Lack of engineering assessments investigated

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A lack of building inspections and the engineers to carry them out has come under further scrutiny at the Royal Commission of inquiry into the Canterbury earthquakes.

EQC respond to claims of inadequate assessments

Audio, Radio New Zealand

EQC's manager for the Canterbury home repair programme, Reid Stiven, respondes to claims of misleading estimates of damage to household foundations from the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.

Grand Chancellor deconstruction underway in weeks

Audio, Radio New Zealand

As for the demolition of the building, The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority deconstruction manager, Warwick Isaacs, says while it will be managed carefully, it is still risky.

Sports commentator Joseph Romanos

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Joseph Romanos discusses the potential impact of the Canterbury earthquake on the Rugby World Cup and Ross Taylor's innings in the Cricket World Cup match against Pakistan.

Earthquake Authority gets wide powers

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A stand-alone government department will be vested with the wide ranging powers the Government gave itself after last year's quake, to oversee recovery efforts in Canterbury.

Earthquake funding shock

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Principal of Banks Ave School, Murray Edlin, and Canterbury Primary Principals Association president, John Bangma, discuss the issue of earthquake damaged schools in property repairs funding shock.

District councillor backs Kaiapoi to pull through

Audio, Radio New Zealand

People in the Canterbury town of Kaiapoi say they are determined to preserve their community despite learning yesterday hundreds of earthquake-damaged homes will have to go.

Authority has power to stop land prices sky-rocketing

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority says it could step into the property market to stop land prices sky-rocketing but is confident it won't have to.

Commission witnesses questioned about Cashel Street building

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Witnesses before the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission have been questioned about why a building known to be earthquake prone was allowed to reopen, despite several red flags.

Structural engineer breaks down at Royal Commission

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A structural engineer has broken down at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission after admitting he contributed to a woman's death in the February the twenty second earthquake.

Inquest into earthquake deaths continues

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Coroner will today hear more evidence about the more than 60 language students who perished in the Canterbury Television building when it collapsed in February's earthquake.

Building codes minimised quake's injuries, damage

Audio, Radio New Zealand

New Zealand's strict building codes are being praised for minimising the injuries and damage caused by the seven-point one magnitude earthquake that shook Canterbury on Saturday.

The Panel with Jock Anderson and Neil Miller (part 2)

Audio, Radio New Zealand

How long does it take to form a first impression of someone, speeding cops, Bob Parker's profile and the Canterbury earthquake, and the latest on Pike River.

Tower full-year loss widens, proposes new quake claims company

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The insurance company, Tower, has strongly criticised the time it's taking to settle Canterbury earthquake claims and says the insurance system for handling such disasters is broken.

PGC property manager defends lack of detailed assessment

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard the property manager of the Pyne Gould building did not organise detailed engineering assessments after the first quake in September.

Criminals help quake victims.

Audio, Radio New Zealand

In Canterbury, those carrying out sentences of community service are being put to good use - with teams of workers out helping with the post-earthquake clean-up.

Builder says he couldn't wait to leave CTV days before collapse

Audio, Radio New Zealand

An experienced builder says he couldn't wait to get out of the Canterbury Television Building after seeing how damaged it was in the September 2010 earthquake.

Badly hit Sydenham aims to become revitalised quarter

Audio, Radio New Zealand

One of the Christchurch suburbs badly hit in the Canterbury earthquakes is being rebranded as the Sydenham Quarter - a future haven for artists, artisans and industrialists alike.

Christchurch tourism poised for rebound from quakes

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch's tourism sector is poised for a strong rebound five years after the Canterbury earthquakes, but tourist operators and leaders say there is still work to do.

Three years after quake, England rugby team in Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Three years after the earthquakes robbed Christchurch of its chance to host England during the Rugby World Cup, the tourists finally made it onto a Canterbury field.

Interview with Matthew Hughes

Audio, UC QuakeStudies

Interview with Canterbury Earthquakes Geospatial Reserach Fellow, Matthew Hughes. This interview was conducted by Emma Kelland as part of Deirdre Hart's Coastal and River Earthquake Research project.

Address by Roger Sutton

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A public talk by Roger Sutton, CEO at the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. This talk formed part of the Plenary One session, 'Looking forward - updates and perspectives'.

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:09:07 14:41:10

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Volunteers, Siena Childs, 13, left, Sam Butcher, 13, Jess Butcher, 18, and Alex Summerlee, 18, clean up in Avonside Drive following Canterbury's earthquake".

Gerry Brownlee acted 'unlawfully' over uninsured land, court rules

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The former Earthquake Recovery Minister's decision to exclude uninsured Canterbury landowners under the Recovery Plan was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled in an interim judgement.

Bob Parker's last day in office

Audio, Radio New Zealand

After six years leading Christchurch, three of them since the first Canterbury earthquake, Bob Parker is packing up his office and hanging up the Mayoral chains today.

Ombudsman report details inefficiencies at EQC

Audio, Radio New Zealand

An earthquake community group in Canterbury says a damning report on the ineffectiveness of the Earthquake Commission highlights the frustration of getting information on their own homes.

Timaru deputy mayor on major quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

There's been a strong earthquake in Canterbury just after 9am. We speak to Scott Shannon, deputy mayor of Timaru and a John, a Pleasant Point resident.

Spectrum for 15 April 2012

Audio, Radio New Zealand

With half his life work destroyed by earthquakes, Christchurch conservator Graham Stewart is on a mission to save what is left of Canterbury's remarkable stained glass history.

IMG_2319

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Damage to the St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Leeston suffered during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.

Christchurch

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