Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend
Audio, Radio New Zealand
John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University Wellington.
John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University Wellington.
Kimberley Grady works for KiwiRail.
Alistair Hamilton is the Canterbury Medical Officer of Health.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker says that this earthquake felt as violent as the one in September.
Jane Patterson has been at the Beehive bunker getting a civil defence update.
Jim Palmer is the CEO of the Waimakariri District Council.
David Miller is from Christchurch Civil Defence.
Barry Saunders is at the epicentre of the earthquake - Lyttleton.
Labour Party leader Phil Goff is outside the Pyne Gould building - where people are trapped inside.
James Thompson is the Operations Manager for Civil Defence Christchurch.
Bridget Mills is in Latimer Square at a triage centre.
Dave Cliff is the Police Superintendent.
John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
Denise Torrey is the principal of Summerfield School in the south of Christchurch.
Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Maddock has been to a Civil Defense Briefing.
John Carter, Minister for Civil Defence gives reporters in Wellington a briefing.
Head of Canterbury's regional civil defense.
RNZ producer Susan Baldacci reports from Christchurch.
Simon reports from Cashmere.
Frances Adank is in St Albans where there are ruptured pipes and collapsed chimneys.
The Minister of Civil Defence John Carter.
Ian Beale joins us from Mt Pleasant where there has been a rock fall off Castle Rock.
An update on the phone systems from Telecom's communications manager Mark Watts.
Karen Neill is the head of RNZ's Sound Archives.
Jim Mora crosses to reporters in Christchurh to get an update on the 1:00pm aftershock.
Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, responds to Christchurch residents in limbo awaiting a geotech report into which suburbs will be abandoned.
The Christchurch Earthquake Appeal established by the government and spearheaded by NZX Chief Executive Mark Weldon has attracted donor money from companies and individuals around the world. How will that money be spent?
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Canterbury Monday night. Four thousand people reportedly felt the quake, which was centred 30 kilometres west of Methven. GNS Science seismologist Dr Jonathan Hanson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is in Europe in an attempt to convince insurance companies not to pull out of New Zealand after the Christchurch earthquakes.
The Earthquake Commission has more than doubled its estimate of how much it will pay out for Canterbury earthquake claims, from three billion dollars to seven billion dollars.