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MPs in Parliament pay tribute to people of Canterbury
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Politicians have praised the courage and resilience shown by Canterbury residents following Saturday's earthquake. MPs from all the parties in Parliament had an opportunity to address the House this afternoon.
Christchurch workers compensation
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Workers who lose their income as a result of the earthquake in Canterbury will be eligible for compensation.
Retailers Association speak about compensation package
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Government is to provide income support to some workers who've lost earnings because of the earthquake in Canterbury. The support package will be offered to businesses with fewer than 20 employees, which are unable to operate or pay their staff.
The latest from an earthquake engineer in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
It's day four of the massive clean-up operation in Canterbury. Hundreds of shops and offices in the region are being assessed to check if they're safe.
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 7 September 2010
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Canterbury schools to stay closed until Monday, Earthquake family tries to comfort traumatised children, Christchurch welfare centres start filling up, Independent Australian MPs back Labor, Universities raise fees to maximum, MPs in Parliament pay tribute to people of Canterbury, Prime Minister speaks from Christchurch, and Julia Gillard speaks about the newly formed government.
Virtual World
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Topics - Facebook coordinates students to provide assistance after the Christchurch earthquake, the Web is dead. Long Live the Internet Bits and Bobs, parents use 'digital' grounding as a 21st century disciplinary tool, Gmail Priority Inbox Sorts Your Email For You, introducing Wikileakileaks: Your Source for Wikileaks-Related Leaks and Melbourne computer hacker turned whistleblower extraordinaire Julian Assange is under pressure from within WikiLeaks to step down.
Social Development Minister makes earthquake announcments
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Social Development Minister, Paula Bennett, says there are thousands of unemployed people in Christchurch who could help rebuild the city.
Additional trauma counsellors head to Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Government is flying more than thirty counsellors into Christchurch, to help people feeling the strain of the earthquake's aftermath.
The Panel with Gordon McLauchlan and Penny Ashton (part 1)
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Topics - Insurance premiums are expected to rise across the board, as insurance companies look to recoup some of the massive losses from the Canterbury earthquake. and what lasting effects might children suffer from the earthquake?
First schools reopen after earthquake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Four schools in quake hit Canterbury reopened today - the first since Saturday's shake closed about 165 schools in the area.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Donations to the Canterbury earthquake fund now total about $11 million. It comes as the Government announced early details of a recovery plan for people wanting money to fix their damaged homes or start rebuilding.
Chances of magnitude aftershock hitting rapidly decreasing
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Two earthquake scientists say the chance of a magnitude six aftershock hitting the Canterbury region is decreasing day by day and is now unlikely. A Victoria University professor in geophysics and a GNS seismologist have put into perspective the weekend's devastating earthquake at a lecture in Wellington.
Earthquake Commission visits worst-hit areas
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Commission says it's likely homes in the Christchurch suburb of Bexley, which sank and cracked in Saturday's quake, will be rebuilt. People in the hardest hit areas of Canterbury have been learning more about their insurance entitlements, as the commission's assessors arrive in Kaiapoi and Bexley to begin evaluating the damage.
Update on Canterbury quake recovery
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Eleven million dollars has been donated so far to the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal. It comes as the Government announced early details of a recovery plan for people wanting money to fix their damaged homes or start rebuilding.
Auckland school raising funds for pupils in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The plight of Earthquake victims in Christchurch has struck a chord with the pupils at an Auckland school. More than 300 pupils at Pasadena Intermediate, in the suburb of Point Chevalier, have donned the Canterbury colours, raising money to help a school down South recover from the disaster.
The Panel with Stephen Franks and David Farrar (Part 1)
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Topics - Jim Anderton says he still has a shot at winning Christchurch's Mayoralty - despite a swing in favour of incumbent Bob Parker and the Treasury predicts the Canterbury earthquake could knock nearly half percent off the country's economic growth rate in the three months to the end of September.
Demand outstripping supply of rental accomodation
Audio, Radio New Zealand
There's huge demand for rental properties in Canterbury with over 2000 residential homes currently uninhabitable because of the earthquake.
School children return to class in Canterbury
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Thousands of school children in Canterbury went back to school today, for the first time since the earthquake nine days ago.
Treasury expects earthquake rebuilding to lift economic growth.
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Treasury expects rebuilding after the Canterbury earthquake will help economic growth next year and put upward pressure on inflation.
Grants to be available to those forced out of their homes
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Emergency grants will be available from tomorrow for Christchurch residents who are no longer able to live in their homes because of earthquake damage.
Bill for quake damaged roads millions of dollars
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Transport Agency says initial repairs to State Highways damaged in the Canterbury earthquake could cost up to six million dollars.
Broken China
Audio, Radio New Zealand
For countless families in Canterbury, the earthquake sent china, crystal and other precious glass objects to the floor where they shattered. But Banks Peninsula artist Sarah Rutland says don't despair, and definitely don't throw those broken treasures away. They will never be the same, but they can be reshaped into a different treasure that can itself become a family heirloom.
Minister of Housing asks Canterbury properties to help
Audio, Radio New Zealand
People in Canterbury who own empty houses are being urged to help put a roof over the heads of homeless earthquake victims.
The Reserve Bank keeps OCR on hold
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury earthquake could force up the cost of building in the region by five percent but the Reserve Bank says it'll ignore that kind of inflation unless it affects the whole country.
Chris Doig
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Southern Opera Charitable Trust's director discusses the impact of the earthquake on Christchurch's arts community.
Council moves to fast track demolition of quake hit buildings
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Christchurch City Council has voted to fast track the demolition of two heritage buildings that it says were severely damaged in September's earthquake and pose an immediate danger to people's safety.
Canterbury geo-tech report shows majority of land repairable
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says all but a few Cantabrians will be able to rebuild on their original properties.
He Rourou for 8 October 2010
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The earthquake may have rattled the Canterbury province but it certainly didn't affect the local representative at the national secondary school Maori speech competitions. In He Rourou, we hear the impromptu speech by Satrianni Reihana, she chose to talk about extolling one's own virtue.
Bob Parker Retains Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Did his work in the earthquake aftermath sway the voters?
Lessons for Wellington from the Canterbury quake
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The head of an international team of engineers who design for disasters says Wellington should look closely at the lessons from the Canterbury earthquake.