Storm winds cause dust misery in Christchurch

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The wind is picking up in Christchurch, causing concern about dust storms being blown up from earthquake debris and silt.

Musician Fiona Pears

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Lyttelton-based musician Fiona Pears is putting her life back together after the Christchurch earthquake. She's written a song, called Calm After The Storm.

Chch council workers on standby incase of more flooding

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The Christchurch city council says today's flooding would have been much worse had it not been for post-earthquake upgrades to the storm water system.

Community groups upset about wastewater rebuild plans

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Some Christchurch community groups say a programme to rebuild the city's wastewater and storm water systems to a pre-earthquake equivalent isn't good enough.

Canterbury mayors luke warm on new rate for stadium

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Canterbury mayors say their ratepayers are already paying for earthquake recovery, roading, water and storm water infrastructure, so a shiny new Christchurch stadium is way down the priority list.

Business owners angry over Christchurch CBD access

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More than a houndred people with businesses in Christchurch's CBD have stormed a cordon into the Red Zone, in frustration at still not being allowed access to their buildings - one month on from the earthquake.

Chch clean up underway, as calls made for more shelter

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Some people in Christchurch who spent last night in freezing earthquake damaged homes with no power, are backing a call from the community group Cancern for emergency shelters to be set up when the next winter storm hits.

Hundreds spend a cold night after power cut

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With many in Christchurch still living in earthquake damaged houses, the cold snap has prompted a call for temporary emergency shelters. Daphne Lewis-Mannix lives in a quake-damaged home in New Brighton. Her power was out last night, and she's been shivering overnight, already sick with a cold before the storm hit.

The Panel with Rosemary McLeod and Tim Watkin (Part 1)

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Topics - Would you like a pay rise of $10,000 a year? That's what the lowest paid Auckland Council staff will get if a plan to implement a minimum wage of $18.40 an hour goes through. The Insurance Council has received a briefing today after a report revealed hundreds of properties on Christchurch's Port Hills are on unsafe land. The GNS Science report released yesterday shows a major rain or snow storm could cause land already loosened by the earthquakes to move.