150 businesses could fold following the earthquake
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It's estimated up to 150 businesses will go bust following the Canterbury earthquake.
It's estimated up to 150 businesses will go bust following the Canterbury earthquake.
Eight years ago today Christchurch was shaken to its core, as a second major earthquake hit.
Colonel Roger McElwain has recently been briefed on the military response in Christchurch.
Returning now to the emergency finance package for Christchurch businesses, which the Prime Minister announced this afternoon.
A Christchurch school has bought ukuleles for all its children out of earthquake donations.
The head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority Roger Sutton is with us now.
Workers who lose their income as a result of the earthquake in Canterbury will be eligible for compensation.
Those clearing up earthquake-damaged buildings in Canterbury are being warned to beware of asbestos.
Canterbury earthquakes is recommending toughening the standards for concrete buildings and structural steel.
The number of emergency psychiatric assessments in Christchurch has more than doubled since the earthquakes struck.
A class action taken by 40 Canterbury earthquake claimants against Southern Response heads to court tomorrow.
Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Horne is at her home in Christchurch, which has sunken into the ground.
Christchurch principals say schools' recovery from Tuesday's earthquake will focus more on emotional issues than infrastructure.
Police have confirmed the death toll from the Christchurch earthquake has reached 145.
The political consensus over the response to the Christchurch earthquake is in danger of collapsing.
The Rescue operation following Christchurch's earthquake has now officially moved to a recovery operation.
The Government is promising the new authority set up to lead Christchurch's rebuilding will listen to local people.
Three time capsules, recovered after the Christchurch earthquake, have been opened in the city today.
Many of New Zealand's companies are fronting up with large donations to help with rebuilding in Christchurch.
Heart attack rates have surged two weeks after the Canterbury earthquake, as aftershocks continue.
Worries about the mental health impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes dominated a fiery meeting at Parliament today.
Javier and Jackie Garcia Knight look back on the earthquake that changed Christchurch and New Zealand forever.
The Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial was unveiled to the public at a memorial attended by more than 3000 people.
The regional television station, Canterbury Television, has begun broadcasting news again for the first time since February's devastating earthquake.
The police say there have been more burglaries in Christchurch following the February earthquake.
Thousands of new jobs will be created this year as the rebuilding of Canterbury begins.
Radio New Zealand reporter Rachel Graham is at the triage centre that has been set up in Latimer Square.
We're joined now by the Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee - who is in Christchurch.
Environmental groups say Canterbury's earthquakes are being used as an excuse to weaken the Resource Management Act.
John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University Wellington.