Work begins replacing lost rest home beds
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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.
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.
The Government has created an agency to try to lure foreign students back to New Zealand after the Christchurch earthquake.
The Government has appointed the panel of experts that will investigate why so many buildings collapsed during Christchurch's February earthquake.
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.
Mounting claims from the Christchurch earthquake have forced AMI insurance to go to the Government for a possible bailout.
Scientists have been scouring the outskirts of Christchurch in search of geological evidence of the February earthquake.
How much are insurance premiums going to increase by after the Christchurch earthquakes?
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.
The instruction to boil water that's been in place across Christchurch since the 22 February earthquake has been lifted.
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.
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.
Christchurch jazz vocalist performing with many other artists as part of Earthquake fundraising concert in Wellington this weekend.
Businesses appear to be getting over the shock of the February earthquake in Canterbury with many more now saying they expect better times ahead.
There's disagreement about whether a Royal Commission of inquiry into building collapses in the Canterbury earthquakes should apportion blame.
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.
Extensive coverage of the earthquake in Christchurch.
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.
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.
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.
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 have shared their views on how the central city should be rebuilt after February's catastrophic earthquake.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An inquest into another five victims of February's earthquake begins today in Christchurch.
Filipino caregivers, after working long hours in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, are now being denied work permits.
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.
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.