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Silence observed around New Zealand

Audio, Radio New Zealand

While thousands gathered in Christchurch, the first anniversary of the earthquake has also been marked by hundreds of people around the rest of the country.

One year on, New Zealand remembers Christchurch quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

It's one year today since a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch.

Fairfax Video, August 2012 (7)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of the demolition of the Radio Network House on Worcester Street. The building was demolished by Controlled Demolition Inc using a controlled implosion.

Fairfax Video, July 2012 (3)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of a press conference about the implosion of Radio Network House on Worcester Street. The video includes statements by Peter LockHart, Bill Johnson, and Warwick Isaacs.

Former Christchurch residents have new lives in new cities

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Ready or not for an earthquake, many former Christchurch residents have left canterbury for what they describe as more stable pastures.

Radio NZ presenter honoured at quake ceremony

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Radio NZ's Vicki McKay among those honoured at an awards ceremony in Christchurch for heroism, service or acts of kindness by organisations and individuals during the Canterbury earthquakes.

Cera chief executive reflects on progress a year on

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Dealing with the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes is a challenge unlike any New Zealand has faced in its history.

Jazz Fest to kick off in Christchurch tonight

Audio, Radio New Zealand

After a year's earthquake-enforced absence, the New Zealand International Jazz and Blues Festival is back and opens in Christchurch this evening.

A video of a tour of the inside of the Radio Network House on Worcester Street. Maurice Gibbens, demolition supervisor from CERES, and Craig Stracey, operations manger, explain how the building has been prepared for demolition by implosion.

Chch Cathedral should be rebuilt says visiting expert

Audio, Radio New Zealand

An international expert in earthquake recovery who's touring New Zealand says it's inconceivable to think that a building as magnificent as Christchurch Cathedral won't be rebuilt.

Seismologists say new information answer questions about quakes

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Seismologists studying the Canterbury earthquakes say aftershocks from the September 2010 quake were so unusually strong because of the type of rocks along the faultline.

New housing village opens for quake-displaced residents

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A new temporary housing village for residents with earthquake-damaged homes in Christchurch has opened in the east of the city.

Feature Album - Band Together

Audio, Radio New Zealand

On October 23, 2010 Christchurch's Hagley Park hosted one of the biggest ever free concerts in New Zealand, following the first big earthquake to shake the city a month earlier.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 541

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel taken from Radio New Zealand House on Durham Street. The hotel has been demolished, leaving large piles of rubble which an excavator is working to clear.

CERA says new labelling needed for building safety

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority says the language describing building safety is unhelpful and is worrying people needlessly. The Authority's CEO, Roger Sutton, joins the programme.

Businesses in busy Chch Mall forced to close

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A new slew of Christchurch businesses are in limbo after Merivale mall was closed because of earthquake risks.

Rebuild vs Repair - Christchurch insurers

Audio, Radio New Zealand

New assessment guidelines are reclassifying houses which were previously written off as being repairable, leaving owners up to $180,000 worse off. Kathryn talks to Leanne Curtis, spokesperson for the Canterbury Community Earthquake Recovery Network, and Renee Walker, spokesperson for IAG New Zealand.

Doug Backhouse: resilient communities

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Canadian expert on the development of healthy communities in British Columbia is in New Zealand to explore possibilities for contributing to the rebuilding of a resilient Christchurch following the earthquake and aftershocks.

Engineer denies bar's quake repairs rushed for New Year's Eve

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A structural engineer has denied he rushed the inspection of earthquake repairs to a Christchurch bar so it could re-open in time for New Years Eve.

50% of Christchurch business unlikely to return

Audio, Radio New Zealand

New research suggests about half the Christchurch businesses which left the central city after the Canterbury earthquakes are unlikely to return.

Demolition prompts hope for damaged Christchurch buildings

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The destruction of the Radio Network building in Christchurch has prompted hopes that explosive demolition could be used to bring down other earthquake-damaged buildings.

Royal Commission hears of deficiences in CTV structure

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes has been told of new deficiencies in the structure of the CTV Building.

Mediawatch for 19 February 2012

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Marking the upcoming earthquake anniversary in Christchurch; right of reply on The Panel; newspaper stories with overhyped headlines; a controversial contest backfies on radio - but not really.

New Fire Service review into Christchurch earthquake response

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Fire Service may have announced another investigation into its response to last year's deadly February earthquake in Christchurch, but there are already claims it won't go far enough although some feel it will indicate the need for a Royal Commission of Inquiry.

Research shows quakes produced millions of tonnes of waste

Audio, Radio New Zealand

New research shows the Canterbury earthquakes generated eight million tonnes of waste - forty times what would normally come from local households in a year.

'When a City Falls' director praises blueprint for CBD

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The man who documented the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes with the film 'When A City Falls' says this week's plan for a new Christchurch CBD will forge a new path for the damaged city.

Fairfax Video, September 2012 (11)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of an interview with Corporal Pani Bell about his work guarding cordons at the edge of the Christchurch central city red zone. Bell talks about the progress of the Christchurch rebuild, the shrinking of the red zone, the implosion of the Radio Network House on Worcester Street, and the temporary offices which have been built for the cordon guards.