Canterbury Earthquake - Jessica Horne
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Horne is at her home in Christchurch, which has sunken into the ground.
Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Horne is at her home in Christchurch, which has sunken into the ground.
The Government is promising the new authority set up to lead Christchurch's rebuilding will listen to local people.
State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie is helping to recruit the new head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.
A new slew of Christchurch businesses are in limbo after Merivale mall was closed because of earthquake risks.
The government's looking overseas to get more hands on deck to help with the rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle. A new short-term Recovery Visa will bring in specialist foreign workers through a similar pathway used after the Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes. The visas will be fast-tracked with officials aiming to get applications through within seven days. Corn Dann spoke with immigration minister Michael Wood.
Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 6th April. This week... we look at the commercial deals some media personalities are making these days, a documentary on the history of New Zealand's psychiatric hospitals, a new social phenomenon - the increasing number of people who choose to live alone, a new book and interesting findings about our national icon the kiwi, With the aid of advanced functional MRI scanners, scientists are getting closer to being able to read your mind, the opening of a public art project by the Christchurch Art Gallery to try and ensure art continues to have a presence in the earthquake hit city.
One of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, Kate De Goldi's short fiction, novels and picture books engage children, teenagers and adults alike. Novel The 10pm Question was published to critical acclaim, quickly becoming an iconic piece of New Zealand literature. Her latest, Eddy, Eddy is being met with similar excitement.
Radio New Zealand reporter Rachel Graham is at the triage centre that has been set up in Latimer Square.
Host of the Radio New Zealand programme This Way Up, currently assisting friends in Christchurch affected by the earthquake.
Since the February earthquake, three hundred Australian police have travelled across the Tasman to support their New Zealand counterparts.
Canterbury earthquake victims say they've got new cause for anxiety - whether or not insurance companies will reinsure them.
A new agreement's been reached on how earthquake claims for seriously damaged mortgaged houses in Canterbury will be handled.
Christchurch businesses are calling on the council to keep the New Brighton pier open while earthquake repairs are completed.
Christchurch businesses are calling on the council to keep the New Brighton pier open while earthquake repairs are completed.
Radio New Zealand archivist reports on the earthquake recovery operation taking place in Christchurch to preserve this country's broadcasting history.
The State Services Commission is investigating Canterbury earthquake insurer Southern Response. A new pharmacy council ethics code has upset doctors.
The earthquake has also affected financial markets. The New Zealand dollar has tumbled, and the stockmarket has extended its losses.
The Bank of New Zealand has set aside 60 million dollars for potential credit losses from the earthquakes in Christchurch.
A new report suggests economic activity in Canterbury has not reduced as a result of the September and February earthquakes.
Dealing with the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes is a challenge unlike any New Zealand has faced in its history.
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes has been told of new deficiencies in the structure of the CTV Building.
Our Christchurch reporter Rachel Graham travelled to Japan, with the support of the Asia New Zealand Foundation, to find out.
A selection of the week's news including a former New Zealand cricketer demanding answers over how his name has been linked an investigation into match-fixing, the Act Party leader announces he is quitting as party leader and will leave parliament next year, the biggest drug haul in New Zealand history, the Auditor General apologises to Mangawhai locals for Audit New Zealand's failure to identify a 60 million-plus waste-water debacle, the Labour Party says its victory in the Christchurch East by-election is an indictment of the Government's response to the earthquakes, we hear from the author of a book about the building blocks of our words and literature and the national champion who will proudly represent New Zealand at an international competition in Perth.
The many arts organisations left homeless by the Christchurch earthquake, including the Christchurch Arts Festival and the Symphony Orchestra, have received good news this week from Creative New Zealand. We hear from CEO of Creative New Zealand Stephen Wainwright, manager of the Christchurch Arts Festival Steph Walker, and James Caygill from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
A review of the week's news including the latest on the Canterbury earthquake as aftershocks continue to hit the region, ACT MP David Garrett quits the party amid shocking revelations, a report into the Air New Zealand crash off the French coast in 2008 blames poor maintenance and pilot error, first steps are taken to repeal the Foreshore and Seabed Act, the New Zealand Airforce evacuates an ill man from Antarctica, New Zealand's athletes could pull out of the Commonwealth Games and immigrant birds that mimic the native species.
New research suggests about half the Christchurch businesses which left the central city after the Canterbury earthquakes are unlikely to return.
Two shattering earthquakes and a few thousand aftershocks haven't put off a hundred immigrants becoming New Zealand citizens in Christchurch.
The Finance Minister, Bill English, says the Christchurch earthquake means the New Zealand economy is unlikely to grow this fiscal year.
The cost of building a home in New Zealand's main cities has risen by 20 per cent since the Canterbury earthquakes.
The government has announced a new "hub" offering a bunch of separate services to Christchurch locals with ongoing earthquake-related problems.