Death toll from Christchurch earthquake rises
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Police have confirmed the death toll from the Christchurch earthquake has risen.
Police have confirmed the death toll from the Christchurch earthquake has risen.
Kate Gudsell received an initial death toll in the civil defence bunker in Wellington.
Almost three days on from the 6 point 3 earthquake that shattered central Christchurch and Lyttleton and searchers are continuing to find more bodies but no more survivors in the rubble.
The inquest into the deaths of over a hundred of February's earthquake victims will get underway in Christchurch today.
The inquest into many of the deaths in the Christchurch earthquake will today hear evidence about the more than 60 language students who perished in the Canterbury Television building.
Prime Minister John Key updates the death toll.
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.
Police have confirmed the death toll from the Christchurch earthquake has reached 145.
Police have released the names of two more Christchurch earthquake victims as the confirmed death toll rises to 161.
The Prime Minister says he expects the death toll from this week's Christchurch earthquake will rise to more than two hundred.
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.
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.
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