Aftershocks continue to rattle Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch has been rattled by a series of earthquakes with the latest measuring 5.5 on the richter scale.

A San Franciscan view of Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Spud Hilton knows what it's like to feel the fear of a large scale earthquake. As the Travel Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, he lives in a city on a fault line. Spud Hilton has just published an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the status of Christchurch as a tourist destination and as a city that must rebuild, rethink and reinvent itself.