rebuild workers in Wellington

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Christchurch employers have been in Wellington today signing up tradespeople to help rebuild the earthquake damaged city.

ChCh mayor urges heritage building owners not to tear down city'

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The mayor of Christchurch is urging owners of heritage buildings damaged in the earthquake, not to tear down the city's treasures without first considering if they can be saved.

First pictures of fresh quake damage to Chch CBD

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The first media pictures have been taken of the most recent damage to Christchurch's central city in Monday's earthquake.

Brownlee says frustration growing with Christchurch council

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The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, says he's nearing the end of his tether with the Christchurch City Council.

Owners of quake damaged heritage buildings in Chch briefed

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The Christchurch City Council says it needs Government money to help repair its earthquake damaged heritage and character buildings.

Buses of tourists visited damaged parts of Christchurch

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The Christchurch City Council is investigating ways to prevent buses from going through Avonside and other earthquake damaged suburbs.

Proof-reading mistake causes upset at Christchurch council

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A proof-reading error from the Earthquake Recovery Minister's office has caused ructions at the Christchurch City Council today.

Business group attacks rebuild slow-down

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Christchurch's leading business group is criticising city council plans to slow down its earthquake rebuild programme. Conan Young reports.

Christchurch circus returns

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The Christchurch earthquake last February forced many circus performers to flee the city in search of work. Their base - the Circo Arts school - was damaged in the quake and is likely to be demolished. But they're now slowly returning, as a new base for circus performers is established in the city.

Christchurch marks fourth quake anniversary

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Hundreds of people turned out in Christchurch yesterday to mark four years since the earthquake that changed the city forever.

Christchurch councillors want CERA to talk about power handover

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Christchurch city councillors wants to know what the Earthquake Recovery Authority's plan is to hand back power to the council.

Brownlee's list of post-quake achievements received poorly

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Christchurch residents are pouring cold water on the Earthquake Recovery Minister's efforts to celebrate post-quake recovery in the city.

Protest march against Christchurch school changes

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A rowdy protest was held in Christchurch yesterday over the Government's plan to revamp education in the earthquake-hit city.

Councils told to focus on quake prone buildings

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The Insurance Council is mounting a legal challenge against the Christchurch City Council over its rules regarding earthquake-prone buildings.

Govt accused of exploiting quakes to push school closures

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The government is being accused of exploiting the Christchurch earthquakes to force through sweeping changes to schools in the city.

Thousands of Christchurch residents attend expo on rebuild

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Thousands of Christchurch residents have shared their views on how the central city should be rebuilt after February's catastrophic earthquake.

Are Wellington and Gisborne ready for a big earthquake?

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The devastation caused by the Christchurch earthquake has other cities reviewing how well they are prepared for a similar shake.

Are Wellington and Gisborne ready for a big quake?

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The devastation caused by the Christchurch earthquake has other cities reviewing how well they are prepared for a similar shake.

Christchurch on track to getting students back to school

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A month on from the Christchurch earthquake, all but a handful schools in the city are back up and running.

Cantabrians turn to gambling to combat stress

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The Problem Gambling Foundation says people in Christchurch are turning to gambling to combat stress after the city's major earthquakes.

Head of CERA describes view of Christchurch from the air

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The head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Roger Sutton, flew over the quake-hit city after today's first shake.

Christchurch mayoral race's colourful cast of characters

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Nine to Noon continues to look at who's in the running to head up our biggest cities after local elections in October, with a focus today on the 11 candidates vying to be mayor of Christchurch. Three-term mayor Lianne Dalziel announced last July she'd be stepping down as mayor, having overseen nearly a decade's worth of the city's rebuild following the devastating earthquakes. The two major contenders for the role are Burwood city councillor Phil Mauger and former Canterbury District Health Board chief executive David Meates. Other contenders include the city's Wizard, a coffee boss, pro-gun pastor and a candidate who's stood in every election since 1971. For more, Kathryn is joined by David Williams, the South Island correspondent for Newsroom.co.nz.