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Roger Sutton discusses Christchurch's recovery
Audio, Radio New Zealand
In the wake of the February disaster, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority was set up to coordinate the overall recovery.
Jane Bowron talks life in Christchurch's red zone
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Jane Bowron is a newspaper columnist who lived in the red zone at the time of the earthquake.
Anger at Earthquake Authority's communications budget
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Community leaders in Christchurch are angry to learn the Earthquake Recovery Authority spent more than three-and-a-half million dollars on communications in the past financial year.
Roger Sutton says CERA's PR spend is worth it
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has spent more than three-and-a-half million dollars on communications in the past year. The Earthquake Recovery Authority chief executive is Roger Sutton.
Christchurch MPs want inquiry into possible CTV fraud
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission says it will not re-open its inquiry into the CTV building collapse, despite fresh allegations against the building's construction manager.
Lawyer hopes inquest will highlight problems with rescues
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A lawyer for the husband of a woman who died in the Christchurch earthquake says a coming inquest will show rifts within the Fire Service did hamper rescue efforts.
Top Stories for Friday 19 October 2012
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Maori Council confirms it will go to court to try and stop the partial sales of power companies. Advocates for sexual assault victims say the police have been too slow to improve the way they deal with complaints and concern that management problems at the Fire Service hampered rescue efforts after Canterbury's deadly earthquake.
Protest march against Christchurch school changes
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A rowdy protest was held in Christchurch yesterday over the Government's plan to revamp education in the earthquake-hit city.
Councils told to focus on quake prone buildings
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Insurance Council is mounting a legal challenge against the Christchurch City Council over its rules regarding earthquake-prone buildings.
Town close to first quake epicentre getting back to normal
Audio, Radio New Zealand
It was just a little under an hour and a half ago, two years today, that a seven-point-one magnitude earthquake shook Canterbury.
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.
Christchurch schools two years on from the Sept 4 quake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Schools are an important part of any community, and two years on from the start of the earthquakes in Canterbury many are still coping with damage to classrooms, and with dramatically reduced rolls.
Economics ensures a high level of Chch rubble recycling
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A year and a half after the February Earthquake, economics has ensured much of the waste material coming out of Christchurch's central city has been recycled.
Midday News for 11 September 2012
Audio, Radio New Zealand
South Island motorists are warned to take care as snow falls and the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission is told the engineering profession is in crisis.
Govt accused of exploiting quakes to push school closures
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The government is being accused of exploiting the Christchurch earthquakes to force through sweeping changes to schools in the city.
Too little too late for displaced Christchurch retirees
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Retired Christchurch people affected by the earthquakes are disappointed they have been left out of new rules aimed at giving people in retirement villages better payouts after natural disasters.
Social impact of Chch quakes similar to Hurricane Katrina
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Canterbury's health officials say an increase in binge drinking, not taking medicines, and domestic violence are signs of the ongoing effect of the region's earthquakes.
Insurers warn economic damage from quakes will linger
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Public and private insurers are warning the damage from Canterbury's series of earthquakes will have economic impact for years.
Brownlee to meet with Chch mayor over consenting today
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Minister Gerry Brownlee says it would be an absolute disaster for Christchurch, if the City Council stopped issuing building consents next week.
Concerns highlighted about high costs of dumping quake rubble
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Record fines for two companies and a director who illegally dumped contaminated demolition material has highlighted problems with the costs of dumping earthquake rubble from Christchurch.
Academic is concerned Chch will struggle to fully recover
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A professor studying the economics of disasters says Christchurch will struggle to ever fully recover from the earthquakes that have devastated the city.
Quake felt widely throughout New Zealand
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The earthquake was felt as far afield as Te Awamutu and Christchurch, with residents from all the places in between describing it as extremely frightening.
Top Stories for Monday 22 July 2013
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The latest news and updates on last night's earthquake; a former resident of a Christchurch complex, where a woman was found dead over the weekend, says altercations are common; NZ says law change on asylum seekers justified; doubts Kiwisaver tweaks would help first home buyers; and veterans want answers about exposure to radiation.
City Mission says there's a 'new level of poor' in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A Christchurch catering company has joined forces with the City Mission to tackle what is being described as a new era of poverty after the Canterbury earthquakes.
Not everybody in Chch excited about Council approvals
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Recovery Minister says the Christchurch City Council has wasted an opportunity in deciding to save the Town Hall, instead of building a new performing arts precinct.
Third year could be the worst for quake-stressed Cantabrians
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Mental health experts in Christchurch are warning the worst could be still to come for people suffering from anxiety, depression and stress related to the earthquakes.
City council could lose power to authorise building consents
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Christchurch City Council has received a strong warning from the Earthquake Recovery Minister to speed up its processing of building consents or lose its power to authorise consents.
Earthquake Recovery Minister gives Chch council strong warning
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Recovery Minister says this is a final warning for the Christchurch City Council.
Christchurch mayor defends council's performance
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says officials have tried for months to help the Christchurch City Council but it's consistently failed to make the necessary improvements and is still taking far too long to process applications.
CERA checks on welfare of red & orange zoned residents
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Recovery Authority is knocking on the door of every red and orange zone resident in Christchurch to check on their welfare and offer them temporary accommodation if they need it.