Christchurch pod-styled backpackers a NZ first
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A backpackers with pod-styled units has opened near Christchurch Airport as the city continues to struggle with budget accommodation following the 2011 earthquake.
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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.
Midday News for 9 April 2020
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An report into EQC finds it was poorly prepared for the Canterbury earthquakes. Quarantined travelers have moved before 14 days. Anna Thomas has the news.
First freight chugs into Chch from Picton since Kaikoura quake
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The first freight train since the devastating Kaikoura earthquake has chugged into Christchurch, after an historic 348 kilometre journey from Picton.
Ministry apologises to Chch schools for handling of closures
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The Ministry of Education has been forced to apologise for its flawed handling of school closures and mergers after the 2011 Canterbury earthquake.
Bob Burnett: better homes for better health
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Christchurch architect Bob Burnett founded the Superhome movement after his children got sick "bouncing around substandard rentals" after the Christchurch earthquake.
Midday News for 28 May 2014
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Investigations into handling of asbestos in Canterbury earthquake repairs and a man's appeared in court charged with the murder of the Auckland woman, Blessie Gotingco.
Call for group action against EQC over quality of repairs
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Group action may be taken against the Earthquake Commission over the quality of repairs to damaged Christchurch homes.
Cathedral Square's first dawn service since 2010
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Earlier this morning Christchurch's Cathedral Square saw its first dawn service since the earthquake in 2011. The city's Mayor Phil Mauger was there.
A decade fostering start-ups & entrepreneurs
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Marian Johnson has spent years helping build businesses out of the rubble following Christchurch's earthquakes as Chief Executive of the Ministry of Awesome.
Christchurch quakes reveal buried city history
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Since the Christchurch earthquakes 15 years ago archeologists have been busy. They've dug up nearly a million artifacts, unearthing and illuminating the city's history.
Southern Story for 8 August 2013 - Mark van Roosmalen
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Katy Gosset meets one of Christchurch's top tailors. Mark van Roosmalen may have lost his premises in the earthquake but he's busier than ever, turning out bespoke garments for the city's style-conscious. Katy finds that amidst the high-viz vests of Christchurch there's still plenty of room for a sharp suit.
The Panel with Sir Bruce Slane and David Slack (part 1)
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Naval blockade: Greenpeace say its activists are willing to get arrested over their protest against a Brazilian oil company surveying off East Cape. Royal Commission: Legal experts are in agreement ... the purpose of the Royal Commission into February's earthquake in Christchurch is to investigate - not to incriminate.
Broken China
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For countless families in Canterbury, the earthquake sent china, crystal and other precious glass objects to the floor where they shattered. But Banks Peninsula artist Sarah Rutland says don't despair, and definitely don't throw those broken treasures away. They will never be the same, but they can be reshaped into a different treasure that can itself become a family heirloom.
You Call This Art? - Part 6
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Three leading artists: the singer Madeleine Pierard; the children's book illustrator Gavin Bishop and playwright and actor Jacob Rajan discuss why they create work with Paul Bushnell. Awa Press writer Jane Bowron reads from her book Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake.
Chch rebuild offers training opportunity for Pasifika peoples
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Six years after Christchurch's destructive 6.3 magnitude earthquake the rebuild programme is now being used to provide training for workers from the region.
Coroner says still months to identify last quake victims
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Two months on from the Christchurch earthquake, the remains of nine people are still to be formally identified.
Midday News for 11 September 2012
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South Island motorists are warned to take care as snow falls and the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission is told the engineering profession is in crisis.
Quake felt widely throughout New Zealand
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The earthquake was felt as far afield as Te Awamutu and Christchurch, with residents from all the places in between describing it as extremely frightening.
Christchurch rentals market remains tough
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More than 18 months since the Canterbury earthquakes the rental property shortage continues to worsen, and there are predictions it won't be easing anytime soon.
Raising Resilience
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American social-psychologist Tara Powell on the challenges of building confidence in children who have been traumatised by a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina or the Christchurch earthquake.
Christchurch rebuild much more pricey than predicted
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The Earthquake Recovery Minister has revealed the rebuild of Christchurch's damaged sewage and water pipes will be quite a bit more expensive than predicted.
Building collapse injures Christchurch firefighters
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The partial collapse of a Christchurch building in an overnight blaze has sent three firefighters to hospital, and raised a possible link to the February earthquake.
Residents frustrated waiting for EQC claims
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People in Canterbury with homes damaged by the February 22nd earthquake have less than six hours left to lodge a claim with the Earthquake Commission.
Earthquake commission on delays
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The Earthquake Commission says 95 percent of the invoices it gets from contractors repairing houses in Christchurch are paid out within two to three weeks.
British search and rescue say long way to go at PGC building
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Today marks one week since the devastating earthquake struck Christchurch. Work within the cordon is continuing.
Focus on Politics for 4 March 2011
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In the wake of last week's devastating earthquake in Christchurch, political parties put aside partisan differences as they offered support to the city.
Plumbers in Chch say they're struggling to keep solvent
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The plumbing industry says there is festering discontent in Christchurch, over what it calls unnecessary red tape from the Earthquake Commission.
Te Ahi Kaa mo 13 o Poutu te Rangi (March) 2011
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Te Ahi Kaa check out the relief effort following the Christchurch earthquake on February 22, 2011.
Cantabrians want more focus on people, not buildings
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The government has pledged five and half billion dollars over the next six years for Canterbury's Earthquake Recovery Fund.