Lessons for Wellington from the Canterbury quake
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The head of an international team of engineers who design for disasters says Wellington should look closely at the lessons from the Canterbury earthquake.
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Canterbury home rebuild to take two years
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Canterbury people whose homes were most damaged in last month's earthquake have waited nearly seven weeks to learn the future of their properties - and now they're being told it could be another two years before their houses are rebuilt.
Canterbury quake family gives thanks this Christmas
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Christchurch woman Lavina Pockson and her family live in a house with big cracks in it, on land that's among the most damaged from the big September earthquake.
Small Canterbury businesses call for Government help
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The Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce estimates up to 150 of the region's small businesses will fold if they're not given Government assistance to relocate from their earthquake-stricken premises.
Council questioned at Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission
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A man whose wife was killed when the CTV building collapsed says the council's inspections after the September quake were in a mess and signage put on some buildings sent the wrong message that they were safe to occupy.
Jobs on the line at Canterbury University
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The University of Canterbury has put one-hundred-and-fifty jobs on the line as it tries to recover from the Christchurch earthquakes.
Insight: Canterbury Mental Health - On Shaky Ground
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Karen Brown reports from Chch, where there seems to be no end in sight for the mental health problems caused by the earthquakes
North Canterbury locals struggling after Kaikoura quake
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Thirty properties are unlivable while another 170 have restricted access following the Kaikoura earthquake last year. RNZ reporter Conan Young reports from a town meeting.
Economic activity in Canterbury reaches a post-quake peak
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Economic activity in Canterbury reached its fastest pace in July since the 2010/2011 earthquakes.
Thousands of jobs created out of Canterbury Earthquake.
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Thousands of new jobs will be created this year as the rebuilding of Canterbury begins.
More damage to risky buildings in centre of Christchurch
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The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's manager of demolitions, Warwick Isaacs.
Canterbury expects small enrolment loss due to quake
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The University of Canterbury estimates only a few hundred students have moved away because of last month's earthquake.
Canterbury netballers first game at home since quake
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The Canterbury Tactix netball team are playing at home tonight for the first time since last month's earthquake.
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 quake one of the most expensive worldwide
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The Insurance Council is ranking the Canterbury earthquake as the world's third most expensive insured event this year.
Canterbury quake one of the most expensive worldwide
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The Insurance Council is ranking the Canterbury earthquake as the world's third most expensive insured event this year.
Business with Rod Oram
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Rod discusses the business and economic impacts of the Canterbury earthquake.
Waimakariri residents face major rates rises
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The earthquake in Canterbury is likely to result in rate rises.
Canterbury businesses push for cash assistance from Govt
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Businesses struggling after the Canterbury earthquake are vowing to keep up the pressure on the Government for more assistance.
Canterbury was shaken by a 5.1 earthquake around 5.30am
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Canterbury was shaken by a 5.1 earthquake just after 5.30 this morning.
State of emergency remains in place in Canterbury
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In earthquake-ravaged Canterbury, a state of emergency remains in place despite hopes it would be lifted today.
Financial assistance in the wake of the Canterbury earthquake
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Minister for Social Development and Employment, Paula Bennett discusses Financial assistance in the wake of the Canterbury earthquake.
Finding the CEO of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
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State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie is helping to recruit the new head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.
Report shows quakes slow, not stall, Canterbury economy
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A new report suggests economic activity in Canterbury has not reduced as a result of the September and February earthquakes.
EQC fund to be wiped out by Canterbury earthquake claims.
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The Canterbury earthquakes will wipe out all the funds held in reserve to cover claims to the Earthquake Commission.
Minister of Housing asks Canterbury properties to help
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People in Canterbury who own empty houses are being urged to help put a roof over the heads of homeless earthquake victims.
University of Canterbury re-opens doors to students
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Lectures resume at the University of Canterbury this morning after being cancelled for two weeks because of the earthquake.
An all-Christchurch Chapter and Verse
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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.
Something For the Weekend - Quake City Re-opens
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Canterbury Museum is inviting visitors to view Quake City for free during the special exhibition's reopening this weekend, 16 & 17 September. The newly-relocated exhibition that tells stories from the Canterbury earthquakes, reopened on 14 September.
Christchurch property developers under pressure
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Two years ago today a seven-point-one magnitude earthquake shook Canterbury.