Work begins replacing lost rest home beds
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Health officials in Christchurch have today begun work on a recovery plan for how they will replace hundreds of beds lost in rest homes because of the recent earthquake.
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New agency to reduce quake impact on international students
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Government has created an agency to try to lure foreign students back to New Zealand after the Christchurch earthquake.
Government appoints experts to look at building collapses
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Government has appointed the panel of experts that will investigate why so many buildings collapsed during Christchurch's February earthquake.
Govt set to make announcement about future of AMI
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Government has confirmed it is closely monitoring the insurer, AMI, whose $1 Billion in reinsurance and capital is believed to have been exhausted by the two Canterbury earthquakes.
More from Standards and Poors on AMI
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Mounting claims from the Christchurch earthquake have forced AMI insurance to go to the Government for a possible bailout.
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.
Insurance premiums
Audio, Radio New Zealand
How much are insurance premiums going to increase by after the Christchurch earthquakes?
The Panel with Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards (part 1)
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The cost of insurance could rise by 20 per cent as a result of the Government bailout of AMI Insurance and the mounting cost of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Christchurch tap water safe to drink again
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The instruction to boil water that's been in place across Christchurch since the 22 February earthquake has been lifted.
Focus on Politics for 8 April 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
In quake-ravaged Christchurch businesses are tentatively restarting, and infrastructure is being restored, but there's ongoing uncertainty about job losses and how people will survive financially. Within six days of the February earthquake; the Government had introduced a subsidy scheme for businesses and their employees, as well as people who'd found themselves out of a job. Now there's growing disquiet about what will happen to thousands of Cantabrians when that support scheme finishes at the end of May.
Blooming earthquake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Aromaunga Flowers nursery in Heathcote, Christchurch sits right above the point where the earthquake struck on 22 February. Cosmo Kentish-Barnes visits the growing business to find out what damage has been done and how owner John Baxter and his partner Elisabeth Marsh are coping.
Jennine Bailey
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Christchurch jazz vocalist performing with many other artists as part of Earthquake fundraising concert in Wellington this weekend.
Survey: business confidence rebounds
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Businesses appear to be getting over the shock of the February earthquake in Canterbury with many more now saying they expect better times ahead.
Royal Commission into quakes won't investigate liability
Audio, Radio New Zealand
There's disagreement about whether a Royal Commission of inquiry into building collapses in the Canterbury earthquakes should apportion blame.
Royal Commission into quakes won't investigate liability
Audio, Radio New Zealand
People caught up in February's earthquake in Christchurch want to know why a Royal Commission of inquiry isn't going to apportion any blame for building collapses.
Midday News for 4 September 2010
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Extensive coverage of the earthquake in Christchurch.
Roger Sutton to head the Earthquake Recovery Authority
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Damaged properties, water, sewerage and the demolition of buildings in the city centre are first on the list for the new man in charge of the recovery operation in Canterbury.
Quake chief happy, despite $200,000 pay cut
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Despite taking a 200-thousand dollar pay cut, the new head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority says he's delighted to have the job.
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.
Mental illness is on the rise in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury earthquake is taking a toll on the mental health of people in the region. 30% more people in Christchurch are requesting treatment for anxiety, depression and addiction, compared with usual numbers.
Thousands of Christchurch residents attend expo on rebuild
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Thousands of Christchurch residents have shared their views on how the central city should be rebuilt after February's catastrophic earthquake.
Quake Authority sets deadline to speed up city rebuild
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Demolition companies and building owners in central Christchurch hope efforts by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority will speed up the city's rebuild after it's been languishing for weeks.
Scandinavian inspiration aids Christchurch rebuild
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Christchurch City Council is looking to Scandinavia for help with the earthquake re-build. Two Danish based urban design experts are working with the Council over the next four weeks to develop a draft plan for rebuilding the central city.
Chch churches face tough decisions over rebuilding
Audio, Radio New Zealand
As part of the future of Christchurch it is expected a third of all Catholic and almost half of all Presbyterian churches damaged in Christchurch's February earthquake might not be rebuilt.
Coroner's inquest hears details of victims final moments
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Harrowing details of the final moments of some of those who died in February's devastating earthquake have been spelled out at a coroner's inquest in Christchurch.
Quake inquest lifts load despite harrowing stories
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The first day of a coroner's inquest in Christchurch has heard harrowing details of the final moments of some of those who died in February's earthquake.
Inquest for next five quake victims to be held today
Audio, Radio New Zealand
An inquest into another five victims of February's earthquake begins today in Christchurch.
Filipino caregivers
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Filipino caregivers, after working long hours in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, are now being denied work permits.
Quake victim families want answers
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The families of some of those killed by falling rubble in February's Christchurch earthquake are desperate to know why buildings that had been deemed safe collapsed.
Family of quake victim question safety of building
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The family of a young man who died while protecting his sister during February's earthquake in Christchurch says the building they were in wasn't safe.