Story of workers trapped in Forsyth Barr 12 months ago today

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In Christchurch, people have been marking one year on from the deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake.

Man in Forsyth Barr building talks about today's evidence

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The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard the earthquake resilience of stairways in the Forsyth Barr building was compromised when they were installed.

Structural engineer breaks down at Royal Commission

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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.

Anglican Church takes centre stage at Quakes Royal Commission

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The Anglican Church has been asked why it failed to carry out a detailed inspection of a building which partially collapsed, killing a Canadian tourist in Christchurch during the February earthquake.

Evidence given on how close Chch hotel came to collapsing

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The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard how close the city's tallest building came to collapsing entirely during the February 22nd earthquake.

The Panel with Anna Chinn and Matt Nippert (Part 1)

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Topic 1: The Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, was quick to apologise to the Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker for calling him a clown. Topic 2: The Electoral Commission says John Key's hour-long pre-election radio show gave him the chance to raise his personal profile unchallenged.

Engineers seek answers about CTV building

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A victim's family and engineers are seeking answers from the Christchurch City Council on why the earthquake-devastated CTV building was allowed to be built.

Quakes an excuse to weaken RMA- green groups

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Environmental groups say Canterbury's earthquakes are being used as an excuse to weaken the Resource Management Act.

Canterbury quakes behind record Government deficit

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The Canterbury earthquakes are behind a big blowout in the Government's deficit which has grown to a record 18-point-4 billion dollars.

Call for urgent changes to building standards

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The Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission is calling for changes to building standards as a matter of urgency.

EQC fund to be wiped out by Canterbury earthquake claims.

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The Canterbury earthquakes will wipe out all the funds held in reserve to cover claims to the Earthquake Commission.

Group says home owners will be alarmed by blowout

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A Christchurch support group says home owners will be alarmed at the blowout in earthquake repair costs.

The Panel with Gary Moore and Joanne Black (Part 2)

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Are men with lower voices more attractive to the opposite sex; The Canterbury Earthquake insurance deadlock; Speed Camera tickets have doubled over the last year.

Our Own Odysseys: Sendai Volunteer

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Christchurch resident Nigel Rushton recently cycled through Japan and spent a week helping with the clean-up of another earthquake ravaged region.

Some Christchurch earthquake victims are angry

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The families of some Christchurch earthquake victims are angry disappointed the Government is refusing to pay for lawyers for them at the Royal Commission of Inquiry.

Quake panel paid too much - Labour

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Labour says an independent panel set up to oversee the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is being paid too much.

Jobs are to go at the Christchurch department store Ballantynes

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Thirty to fourty jobs are to go at the Christchurch department store, Ballantynes, because of earthquake damage to it's central city shop.

Tenants return to HSBC

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The first of Christchurch's high-rise buildings to close after the February earthquake has reopened. All the tenants of the12-storey HSBC Tower are now back in the building which has been extensively checked by engineering experts.

Godwits welcomed by different Christchurch bells

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The annual arrival of the godwits in Christchurch has been marked, despite the city's cathedral being out of action following February's earthquake.

Canterbury DHB facing over $70-Million in repairs

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The Canterbury District Health Board is facing a bill in excess of $70-million to repair earthquake damage to more than seven and a half thousand rooms in two of its hospitals.

Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 18 July 2011

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NZ SAS troops involved in another gun battle in the Afghan capital Kabul. Another fatal police pursuit, this time, in South Auckland and Police investigate missing cheques for earthquake damage in Christchurch.

Way of setting excesses for commercial properties changes

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Commercial property owners are facing not just higher insurance premiums following the Christchurch earthquakes, but also the prospect of much higher excesses.

The PM rules out Israeli spy action in Christchurch

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This morning the Prime Minister was refusing to confirm or deny whether a group of Israelis in Christchurch at the time of the February earthquake were spies - saying it was not in the national interest for him to do so.

Canterbury schools to lose teachers because rolls have fallen

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Christchurch schools will lose the equivalent of 167 teaching jobs next year as the government removes support for schools that lost pupils after February's earthquake.

Women relive fear when quake damaged mall

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Colleagues of a Christchurch man killed in February's earthquake today relived the frightening moments when the quake struck.

US search and rescue leader returns to Christchurch

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The man who lead the US search and rescue in the aftermath of February's earthquake is back in Christchurch to accept a plaque of appreciation from the City Council.

Last unidentified victims of Chch quake laid to rest

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The last unidentified victims of the Christchurch earthquake have been laid to rest in a ceremony in Christchurch.

A San Franciscan view of Christchurch

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Spud Hilton knows what it's like to feel the fear of a large scale earthquake. As the Travel Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, he lives in a city on a fault line. Spud Hilton has just published an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the status of Christchurch as a tourist destination and as a city that must rebuild, rethink and reinvent itself.

Thousands gather in Christchurch

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At least 20 thousand people gathered at the public memorial service in Christchurch to remember the earthquake that occured one year earlier.

CTV survivor talks about the earthquake service

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It's been a year since Pip Ranby was rescued from the top floor of the five storey Canterbury Television building.