Building a better Canterbury
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A debate on the architectural way forward for earthquake hit Christchurch ahead of an exhibition and series of talks initiated by the New Zealand Institute of Architects.
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Government welcomes calls for new building standards
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Government is welcoming a report from the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission that calls for urgent changes to building standards.
The demolition of heritage buildings in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Concern about the demolition process of heritage buildings in Christchurch. With Anna Crighton - Chairperson of the Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Buildings Fund Trust, which raises money, matched by the government, to save quake-damaged heritage buildings.
Report: steps taken to strengthen buildings with stairwells
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The first report into the damage done to three large buildings in the Christchurch earthquake is recommending urgent steps be taken around the country to strengthen buildings with stairwells.
Engineer wants building standards upgraded
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A Canterbury University engineer says building standards need to be upgraded before rebuilding begins in the earthquake battered region.
Unsafe buildings in Christchurch mall down by mid July
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A new plan will see all dangerous earthquake-damaged buildings in Christchurch's Cashel Mall pulled down or made safe by mid-July.
Royal Commission to hear plea for upgrade to old buildings
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission will hear this week that the cost of upgrading the city's unreinforced masonry buildings is more than the buildings are worth.
Building collapse injures Christchurch firefighters
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The partial collapse of a Christchurch building in an overnight blaze has sent three firefighters to hospital, and raised a possible link to the February earthquake.
List of historic building to be destroyed grows
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The reality of just how many historic buildings will be lost to the Christchurch earthquake is now becoming apparent with Civil Defence adding another 123 buildings to the demolition list.
Escape from the CTV building
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Nilgun Kulpe a counsellor with Relationship Services in Christchurch who was working on the 5th floor of the CTV building when the earthquake struck.
CTV building to be focus of next Inquests
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The remaining victims of the Christchurch's CTV building will be the focus of a Coroner's inquest next month, as families of those killed in the February earthquake continue to question the safety of buildings in the inner city.
Efforts to save quake damaged buildings
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A Christchurch MP is working with a group trying to prevent historic buildings damaged in last month's earthquake from being torn down unnecessarily.
Insurance cancelled for landmark Chch buildings
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Insurance cover has been cancelled for Christchurch's historic Arts Centre and its Catholic Cathedral which were both badly damaged in the February earthquake.
Call for urgent changes to building standards
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission is calling for changes to building standards as a matter of urgency.
Council building chief outlines stickering process
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The collapsed PGC and CTV buildings in the Christchurch CBD were both"green stickered"by city council inspectors following the earthquake in September last year.
Government appoints experts to look at building collapses
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Government has appointed the panel of experts that will investigate why so many buildings collapsed during Christchurch's February earthquake.
Inquest looks at PGC building collapse in February's quake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The first details surrounding the deaths of 18 people in the PGC building collapse in February's earthquake have been revealed at an inquest in Christchurch.
Survivors of the collapsed Pyne Gould building in Chch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Surviors of the collapsed Pyne Gould building in Christchurch where 18 people died in February's earthquake have today relived their experiences on that day.
Up to 50 additional buildings damaged in red zone
Audio, Radio New Zealand
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.
Royal Commission looks at PGC building collapse
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes continues today with the focus on the Pyne Gould Corporation building, where 18 people were killed.
Quake hearing told building in use despite yellow placard
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A property manager has been questioned at the Royal Commission investigating the Canterbury earthquakes about why he didn't tell tenants the building they worked in was unsafe.
Overseas expert shocked at design of PGC building
Audio, Radio New Zealand
An American engineer has told the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission he was shocked at the failure of builders to properly fix the floors of the PGC building to its walls.
Christchurch council grilled over buildings at quake commission
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Christchurch City Council has faced tough questioning at the Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes over its role in ensuring buildings are earthquake strengthened.
Officials put barriers in way of strengthening building - owner
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A Christchurch businessman has told the Earthquake Royal Commission the city council was a nightmare to deal with when he was trying to strengthen his building before the September quake.
Role of engineer in inspecting Chch building under spotlight
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A structural engineer who ordered a building green stickered though he'd failed to do another thorough check on it has defended his inspections at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
Family of quake victim question safety of building
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The family of a young man who died while protecting his sister during February's earthquake in Christchurch says the building they were in wasn't safe.
Seismic engineer on the quake's effect on buildings
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A seismic engineer says many of the Christchurch buildings destroyed in Tuesday's quake weren't designed to cope with such intense forces - and it's possible damage from the September 4th earthquake went undetected.
Tenants return to HSBC
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The first of Christchurch's high-rise buildings to close after the February earthquake has reopened. All the tenants of the12-storey HSBC Tower are now back in the building which has been extensively checked by engineering experts.
PGC building survivor from February Christchurch quake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The woman who fought the odds to regain her mobility after being trapped and crushed in her collapsed work place, the PGC building, when Christchurch was devastated by the earthquake of February 22. She is now helping other quake victims, especially the children of injured parents some of who have had long periods of separation.
Breakdown in communication - unsafe building collapsed in quake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission has heard that a breakdown in communication between structural engineers, a property manager and owner led the tenants of a building to wrongly assume their shop was safe.