Canterbury Earthquake - Mark Littleton
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Mark Littleton is the Chief Fire Officer in Lyttleton.
Mark Littleton is the Chief Fire Officer in Lyttleton.
An emergency Cabinet Meeting is being held at Parliament as reports begin to come in of the damage in Canterbury caused by this afternoon's earthquake.
Douglas Marshall is the Civil Defence controller for the Selwyn District.
Peter Townsend is the Chief Executive of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. He's at Wellington Airport trying to get back to Christchurch.
Mayor of Christchurch, Bob Parker tells Cantabrians to take precautions, and declares a State of Emergency.
Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake.
Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake.
Chris Brown is in Lyttleton - the epicentre of the quake.
Bob Batty is a town planner in Halswell.
Major Angus Mace is from Burnham Military Camp.
Victoria Matthews is the Bishop of Christchurch.
John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
Update of the Canterbury Earthquake.
Megan Hazeldean runs the Akaroa Cottages in Banks Pennisula.
Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake.
Pip Ramby was rescued from the top floor of the Canterbury televison building.
Finance Minister Bill English, and the Civil Defence Minister John Carter have a news conference at the Beehive theatrette.
Murray Sherwan is the Chair of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission.
St John's Ambulance Operations Director Micheal Brooks.
Paul Burns is the task force leader of Urban Search and Rescue.
The NZ dollar has tumbled and the stock market has fallen.
Amanda Cropp is a Sumner resident.
Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake.
John Carter is the Minister of Civil Defence.
Bridget Mills is in the Christchurch central city with one of the rescue teams.
Wayne Mapp is the Minister of Defence.
Update of the Canterbury Earthquake.
Suzie Ferguson, Mary Wilson and Hewitt Humphrey host rolling news coverage of the Christchurch Earthquake. The audio used comes from the start of the 6pm hour.
Kate Gudsell received an initial death toll in the civil defence bunker in Wellington.
David Neal is the national programmes manager for the Red Cross. The Christchurch Red Cross response team is out with the fire service, searching buildings for people who might be trapped.