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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 22 February 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Suzie Ferguson, Mary Wilson and Hewitt Humphrey host rolling news coverage of the Christchurch Earthquake. The audio used comes from the start of the 6pm hour.
Earthquake Recovery Minister of plans for quake dam
Audio, Radio New Zealand
We're joined now by the Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee - who is in Christchurch.
Two minutes of silence for quake victims marked
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Church bells tolled around the country at exactly 12.51 this afternoon - one week on from the deadly Christchurch earthquake, which may have claimed as many as 240 lives.
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?
Firsthand quake experience for US PhD student
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A PhD student from the United States who moved to Canterbury to study earthquakes says his firsthand experience in Christchurch has been extremely useful.
Search for quake rupture continues in Port Hills
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Scientists have been scouring the outskirts of Christchurch in search of geological evidence of the February earthquake.
Thousands gather at Parliament for two minutes silence.
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A large crowd gathered outside Parliament to pay their respects to the people of Christchurch after last week's 6-point-3 magnitude earthquake.
Grim picture for the Capital if quake hits
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Christchurch earthquake is prompting Wellington residents to prepare for the possibility that their city could be struck by a major tremor.
Insight for 27 March 2011 - Quake Health Services
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Health correspondent Karen Brown visited Christchurch Hospital a week after the disaster that resulted in patients being resuscitated by torchlight. She reviews the immediate impact of the earthquake on the region's health services, how they’re picking themselves up and what lies ahead.
Christchurch schools call for leeway on 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.
Southern Story for 21 April 2011 - Sydenham Shops
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Christchurch suburb of Sydenham was badly affected by the first earthquake in September and February's quake has struck another blow to the local retail sector. But as Katy Gosset has found, shop owners say they're confident they can rebuild.
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 19 May 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Full coverage of the budget and the cuts to kiwisaver, working for families and student loans. Plans to raise between 5 and 7 billion dollars from partial asset sales and a new Earthquake Kiwi Bond to raise money for Christchurch.
Famous pie recipe under the hammer for earthquake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
They were world - famous in Hororata and now the aftermath of last year's devastating earthquake has forced the Canterbury town's pub to give up the secret of its crowd pleasing pie recipe.
Government poised to reveal decision for quake suburbs
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Prime Minister and the Earthquake Recovery Minister are poised to announce decisions on the fate of homes on quake damaged land in Christchurch.
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 7 July 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Regional civil defence says listen to national centre, not pacific; Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre - "warning" too confusing; Union plans legal action against Earthquake Commission; Auckland DHB avoids possible legal action over smoking complaint; 7.6 quake triggered near Kermadec Islands; NIWA says National Oceans Strategy urgently needed; and 27 Christchurch bakers lose their jobs.
Southern Story for 7 July 2011 - Beyond Resistance
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Is organising anarchists like herding cats? Apparently not. Sage Forest talks to an anarchists' collective with a deep faith in human nature. Beyond Resistance is a nation-wide anarchists' collective based in Christchurch. They hold regular meetings with the primary goal of empowering workers. But their faith in human nature has proven itself in the response to the earthquake crises. This, they say, is true anarchy at work.
Jazz Footprints for 22 June 2011 - Neill Pickard
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Colette Jansen talks to guitar and banjo played Neill Pickard about establishing the Christchurch Jazz School, working in and around Christchurch with his Dixieland Jazz Band, and life after the Christchurch Earthquake. Due to copyright issues all music has been removed.
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 18 July 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
NZ SAS troops involved in another gun battle in the Afghan capital Kabul. Another fatal police pursuit, this time, in South Auckland and Police investigate missing cheques for earthquake damage in Christchurch.
Way of setting excesses for commercial properties changes
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Commercial property owners are facing not just higher insurance premiums following the Christchurch earthquakes, but also the prospect of much higher excesses.
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 31 August 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
More than 800 medals are stolen from the War Memorial Museum in Waiouru. Shares in State Owned Enterprises will be capped at 10 percent and gaps in the government's insurance cover will leave many schools damaged by the earthquakes in Canterbury out of pocket.
The Week in Review for 22 July 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A review of the week's news including: Labour struggling to put a dent in the National Party's lead in the polls, questions over Israelis caught up in the Christchurch earthquake, the latest from the Pike River Mine inquiry, electricity price rises fuelling inflation, an Auckland school wanting all students to take an iPad to class and Steve Williams dropped as Tiger Wood's caddy.
Submissions on Chch schools call for less competition
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The government has been told to rein in competition between Christchurch schools and create hubs where they can cooperate. The call comes in some of the 230 submissions the government has received to help it draw up a plan for the renewal of education in the city in the wake of February's devastating earthquake.
Dean of the Christchurch Cathedral runs for council
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Dean of the Christchurch Cathedral says he's stepping down so he can better serve the city during the earthquake recovery.
Southern Story for 15 December 2011 - Linwood Village
Audio, Radio New Zealand
In response to the Canterbury earthquakes, the Government has built two villages in the suburbs of Linwood and Kaiapoi to provide temporary accomodation for those who've lost their homes. Our Christchurch correspondent, Katy Gosset, visited the Linwood Village and spoke to residents as they prepared for Christmas.
QuakeStory Photo 511
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "34 Greenhaven Drive. 22 February 2011. Our kitchen".
QuakeStory Photo 281
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph submitted by Jennifer Middendorf to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The Gapfiller Book Fridge launch, 24 July 2011.".
QuakeStory Photo 341
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Damage at work (that should be flat and level…), Feb 22nd.".
QuakeStory Photo 342
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Chaos at work – that pallet of boxes was stacked on top pf the other one, got thrown completely clear; Feb 22nd.".
QuakeStory Photo 343
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Cracked roads; walking home Feb 22nd.".
QuakeStory Photo 340
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Damage and chaos at work, Feb 22nd.".