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Recovery head says demolition process will be sped up

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Head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Roger Sutton is in our Christchurch studio .

Long wait for quake repairs for some Canterbury homeowners

Canterbury earthquake victims with the most damaged homes could have to wait more than two and half years for their houses to be fixed - but one owner says her problems are nothing compared to the misery of the Pike River mine disaster.

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker

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Donations to the Canterbury earthquake fund now total about $11 million. It comes as the Government announced early details of a recovery plan for people wanting money to fix their damaged homes or start rebuilding.

Update on Canterbury quake recovery

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Eleven million dollars has been donated so far to the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal. It comes as the Government announced early details of a recovery plan for people wanting money to fix their damaged homes or start rebuilding.

Brownlee got advice on ChCh selling assets

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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.

Doug Backhouse: resilient communities

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Canadian expert on the development of healthy communities in British Columbia is in New Zealand to explore possibilities for contributing to the rebuilding of a resilient Christchurch following the earthquake and aftershocks.

Chch family has little faith EQC settlement will be forthcoming

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EQC said it would provide the Ross family with a cash settlement by February 20, almost seven years to the day since the Christchurch earthquake. Now it's commissioning another rebuild estimate.

3 years on quake homewners are still wrangling with insurers

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On the third anniversary of the first major earthquake to hit Christchurch thousands of people with the most badly damaged homes are still wrangling with their insurance companies over rebuilds.

Bill for quake damaged roads millions of dollars

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The Transport Agency says initial repairs to State Highways damaged in the Canterbury earthquake could cost up to six million dollars.

17 jobs lost at Christchurch Art Gallery

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17 jobs have gone at the Christchurch Art Gallery, which is closed for earthquake repairs until at least June next year.

Christchurch earthquake anniversary: Broken buildings remain 10 years later

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Cantabrians are still surrounded broken buildings and empty spaces on the 10th anniversary of the devastating 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The disaster forced 70 percent of the CBD to be demolished. The Government launched an ambitious recovery plan to help it recover in 2012. The Christchurch Central Recovery Plan, dubbed the "blueprint" would dictate the rebuild of the central city. To support it, the Government would complete a series of "anchor projects", to encourage investment in the city and make it a more attractive place to live in. As Anan Zaki reports, the anchor projects appeared to weigh down the progress of the rebuild.

Iconic Christchurch clocktower restored

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An historic Christchurch clock tower damaged in the earthquakes was unveiled today, after undergoing more than eight hundred thousand dollars of repairs.

Emails show Worksafe not on top of asbestos until 2013

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Documents obtained by Radio New Zealand show WorkSafe New Zealand was still grappling to get on top of asbestos dangers in the Christchurch rebuild nearly two years after the February 2011 earthquake.

Dispute over EQC payments

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Some Christchurch drainlayers repairing damage from the Canterbury Earthquake say there are delays and confusion in getting repayments from the earthquake commission.

Christchurch homeowners upset at latest quake report

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Some Christchurch residents are angry they will have to wait almost three years before their severely earthquake damaged homes can be repaired.

CERA wants insurers to give homeowners clearer time lines

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The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority wants private insurers to provide homeowners with clear timeframes for when earthquake repairs will be carried out.

Two earthquake damaged high rises set to be demolished

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Park Terrace and Salisbury Street in Christchurch will be blocked off today ahead of the staged demolition of two high rise apartment blocks.

Earthquake panel chair says he did not ask for higher fees

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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.

Canterbury cemeteries damaged in quake

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Some Christchurch residents fear there's a risk to the region's history if headstones damaged by September's 7.1 magnitude earthquake are not repaired.

Much beloved Victoria square re-opens in Christchurch

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Victoria Square, the slightly less famous cousin of nearby Cathedral Square was re-opened today following $7.5 million worth of earthquake repairs.

EQC won’t extend deadline for claims for botched repairs

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Time is nearly up for owners of on-sold quake damaged properties in Canterbury to apply to claim money for botched repairs. The Government announced last year it would give an ex-gratia payment to home-owners with properties that went over the Earthquake Commission's then cap of $100,000. Today is the last day for applications after the original August deadline was extended due to Covid-19. But there are calls to extend that deadline again, as applications have flooded in over the past month.

Construction company disputes others are being exploited

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A Christchurch construction firm says businesses who are complaining about losing money on earthquake repair jobs should work more closely with their project managers.

Christchurch hospital still largely a construction zone

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Two years on from the February twenty second earthquake, large parts of Christchurch Hospital are a construction site as repairs to damaged wards continue.

Long wait ahead for owners of Canterbury's damaged sections

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The owners of more than three-thousand properties damaged by the Canterbury earthquake have been told the repair job could take nearly three years.

Fletcher wins NZ's largest ever building contract

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Fletcher Construction has won the largest building contract in New Zealand history to repair half of the Canterbury homes damaged in last month's earthquake.

Christchurch City Council labelled naive for rates inquiries

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Christchurch council has asked its residents to tell it if earthquake repairs haven't been done so it can accurately assess their property's value.

Focus on Politics for 18 July 2014

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Christchurch and its surrounding towns are slowly starting to be rebuilt after the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Our political editor Brent Edwards has been in Christchurch to find out whether the rebuild debate will dominate the election campaign in the city.

Fiona Farrell: Writing the Quakes

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Fiona Farrell has been awarded the $100,000 Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer's Fellowship to research and write twin books, one fiction and one non-fiction, inspired by her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes and the rebuilding of the city.

Minister says he has faith in Fletchers to prevent fraud

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The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, says he is confident that Fletchers is vigilant about fraud and is doing what it can to prevent it in the Christchurch rebuild after accusations from New Zealand First.