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Something For the Weekend - Quake City Re-opens

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Canterbury Museum is inviting visitors to view Quake City for free during the special exhibition's reopening this weekend, 16 & 17 September. The newly-relocated exhibition that tells stories from the Canterbury earthquakes, reopened on 14 September.

NZ's second community fridge opens in New Brighton

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Christchurch suburb of New Brighton was hit hard by the Christchurch earthquakes, with roads that still haven't been fixed and many families on struggle street. One local is hoping a fridge offering free food, will help. 

Memorial Garden for CTV victims opens in Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The cleared site, where 115 lost their lives in the February 22, 2011 earthquake, has been turned into a memorial garden, which is intended to be a place for reflection and rememberance.

Saggio de Vino

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This restaurant expects to open again soon

Christchurch’s new $92m library opens to much fanfare

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Christchurch’s new $92m central city library opened today – replacing the former library which was damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes. But as Logan Church discovers, with sewing suites, a TV wall and a music studio, this library is home to more than rows and rows of books.

Photograph number UC 11-0055-04

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Spice Traders is open again following the February earthquake.

City Municipal Chambers (now "Our City")

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Architect: Samuel Hurst Seager. Queen Anne design. Opened 1887.

Earthquake Memorial opens on 6th anniversary of quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A 150 metre memorial wall will be unveiled on the banks of the Avon today six years after the devastating earthquake hit Christchurch. Bruce McEachen says it is an inspiring place and the wall will perform every function the families need it to.

Earthquake Memorial opens on 6th anniversary of quake

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A 150 metre memorial wall will be unveiled on the banks of the Avon today six years after the devastating earthquake hit Christchurch. Bruce McEachen says it is an inspiring place and the wall will perform every function the families need it to.

1,600 Canterbury homeowners with EQC quake claims open

Audio, Radio New Zealand

There are 1,600 Canterbury homeowners with earthquake claims still open with EQC. About 100 homeowners turned up to a meeting organised by EQC Fix in Christchurch on Monday night - all with stories of home repair hell, botched repairs, or seemingly never-ending arguments with EQC, Southern Response, or their private insurer. They were all tired and wondering why they still had to fight more than nine years on from the first Canterbury Earthquake. Checkpoint video journalist Logan Church travelled to Christchurch to speak to those still fighting for what they believe they are entitled too.

Christchurch woman opens home to 50 quake-hit felines

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Animals have also suffered upheaval because of the Christchurch earthquakes. Jan Collins is one of those caring for some the hundreds of pets who have been left homeless because of the earthquakes.

Bookings open for public tours of Christchurch's red zone

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The tours will allow people to see the earthquake damage closeup for the first time since the earthquake struck in February.

Labour says government should keep open mind on EQC

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Labour is calling for the Government to rethink how the Earthquake Commission insures homeowners, in the aftermath of the disaster in Canterbury.

Demolition of the BNZ building

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This will open up the street to the Avon River

Looking at Chrstchurch's heritage buildings

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Instead of concentrating on the buildings destroyed in and after the earthquakes in Christchurch's CBD, a new event is enticing people back to explore the heritage buildings that have survived. A new organisation, Te Putahi, is behind the Open Christchurch programme that celebrates the city's surviving architecture, starting with inner-city schools throwing open their doors to the public. Architectural historian and co-founder of Te Putahi, Dr Jessica Halliday tells Lynn Freeman they hope to encourage discussion around well-designed spaces and their impacts on peoples' lives. Open Christchurch starts next Sunday with a tour of The Cathedral Grammar Junior School.