Earthquake aftershock in Christchurch

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Jim Mora crosses to reporters in Christchurh to get an update on the 1:00pm aftershock.

Update on Christchurch aftershocks

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More reports on earthquake aftershock damage from Christchurch.

Powerful aftershocks strike quake-hit Christchurch

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Chief Executive of the Christchurch Earthquake Reconstruction Authority, Roger Sutton.

Big aftershock wakes up Christchurch

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An earthquake aftershock measuring five-point-one on the Richter Scale shook Christchurch this morning, just after six o'clock.

5.1 magnitude aftershock hits Christchurch

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An earthquake aftershock measuring five-point-one on the Richter Scale hit Christchurch this morning, just after six o'clock.

Christchurch shaken by yet another strong aftershock

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Christchurch has been shaken by another strong aftershock. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit ten kilometres east of Lyttleton harbour.

Christchurch's quake bigger than thought

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The size of Christchurch's devastating February earthquake and its aftershocks have been revised upwards.

Latest earthquakes leave women's refuges overflowing

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Christchurch Womens Refuge says its safe houses are full as women have fled the worsening domestic violence in the city following June's powerful aftershocks.

Man who broke neck in quake walks in front door

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Ken Hird is back home today for the first time since breaking his neck during an earthquake aftershock in Christchurch.

Immigrants sign up for citizenship in Christchurch

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Two shattering earthquakes and a few thousand aftershocks haven't put off a hundred immigrants becoming New Zealand citizens in Christchurch.

Christchurch residents consider leaving as aftershocks continue

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Many people in this city are, yet again, cleaning up after a major earthquake. An increasing number of householders, especially in the badly hit eastern suburbs, say they're close to hanging up their spades and shipping out.

Up to 50 additional buildings damaged in red zone

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The Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority says today's aftershocks have caused up to 50 additional buildings in the city's redzone to collapse or partially collapse.

NZ Skeptics gather to mock so-called moon man

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The large aftershock rattled nerves in Christchurch last night but it was not the destructive earthquake that had been predicted by self-styled quake forecaster Ken Ring.

GNS questioned on amount of warning given prior to quake

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The warnings, or lack of them from the government's scientists about the likely size of aftershocks following the first Canterbury earthquake have been a focus of the Royal Commission into the quakes.

Spectrum for 4 September 2011

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A year after the first earthquake on 4 September 2010, aftershocks continue to be felt in Canterbury, and they're not always seismic ones. When buildings collapse or are cordoned off, or even just closed for repairs - what happens to the lives and livelihoods of those who used to fill them with noise and energy? Kris Vavasour returns to Lyttelton to catch up with performers and friends, to hear about life in an altered landscape.

Best of the Week- 17th June 2011

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Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 17th June. This week..........barely two weeks after Canterbury was warned of a one in four chance of a big earthquake striking within a year, Christchurch residents are dealing with the effects of two major aftershocks that hit the region on Monday, and homeowners in the city are calling for the government to reveal which quake hit suburbs will be abandoned, Mediawatch looks at the "sideshow syndrome" that exists in media coverage of politics , the life-forms that exist in the seemingly barren ice in antarctica, and a photographer who'se taken portaits of some of the most powerful men on the planet.