Some Christchurch earthquake victims are angry
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The families of some Christchurch earthquake victims are angry disappointed the Government is refusing to pay for lawyers for them at the Royal Commission of Inquiry.
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New standards for earthquake prone buildings in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Earthquake prone buildings in Christchurch are to be strengthened to new, higher standards. The new code was passed at an extraordinary council meeting today.
Scholars call on Govt to rethink Canterbury earthquake law
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A group of legal scholars says the Government has set a dangerous precedent with its law to assist recovery from the Christchurch earthquake.
Earthquake Recovery Minister denies central govt takeover
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee is denying accusations he's about to engineer a central government takeover of the rebuild of central city Christchurch.
Final unidentified victims of earthquake to be interred
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The unidentified remains of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake will finally be interred just before the first anniversary of the February quake.
Interview with Matthew Hughes
Audio, UC QuakeStudies
Interview with Canterbury Earthquakes Geospatial Reserach Fellow, Matthew Hughes. This interview was conducted by Emma Kelland as part of Deirdre Hart's Coastal and River Earthquake Research project.
Brownlee: Flooding 'not entirely caused by earthquakes'
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Recovery Minister says Christchurch City Council must take responsibility for the city's flooding problems as it's not the government's problem to sort out.
EQC to meet with Institute of Surveyors
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Commission has agreed to meet with the Institute of Surveyors next week over concerns about how assessments of earthquake damaged Christchurch homes are being done.
Commission witnesses questioned about Cashel Street building
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Witnesses before the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission have been questioned about why a building known to be earthquake prone was allowed to reopen, despite several red flags.
Structural engineer breaks down at Royal Commission
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A structural engineer has broken down at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission after admitting he contributed to a woman's death in the February the twenty second earthquake.
Ombudsman report details inefficiencies at EQC
Audio, Radio New Zealand
An earthquake community group in Canterbury says a damning report on the ineffectiveness of the Earthquake Commission highlights the frustration of getting information on their own homes.
Optimism for Christchurch quake insurance tribunal
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A Christchurch insurance advocate says the new Canterbury Earthquake Insurance Tribunal may finally be the solution to get unresolved claims from the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes settled. The government has launched an earthquake insurance tribunal to try to finally resolve outstanding insurance claims from the Canterbury earthquakes. Dean Lester, who acts as a insurance claim preparer in Christchurch, told our reporter Rachel Graham the tribunal will have the power to get on and make a decision on the key sticking points, without people facing the huge cost of a high court trial.
Manu Korihi News for 22 February 2012
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Efforts are underway to find out how many Maori left Christchurch after the earthquake; The Chairperson of the Maori Midwives Collective Nga Maia, says the earthquake a year ago forced the organisation to start its administrative operations from scratch; Ngai Tahu says its people are turning to the tribe for help with legal and engineering advice about their earthquake-damaged homes in Christchurch; The Ngai Tahu hapu, Ngai Tuahuriri in Christchurch, will be welcoming the Governor-General to Rehua Marae this morning to commemorate the anniversary of last year's earthquake.
New RNZ podcast 'Fragments' marks tenth anniversary of Christchurch earthq…
Audio, Radio New Zealand
RNZ is launching a new podcast today marking the tenth anniversary of Christchurch earthquake. It's called Fragments: Firsthand accounts of the February 2011 earthquakes. The podcast features interviews done with quake survivors recorded in the months following the devastating earthquake recorded by locals Julie Hutton and Sandra Close. RNZ checked in with some of the people Hutton and Close spoke to ten years on from the disaster. Katy Gosset produced and presented the podcast. An earlier version of this article failed to reference the work from Julie Hutton and Sandra Close.
The Vault - Earthquake at Radio New Zealand House
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Deborah Nation recalls how it was in the Sound Archives and Radio New Zealand offices in Christchurch on the day of the February earthquake. The building on the corner of Durham and Chester Street West has been condemned. Please be aware that the first sounds of this report may be upsetting, especially to listenners who experienced the earthquake.
EQC emails private information to wrong person
Audio, Radio New Zealand
In a serious privacy breach - the addresses and earthquake claim details of almost ten thousand Canterbury people have been mistakenly emailed by Earthquake Commission to the wrong person.
EQC and insurers seek clarity on payouts
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Commission and the Insurance Council are going to the High Court for a ruling on who's responsible for 10-thousand claims from the earlier Canterbury earthquakes.
High Court rules Brownlee wrong to use quake powers
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The High Court in Christchurch has ruled the Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee was wrong to use his special powers to fast track housing development following the earthquakes.
Midday News for 4 September 2010
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Extensive coverage of the earthquake in Christchurch.
Feature Guest - Roger Sutton
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority boss Roger Sutton.
Seismologist John Ristau
Audio, Radio New Zealand
An update on recent Christchurch earthquake aftershocks.
Inspector Al Stewart
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A police update on the Christchurch earthquake.
Midday Business News for 25 November 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Christchurch earthquake costs shake Tower's bottom line.
Psychological responses to the Canterbury earthquakes
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Caroline Bell, consultant psychiatrist and the clinical head of the Anxiety Disorders Unit at the Canterbury District Health Board talks about the psychological fallout from the Christchurch quakes.
Brighter Future: Govt's Chch earthquake decisions
Audio, Radio New Zealand
'Is this the Brighter Future?': Rachel Graham looks at how the Government's decisions have impacted the lives of people in Christchurch.
Christchurch earthquakes unveil window into past
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury earthquakes succeeded in all but destroying modern-day Christchurch, but from the rubble has emerged a surprising bonus - an insight into the city's history.
Anger at Earthquake Authority's communications budget
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Community leaders in Christchurch are angry to learn the Earthquake Recovery Authority spent more than three-and-a-half million dollars on communications in the past financial year.
Canterbury tourism recovers from earthquake damage
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Canterbury tourism numbers climbing again - we speak to Canterbury Tourism chief executive Tim Hunter.
Canterbury Earthquake - Colonel Roger McElwain
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Colonel Roger McElwain has recently been briefed on the military response in Christchurch.
Canterbury Earthquake - Crusaders caught in quake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Crusaders rugby side had just finished training at Rugby Park when the quake struck.