Tower counts cost of earthquakes
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Insurance company Tower says yesterday's earthquake in North Canterbury will cost it a maximum of just over seven million dollars.
Insurance company Tower says yesterday's earthquake in North Canterbury will cost it a maximum of just over seven million dollars.
One of the Christchurch suburbs worst hit in the Canterbury earthquakes is on the way to recovery.
Shopping or retail therapy is helping some Christchurch residents return to normality after the February earthquake.
The Earthquake Recovery Minister says this is a final warning for the Christchurch City Council.
A truck that simulates earthquakes to test soil quality is being tried out in Christchurch today.
An inquest into another five victims of February's earthquake begins today in Christchurch.
Emily Cooper, who worked as a reporter in the CTV building, which was destroyed by the earthquake.
Unanimous political support for legislation vesting the Government with extraordinary powers for Christchurch has broken down.
A series of aftershocks on Boxing Day has rocked Christchurch, hitting businesses hard over the post-Christmas sales.
Ian Beale joins us from Mt Pleasant where there has been a rock fall off Castle Rock.
The Canterbury earthquakes have shaken up many of the region's industries - and beer brewing is no exception.
Is Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee pleased with the initial response to the plan?
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is leading the government's response to the latest round of earthquakes.
The downpours have added yet another problem for Christchurch residents living in earthquake-stricken homes.
A lack of affordable space after Christchurch's earthquake threatens to fracture the city's arts community.
Christchurch trades companies say they are struggling to find experienced staff as the earthquake rebuild begins.
Should a 150 year-old tree have been cut down to make way for Christchurch's earthquake memorial?
The grass roots organisations that sprang up after the 2011 Canterbury earthquake are showing little sign of fading away.
Canterbury homeowners are questioning the validity of a survey which was supposed to independently test the quality of earthquake repairs.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in Christchurch and the Solomon Islands escapes serious damage despite major earthquakes.
As Wellington debates the future of its earthquake-damaged central library, and Christchurch enjoys its new high tech one, it's the perfect time to really think about libraries of the future.
A lawyer for the Earthquake Commission has told the High Court there are major holes in the case brought by a Christchurch couple to have their home rebuilt.
Christchurch woman Pam Sharpe has endured earthquakes, fires and dealing with insurance companies, but then she received a parking ticket. She tells Checkpoint what happened next.
More information on the earthquake zones in Canterbury has been revealed, and some people will soon be told they won't have to abandon their properties.
Earthquakes, fire and terrorism have shaped the lives of Christchurch teenagers growing up during the last decade. A documentary from NZBS students.
The minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, is refusing to intervene and force the Canterbury regional council, to loosen rules around log burners in Christchurch.
The Canterbury Communities' Earthquake Recovery Network or CanCERN represents dozens of residents' associations and community groups. Tom McBrearty is chairman, whose own house has been badly affected.
The Canterbury earthquakes have forced the Government to look more closely at the strength of the country's transport, water, sewerage, energy and communication networks.
More now on the the Government's move to sure-up the country's transport, water, sewerage, energy and communication networks in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes.
The Christchurch city council says today's flooding would have been much worse had it not been for post-earthquake upgrades to the storm water system.