Consensus over Christchurch in danger of collapsing.

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The political consensus over the response to the Christchurch earthquake is in danger of collapsing.

CTV designer blamed for collapse

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The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes has heard the CTV building collapsed because of the incompetence of the man in charge of designing it.

Government appoints experts to look at building collapses

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The Government has appointed the panel of experts that will investigate why so many buildings collapsed during Christchurch's February earthquake.

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.

Inquiry begins into collapse of CTV building

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A woman who was in Christchurch's CTV building when it collapsed during the February's earthquake says it felt like being in a falling lift.

Inquest looks at PGC building collapse in February's quake

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The first details surrounding the deaths of 18 people in the PGC building collapse in February's earthquake have been revealed at an inquest in Christchurch.

Evidence given on how close Chch hotel came to collapsing

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The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard how close the city's tallest building came to collapsing entirely during the February 22nd earthquake.

Survivors of the collapsed Pyne Gould building in Chch

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Surviors of the collapsed Pyne Gould building in Christchurch where 18 people died in February's earthquake have today relived their experiences on that day.

Up to 50 additional buildings damaged in red zone

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The Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority says today's aftershocks have caused up to 50 additional buildings in the city's redzone to collapse or partially collapse.

Families reflect on first week of evidence about CTV collapse

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The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission hearing into the collapse of the Canterbury Television Building has ended for the week after four days of compelling evidence.

EQC knew wall was unsafe before it collapsed killing two

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It's been revealed that the Earthquake Commission knew a wall which crushed two people in Christchurch's February earthquake was at risk of collapsing.

PM says up to police whether to lay charges over CTV collapse

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The Prime Minister, John Key, says it is now up to the police to decide whether criminal charges will be laid over the collapse of the CTV building in the Christchurch earthquake in February last year.

Families of victims of CTV building collapse give statement at disciplinar…

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The families of the victims of the CTV building collapse in Christchurch have told an engineering disciplinary hearing they've been waiting 12 years for accountability. The building collapsed in the February 2011 earthquake killing 115 people. It was designed by Dr Alan Reay's firm - Reay was criticised by the Earthquake Royal Commission for handing sole responsibility of it to an inexperienced employee. Reay has tried to stop the disciplinary process going ahead but it got underway in Christchurch today. Reporter Anna Sargent spoke to Charlotte Cook.

Christchurch earthquake anniversary: CTV employee remembers 22 February 20…

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Survivors are gathering in Christchurch today to remember those who died in the devastating Christchurch earthquake of 2011. Of the 185 people who were killed, 115 died when the CTV building collapsed. Former CTV employee Tom Hawker watched his workplace collapse in front of him. He speaks to Susie Ferguson.

Royal Commission looks at PGC building collapse

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The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes continues today with the focus on the Pyne Gould Corporation building, where 18 people were killed.

Christchurch earthquake - Frances Adank

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Frances Adank is in St Albans where there are ruptured pipes and collapsed chimneys.

Tenants struggle to determine quake resilience

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The capital has a tight rental accommodation market, and the peak demand season is just a few weeks from beginning. One prospective Wellington flat hunter, who'd experienced the Christchurch earthquake - including knowledge of the collapse, or partial collapse, of 3 buildings he'd previously lived in - has contacted us, frustrated at the lack of information available from landlords or letting agencies. What rights to information do tenants have?

CTV collapse: Will there be corporate manslaughter charge?

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Justice Minister Andrew Little said on Thursday that "everybody involved in this has walked away scot-free. And that's not right." Nigel Hampton QC, who was counsel for the families at the Royal Commission in to the Canterbury earthquakes, joins us to discuss the outcome.

Breakdown in communication - unsafe building collapsed in quake

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The Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission has heard that a breakdown in communication between structural engineers, a property manager and owner led the tenants of a building to wrongly assume their shop was safe.

John Key wants inquiry into collapse of buildings

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Today marks one week since the devastating earthquake struck Christchurch and overnight, the death toll from the rubble has risen. 154 bodies have now been recovered.

Coroner report into CTV collapse critical of Fire Service

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Professor Maan Alkaisi, a spokesman for the Christchurch Earthquake Families Group speaks with Geoff Robinson.

Royal Commission into quakes won't investigate liability

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There's disagreement about whether a Royal Commission of inquiry into building collapses in the Canterbury earthquakes should apportion blame.

Justice for CTV families

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The families of those who died in the CTV building collapse in Christchurch's 2011 earthquake say they will continue to fight for justice. 

One Year and a Day

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A law which prevents charges being laid over the collapse of Christchurch's CTV buildin gin the 2011 earthquake could be repealled soon.

Quakes Royal Commission wraps up PGC hearing today

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The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury earthquakes concludes its hearing into the collapse of the Pyne Gould building today.

Council building chief outlines stickering process

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The collapsed PGC and CTV buildings in the Christchurch CBD were both"green stickered"by city council inspectors following the earthquake in September last year.

Grant Cameron

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Why is the Royal Commission into Building Collapses in the Christchurch Earthquake not apportioning blame? Christchurch lawyer Grant Cameron represented the victims of the Cave Creek Tragedy.

CTV engineer says he's been treated unfairly

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The man who designed the CTV building that collapsed in the Christchurch earthquake has effectively scuttled any investigation into him by the Institution of Professional Engineers.

Buy A Brick

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The collapse of the Christchurch Cathedral during the devastating earthquake of February the 22nd struck a powerful blow to the core of Canterbury and New Zealand as a whole.

Inquest into earthquake deaths continues

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The Coroner will today hear more evidence about the more than 60 language students who perished in the Canterbury Television building when it collapsed in February's earthquake.