Canterbury Earthquake - Jessica Maddock
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Maddock reports from the Christchurch City Art Gallery which has been converted into a Civil Defence centre.
Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Maddock reports from the Christchurch City Art Gallery which has been converted into a Civil Defence centre.
Peter Townsend is the Chief Executive of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. He's at Wellington Airport trying to get back to Christchurch.
David Neal is the Red Cross National Operations Manager and is making his way to Christchurch to coordinate efforts with his staff.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee refused to be interviewed on Checkpoint.
Roading contractors are already repairing many Christchurch streets damaged by last week's earthquake.
A sharp earthquake was felt in Christchurch and Canterbury last night, jolting residents awake just before midnight.
In North Hagley Park thousands of people gather for a Memorial Service in a day of remembrance and to stand united in two minutes of silence. Then Hewitt Humphrey reads the names of those who died in the earthquake .
It's one year today since a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch.
Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, responds to Christchurch residents in limbo awaiting a geotech report into which suburbs will be abandoned.
Matthew Carpenter is from the Canterbury Business Recovery Network. Gerry Brownlee is a Christchurch MP.
Some residents in one of Christchurch's worst affected suburbs doubt a new government agency will help their earthquake recovery. An announcement about a new department is expected within days but some of those still severely affected question the setting up of a new bureaucracy.
Monday's 10 year anniversary of the devastating earthquake that took the lives of 185 people in Christchurch, will be marked with a special service near the city's earthquake memorial. Large crowds are expected from half past twelve this afternoon on the lawn just across the river from the memorial wall. Among those speaking is the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern. A message from former mayor, Sir Bob Parker, will be read out. Sir Bob, who led the city through one of its most challenging periods, recently suffered a major stroke and heart attack. The names of the 185 who died will be read before a minute's silence at twelve fifty one, the exact moment the quake struck. Flowers will then be laid at the memorial wall.
At least 20 thousand people gathered at the public memorial service in Christchurch to remember the earthquake that occured one year earlier.
The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, says he's lost patience with the private insurance industry over delays in settling quake related claims.
An historic Christchurch clock tower damaged in the earthquakes was unveiled today, after undergoing more than eight hundred thousand dollars of repairs.
Legislation setting up the Authority for the Christchurch Earthquake Recovery has passed.
Another landmark hotel in Christchurch has been condemned because of earthquake damage.
Former Christchurch restaurateur James Jameson ran a cafe in the Christchurch Arts Centre until the Canterbury earthquakes of 2011. Last year, James moved to Mt Lyford – the area hit hard and isolated by this month's earthquakes.
The risk of another large earthquake hitting Christchurch has declined and is getting smaller.
Two years on from the February earthquake, tourism is in Christchurch is recovering - slowly.
"Extraordinary powers for extraordinary times."The Government says that's what it's giving to the new Christchurch earthquake authority it's set up to lead the rebuild.
Earthquake Crisis Phone Counselling telephone number for those directly impacted by the Christchurch earthquake: 0800 299 100.
Extensive coverage of the earthquake in Christchurch.
An update on recent Christchurch earthquake aftershocks.
A police update on the Christchurch earthquake.
Christchurch earthquake costs shake Tower's bottom line.
People can walk over Christchurch's Bridge of Remembrance once again, after nearly seven million dollars in earthquake repairs.
We're joined now by the Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee - who is in Christchurch.
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.
How will the government pay its estimated $5 billion share of the rebuild of Christchurch?