Survivor Stories
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Kiwi director Christopher Dudman on his television documentary The Day that Changed My Life, which features those who survived in the immediate aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake, 22 February 2011.
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Class action against Southern Response to proceed
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The High Court has said 40 Christchurch homeowners wanting to take a class action against earthquake insurer Southern Response can move forward with their claim.
Christchurch cycleways disastrous for St Albans business
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The Christchurch City Council is investing $156 million in 13 cycleways across the city, in a post-earthquake overhaul of the city's transport network.
Union rejects claims of illegal activity
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More on allegations from the Earthquake Commission that some contractors have been filing false invoices for work done on the Christchurch rebuild.
Police investigate first cases of fraudulent earthquake claims
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Christchurch police have made their first arrest for false claims over earthquake damage, charging a local woman with obtaining by deception.
Victim of Chch earthquake says design shows little empathy
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A woman who was badly injured in the February 2011 earthquake is critical of the proposed design of the Canterbury Earthquake Memorial.
The different fates of Christchurch's Catholic and Anglican cathedrals
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Both of Christchurch's big cathedrals were destroyed in the earthquakes. Their fates have been very different, and only one will rise again.
Quake wage subsidies wind down from tomorrow
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From tomorrow, the Government is winding down the subsidy that allows earthquake-damaged businesses in Canterbury to keep paying their workers' wages.
Fire Service honours teams for actions after February quake
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The Fire Service is recognising fire crews who responded to the February earthquake at an event this evening in Christchurch.
Union plans legal action against Earthquake Commission
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Contractors in Christchurch are due to file legal action against the Earthquake Commission tomorrow, because of thousands of dollars worth of unpaid invoices.
Christchurch councillors want CERA to talk about power handover
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Christchurch city councillors wants to know what the Earthquake Recovery Authority's plan is to hand back power to the council.
Brownlee's list of post-quake achievements received poorly
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Christchurch residents are pouring cold water on the Earthquake Recovery Minister's efforts to celebrate post-quake recovery in the city.
Councils told to focus on quake prone buildings
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The Insurance Council is mounting a legal challenge against the Christchurch City Council over its rules regarding earthquake-prone buildings.
CTV designer blamed for collapse
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The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes has heard the CTV building collapsed because of the incompetence of the man in charge of designing it.
Govt accused of exploiting quakes to push school closures
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The government is being accused of exploiting the Christchurch earthquakes to force through sweeping changes to schools in the city.
Christchurch workers say employment law changes will add to quake stress
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Workers in Christchurh already stressed by the earthquakes are pleading with MPs to stop proposed changes to employment law.
Some Christchurch people are living in dire straits
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The head of the Earthquake Commission is questioning why some Christchurch people are living in dire straits when there's help available.
The latest from EQC
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The head of the Earthquake Commission Ian Simpson says the claims from Friday's and July's earthquakes are being handled differently from the approach taken in Christchurch.
Chch community groups worried about quality of home repairs
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The Earthquake Commission has brought forward its deadline for repairing thousands of earthquake-damaged properties in Canterbury by 12 months.
Brownlee describes mayor's speech as deeply disappointing
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The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, has described a 'state of the city' speech by the Christchurch mayor, Lianne Dalziel, as deeply disappointing.
Quake damaged unisurable homes up for rent
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Earthquake damaged Christchurch homes written off by insurance companies are becoming hot property for investors wanting to make money renting them out.
Richard Langston - Things Lay in Pieces
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Poet/Journalist Richard Langston's fifth collection 'Things Lay in Pieces' starts with a sequence about the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
Call for more temporary villages in Christchurch
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For people in Christchurch who have to temporarily leave their earthquake damaged home, two housing villages are filling the accommodation gap.
Land Information to re-survey Canterbury's landscape
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In Canterbury, work has started on re-surveying the region's landscape, following the 7.1-magnitude earthquake in September.
Call for better focus on quake rebuilding
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A Canterbury business leader says local firms are worried that the earthquake rebuilding effort is in danger of losing its way.
Canterbury leaders welcome quake recovery shift
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The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission is promising swift changes following criticism of the rebuilding efforts necessitated by September's big quake.
Quake-hit beneficiaries get payments docked
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Some earthquake-affected residents in Christchurch are having their pensions and benefits cut, because they are earning interest on their insurance payouts.
Escape from the CTV building
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Nilgun Kulpe a counsellor with Relationship Services in Christchurch who was working on the 5th floor of the CTV building when the earthquake struck.
Fran Vertue
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Fran Vertue is a Clinical Psychologist with experience in truama counselling. She speaks about how to handle children dealing with the trauma of the Canterbury earthquake.
Media conference and Judith Collins' thoughts on todays events
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The Prime Minister says he expects the death toll from this week's Christchurch earthquake will rise to more than two hundred.