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Canterbury Earthquake - Effect on the sharemarket

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The earthquake has also affected financial markets. The New Zealand dollar has tumbled, and the stockmarket has extended its losses.

$27million spent on earthquake strengthening bridges

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The transport agency says its earthquake strengthening of bridges has repaid itself in Canterbury after September's quake.

Dispute over EQC payments

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Some Christchurch drainlayers repairing damage from the Canterbury Earthquake say there are delays and confusion in getting repayments from the earthquake commission.

Earthquake Commission looks at increasing size of fraud team

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Earthquake Commission is looking at increasing the size of the team investigating fraudalent claims in Canterbury.

Freight costs rise in wake of earthquake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Firms can expect to pay more and wait longer to get goods delivered to their door following the North Canterbury earthquakes.

Hope for earthquake-stricken businesses in Sydenham

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A Christchurch MP is challenging earthquake-recovery agencies to clean up the suburb of Sydenham within a week.

Christchurch's Ellerslie Flower Show has earthquake flavour

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Ellerslie International Flower Show opens in Christchurch today, a year after the February earthquake stopped the show.

Liquefaction: lessons from the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Misko Cubrinovski is interested how the ground and the structures on - and in - it behave during an earthquake.

Audio of Camille O'Donoghue's earthquake story

Audio, UC QuakeStudies

Audio of Camille O'Donoghue's earthquake story, captured by Bettina Evans as part of the Shaken Hearts project.

Japanese disaster problem for NZ government deficit

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Japanese earthquake may have an impact on plans by the government to borrow more to meet the earthquake rebuilding in Christchurch.

Householders unhappy about changes to EQC repair rules

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Some Christchurch homeowners fear they're being rail roaded into using the Earthquake Commission's preferred builders when it comes to earthquake repairs.

Chch's insurance coverage less vulnerable than golden state

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The man who heads California's earthquake insurance agency says Christchurch is much better placed to recover from earthquake devastation than his state.

CERA wants insurers to give homeowners clearer time lines

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority wants private insurers to provide homeowners with clear timeframes for when earthquake repairs will be carried out.

Man in Forsyth Barr building talks about today's evidence

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard the earthquake resilience of stairways in the Forsyth Barr building was compromised when they were installed.

Evidence given on how close Chch hotel came to collapsing

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard how close the city's tallest building came to collapsing entirely during the February 22nd earthquake.

EQC knew wall was unsafe before it collapsed killing two

Audio, Radio New Zealand

It's been revealed that the Earthquake Commission knew a wall which crushed two people in Christchurch's February earthquake was at risk of collapsing.

Our Changing World for 3 September 2020

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Three seismologists from GeoNet reflect on the decade of big earthquakes that began 10 years ago with the Darfield earthquake in Canterbury.

Heritage versus demolition in Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Gerry Brownlee, Earthquake Recovery Minister.

4pm News Bulletin

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Another substantial earthquake in Christchurch

Questions over measure used to judge quake resistence

The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes has heard evidence questioning the measure used to judge how resistant a building is to earthquake damage. It's come on the second day of hearings into why unreinforced masonry buildings collapsed in Christchurch during the February 22nd earthquake, killing 40 people.