Small suburban businesses feel neglected by Chch council
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A group of small business owners in earthquake stricken Canterbury say they need a one hundred million dollar cash injection if they are to make it into the New Year.
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Government wage subsidy will help earthquake hit businesses
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A government package to help small businesses affected by Monday's earthquake will help according to one of the groups administering it , Enterprise North Canterbury, which has been through it before.
Overseas experts to give evidence at quake inquiry
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes continues today, with overseas experts critiquing a New Zealand report that calls for a two-billion dollar upgrade to strengthen earthquake-prone buildings.
Overseas expert shocked at design of PGC building
Audio, Radio New Zealand
An American engineer has told the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission he was shocked at the failure of builders to properly fix the floors of the PGC building to its walls.
Quake victims say pending rates rise will cripple them
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Shell shocked residents still picking up the pieces in one of the worst earthquake affected parts of Canterbury, say a looming rates rise to pay for repairs will cripple them.
Rural Recovery - A Quake Aftermath
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes finds out how the rural recovery is going near the epicentre of the Canterbury Earthquake that shook the province in the early hours of September 4th.
Families react to firm destroying CTV design information
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The director of the structural engineering company that designed the CTV building came under fire yesterday over documents missing from evidence his firm submitted to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
Role of engineer in inspecting Chch building under spotlight
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A structural engineer who ordered a building green stickered though he'd failed to do another thorough check on it has defended his inspections at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
Springsteen to play in Chch on eve of quake anniversary
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Boss is back - and he and his band, the E Street band, are going to Christchurch on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Canterbury earthquake this summer.
Vege co-operative in Christchurch feeding stomachs
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A fruit and vegetable co-operative in Canterbury that started with just 140 members has grown to more than two thousand members in the three years since the region's earthquakes.
New business hub calling for applications
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A new centre being set up to help Canterbury businesses struggling after the recent earthquakes says it's getting ready to open its doors and is calling for applications from interested companies.
Brownlee, Christchurch council compromise on housing
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Christchurch City Council says it has reached a compromise with the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, and voted unanimously to support a plan to intensify housing in the city.
One of the most expensive options for Christchurch schools
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Cabinet papers show the government's one-billion-dollar plan for reorganising Christchurch schools in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes is one of the most expensive options it could have chosen.
Evening Business News for 7 December 2010
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Australian-owned, ANZ Bank, is betting small and medium sized firms will drive earnings next year, bolstered by the Rugby World Cup and rebuilding of the earthquake-hit Canterbury region.
The Vault for 3 December 2010 - Homebush
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Deborah Nation dusts off a series of recordings made with successive generations of a Canterbury lineage whose family homestead was one of the casualties of the earthquake on 4 September 2010 .
Royal Commission hearings start in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Royal Commission hearings into the Canterbury earthquakes started in Christchurch today, with a indication that questions will be raised about whether some of those trapped in collapsed buildings could have survived.
Expert says developers should be required to submit soil rpts
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A geotechnical expert from the United States has told the Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes, developers should be required to submit soil reports before building on land prone to liquefaction.
Cantabrians anxious to see how government will help
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Businesses, farmers and workers in Canterbury are anxiously waiting to see what more the government will do to help after the 7.1 earthquake that devastated the region on Saturday morning.
Quake references a no-no in this year's NCEA exams
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Earthquakes disrupted schooling in Canterbury this year, but the region's teenagers can rest assured they will not be rattled by unexpected references to quakes in this year's NCEA and Scholarship exams.
Focus on Politics for 1 October 2010
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Law experts have criticised the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act for creating a dangerous precedent. Our political editor Brent Edwards weighs up the arguments for and against the emergency legislation.
Brownlee got advice on ChCh selling assets
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister has been forced to concede he's received official advice on the Christchurch City Council selling some of its assets to help pay for rebuilding the city.
Tower takes further profit hit on lingering quake claims
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Shares in the insurance company, Tower, have plunged close to 20 percent today after it said its profits will likely fall more than 16-million dollars because of Canterbury earthquake claims.
Ak Port says strikes, quakes show NZ needs resilient ports
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Ports of Auckland says incidents such as the strikes which crippled its operations and the Canterbury earthquakes which disrupted the Port of Lyttelton's operations shows New Zealand needs a resilient port sector.
Christchurch shops still feeling effects of quakes 3 years on
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Three years on from the Canterbury earthquakes there is a huge focus on getting the central city back up and running, but some suburban shopping areas are also struggling to attract customers.
EQC forced into embarrassing admission on privacy breach.
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Commission has been forced into an embarrassing admission that the details of all 83-thousand clients in its Canterbury Home Repair programme have been accidentally emailed to the wrong address.
Report paints bleak picture for impact of earthquake on capital
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A new report by the Greater Wellington Regional Council paints a grim picture if the capital was struck by a 7 point 1 earthquake, similar to that which hit Canterbury in September.
GNS faces tough questions at Royal Commission hearing
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Scientists from GNS Science have faced tough criticism at the Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes, being accused of funneling resources into the wrong areas and giving vague advice on earthquake risks.
GNS questioned on amount of warning given prior to quake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The warnings, or lack of them from the government's scientists about the likely size of aftershocks following the first Canterbury earthquake have been a focus of the Royal Commission into the quakes.
Earthquake panel chair says he did not ask for higher fees
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The four members of a panel set up to monitor emergency regulations governing the rebuilding of Canterbury say they did not ask for the higher-than-standard fees set by the Cabinet.
Trapped
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Martin van Beynen is an award-winning journalist with the Christchurch newspaper The Press. His book, 'Trapped: Remarkable Stories of Survival from the 2011 Canterbury Earthquake' documents the experiences of 23 survivors.