Thirty-four years ago, Spectrum producer Jack Perkins recorded his award-winning documentary capturing the life, the sounds and the personalities of Cathedral square in Christchurch. In this edition of The Vault, Deborah Nation parallels that experience with the sounds of 2011 as she is escorted through the earthquake Red Zone into the square as it is today.
Chris Brown is in Lyttleton - the epicentre of the quake.
Radio New Zealand Economics Correspondent reports from outside AMI Stadium.
Radio New Zealand reporter Rachel Graham is in Latimer Square.
Peter Davy is the chief executive of Ports of Lyttleton.
Pete Connors is the New Zealand Transport Agency Operations Manager.
Christchurch city councillor Barry Corbett is at Civil Defence headquarters.
The fire service in Christhcurch says its resources are stretched.
Christchurch based science commentator Simon Pollard, talks about his earthquake experience.
An extended news bulletin with the latest news on the Christchurch earthquake.
Discusses the uneven economic cost of the Christchurch earthquake.
Helen Leggatt's started photographing Canterbury's earthquake-damaged cemetery headstones.
Jim Palmer is the CEO of the Waimakariri District Council.
Barry Saunders is at the epicentre of the earthquake - Lyttleton.
James Thompson is the Operations Manager for Civil Defence Christchurch.
Bridget Mills is in Latimer Square at a triage centre.
News breaks of an earthquake causing large amounts of damage in Canterbury.
Christchurch resident James McMullan's house was badly damaged.
Prime Minster John Key gives a statement regarding the Canterbury Earthquake.
Paul Norris is from The New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT.
Douglas Marshall is the Civil Defence controller for the Selwyn District.
Murray Sherwan is the Chair of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission.
The NZ dollar has tumbled and the stock market has fallen.
David Meates is Chief Executive of the Canterbury District Health Board.
Lydia Ayden is Christchurch City Council's General Manager of Public Affairs.
Labour Party leader Phill Goff has been in Christchurch all day.
Kerry Munro was at his glass factory when the earthquake struck.
Jackie Shields is a resident of the Burwood suburb in Christchruch.
This year's census has been cancelled following the Christchurch earthquake.
Coverage of John Key's speech to the people of Christchurch.