Insight for 19 February 2012
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Rachel Graham & Bridget Mills look at Christchurch and its people a year on from the earthquake
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Export markets vital to economy's prospects after quake
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The Christchurch earthquake looks to have dashed hopes of a pickup in household spending this year.
Canterbury Earthquake - Jim Palmer
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Jim Palmer says there is significant damage, but it is not as bad as the September 4 earthquake last year.
CTV survivor talks about the earthquake service
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It's been a year since Pip Ranby was rescued from the top floor of the five storey Canterbury Television building.
Canterbury quake one of the most expensive worldwide
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The Insurance Council is ranking the Canterbury earthquake as the world's third most expensive insured event this year.
Canterbury quake one of the most expensive worldwide
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The Insurance Council is ranking the Canterbury earthquake as the world's third most expensive insured event this year.
Third year could be the worst for quake-stressed Cantabrians
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Mental health experts in Christchurch are warning the worst could be still to come for people suffering from anxiety, depression and stress related to the earthquakes.
Meet local hero 86 year old Māori warden Peggy Hughes
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Meet a local town hero from Auckland's Northshore - 86-year-old Māori Warden Peggy Hughes. Peggy has been serving in her community as a volunteer for about 60 years and officially as a Māori Warden for almost 50 years. She's won dozens of awards for her services - from working at the 1981 Springbok tour protests, supporting Christchurch residents after the 2011 earthquakes, serving at many memorable Waitangi Day events to the recent Black Lives Matter protests.
Story of workers trapped in Forsyth Barr 12 months ago today
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In Christchurch, people have been marking one year on from the deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake.
The Week in Review week ending Friday 6 January 2012
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A review of the week's news including: Continuing industrial trouble at Ports Of Auckland, the National Road Policing manager Paula Rose on holiday road toll figures, Southland faces drought conditions, researchers come up with a solution that could lower the cost of rebuilding the earthquake devastated Christchurch CBD, a 24 year old woman with autism wins a 2011 attitude award for raising awareness of the condition, New Zealand Tasman Sea rowers hope to finally make some progress and how they celebrate New year at the bottom of the World.
Thousands gather in Christchurch
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At least 20 thousand people gathered at the public memorial service in Christchurch to remember the earthquake that occured one year earlier.
Treasury expects earthquake rebuilding to lift economic growth.
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The Treasury expects rebuilding after the Canterbury earthquake will help economic growth next year and put upward pressure on inflation.
Has the exodus from Christchurch stopped?
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The worst of the exodus from Christchurch after last year's earthquakes is over, according to a group which studies population trends.
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.
Rail returns between Picton and Christchurch
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The track will open this week after being closed for nearly a year after the line suffered extensive damage in last November's earthquake.
Christchurch flooding caused by earthquake
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Fifteen hundred people in Christchurch are without power tonight and more than a hundred homes evacuated after a 'once in a hundred year flood'.
150 yr-old tree felled for CHCH memorial
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Should a 150 year-old tree have been cut down to make way for Christchurch's earthquake memorial?
Evening Business for 21 April 2011
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Consumer confidence has stabilised after falling to a two year low in March, following the Christchurch earthquake.
Christchurch's Ellerslie Flower Show has earthquake flavour
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The Ellerslie International Flower Show opens in Christchurch today, a year after the February earthquake stopped the show.
North Canterbury locals struggling after Kaikoura quake
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Thirty properties are unlivable while another 170 have restricted access following the Kaikoura earthquake last year. RNZ reporter Conan Young reports from a town meeting.
Tourism slowly recovering in Canterbury after difficult days
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After commemorating the anniversary of last year's deadly earthquake in Christchurch, many are now looking to the region's future.
Tower upbeat about future performance
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Insurance company, Tower, says it's started the year on a positive note despite bad weather and lingering complex claims from the Christchurch earthquakes.
Small suburban businesses feel neglected by Chch council
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A group of small business owners in earthquake stricken Canterbury say they need a one hundred million dollar cash injection if they are to make it into the New Year.
Quake-hit Christchurch Residents having to return home
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Some Canterbury residents are returning to homes damaged in last year's 7.1 earthquake, because they can't afford to live anywhere else.
Earthquake Authority gets wide powers
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A stand-alone government department will be vested with the wide ranging powers the Government gave itself after last year's quake, to oversee recovery efforts in Canterbury.
North Canterbury relieved to see SH1 re-opening
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More than a year after North Canterbury's 7.8 magnitude earthquake forced its closure, State Highway 1 north of Kaikoura will re-open to the public on Friday. Thousands of cars and trucks have been diverted inland since one million tonnes of rubble, in the form of 85 landslides, came down on the road, which was the main route between Picton and Christchurch. It's meant a tough year for some of those based along the highway. Reporter Maja Burry checked in with locals and filed this report.
Scientists dissect communication about Christchurch quake
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One year on from the February 22nd earthquake, scientists are meeting to discuss how the science behind the shaking was communicated.
Canterbury schools to lose teachers because rolls have fallen
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Christchurch schools will lose the equivalent of 167 teaching jobs next year as the government removes support for schools that lost pupils after February's earthquake.
Chch man told insurance will go up by $10,000 a year
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A Christchurch man has been left stunned after his insurance premium rose by 440 percent after his insurer decided his property was at a higher risk from earthquakes.
2011 Body Festival
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A Christchurch arts event that took one of the biggest hits in the September earthquake last year, was the annual Body Festival.