Science - Earth Science

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Erosion to earthquakes with geologist and paleontologist Dr Hamish Campbell from GNS science. Chatham Islands geology and it's links with Christchurch and Canterbury.

Science: Earth Sciences

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Dr Hamish Campbell of GNS Science talks about the Christchurch earthquake and it's subsequent aftershocks.

Mother Earth and the Quakeia Babies

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A book written by two Christchurch women to help the region's children deal with the stress of the earthquakes has been endorsed by the director of Civil Defence, John Hamilton.

Christchurch Earthquake - John Townend

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John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.

Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

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John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University Wellington.

Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

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John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University Wellington.

Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

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John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.

Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

Audio, Radio New Zealand

John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.

Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

Audio, Radio New Zealand

John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.

Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

Audio, Radio New Zealand

John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.

New audio of Christchurch quake at the moment it hit

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When the destructive February earthquake hit Christchurch, one of our reporters, Bridget Mills, was recording an interview at the very moment the earth started shaking.

New audio of Christchurch quake at the moment it hit

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When the destructive February earthquake hit Christchurch, one of our reporters, Bridget Mills, was recording an interview at the very moment the earth started shaking.

Picking up the fence posts: farming in Waiau after the quake

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When the magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook North Canterbury nearly three years ago, a 3.5-metre high wall of earth formed on Dave and Rebekah Kelly's sheep and beef station. The 'Wall of Waiau' – as it's now known – sits on a faultline that cuts across a scenic hillside.

Survivor tells of rescue from Pyne Gould building

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Survivor Nick Walls, who was pulled from the rubble of the Pyne Gould Corporation building, says his life will change as a result of the earthquake. From his bedside in the Christchurch hospital's orthopeadic ward he explained to our reporter Lorna Perry what he was doing when the earth shook.

Survivor tells of rescue from Pyne Gould building

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Survivor Nick Walls, who was pulled from the rubble of the Pyne Gould Corporation building, says his life will change as a result of the earthquake. From his bedside in the Christchurch hospital's orthopeadic ward he explained to our reporter Lorna Perry what he was doing when the earth shook.

The Panel with Gordon McLauchlan and David Farrar (Part 2)

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Topics - Katy Perry opened the ceremony in Los Angeles with a Japanese-themed performance of Unconditionally, dressed as a Geisha. Within minutes, fans and viewers were accusing her of racism. A citizens initiated referendum on the sale of state assets is in full swing. The referendum isn't binding on the Government, in fact the Government has already promised to ignore it. Newly published research shows that the Canterbury earthquakes were even more unusual than first thought, with such a sequence unlikely to occur anywhere else in the world. The research, published this week in Nature Geoscience, challenges the common assumption that the strength of the Earth's crust is constant.