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New quake safety doubts over police stations, hospitals
Audio, Radio New Zealand
It's been revealed that not a single one of New Zealand's 315 police buildings constructed before 2011 have had a full earthquake safety check. Canterbury's district health buildings and a central Wellington cinema are among other major structures needing checks. Phil Pennington joins us with the details.
Alpine Fault quake would severely damage Canterbury
Audio, Radio New Zealand
New research says Canterbury would suffer severe damage in an Alpine Fault earthquake.
Buy A Brick
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The collapse of the Christchurch Cathedral during the devastating earthquake of February the 22nd struck a powerful blow to the core of Canterbury and New Zealand as a whole.
Feature Album - Band Together
Audio, Radio New Zealand
On October 23, 2010 Christchurch's Hagley Park hosted one of the biggest ever free concerts in New Zealand, following the first big earthquake to shake the city a month earlier.
Mediawatch for 19 February 2012
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Marking the upcoming earthquake anniversary in Christchurch; right of reply on The Panel; newspaper stories with overhyped headlines; a controversial contest backfies on radio - but not really.
New life for old Villa
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A villa built on the Sumner Esplanade in Christchurch early last century has been saved from demolition and given a new lease of life. A Queenstown couple couldn't bear to see the beautiful home demolished after the earthquakes, so they bought it, had it cut into two pieces and trucked the 500-kilometres south to the Gibbston Valley near Queenstown.
Christchurch homeowners describe battles to get "as when new" repairs
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Christchurch homeowners speak to Checkpoint about their battles with EQC, to have their homes repaired to "as new" standard, not "pre earthquake".
CERA says new labelling needed for building safety
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority says the language describing building safety is unhelpful and is worrying people needlessly. The Authority's CEO, Roger Sutton, joins the programme.
Tower confident in new company to protect it
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The insurance company, Tower, is confident that putting its costly and complex outstanding Canterbury earthquake claims into a separate company will allow the rest of the group to flourish.
Thousands of jobs created out of Canterbury Earthquake.
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Thousands of new jobs will be created this year as the rebuilding of Canterbury begins.
Canterbury mayors luke warm on new rate for stadium
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Canterbury mayors say their ratepayers are already paying for earthquake recovery, roading, water and storm water infrastructure, so a shiny new Christchurch stadium is way down the priority list.
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.
Fairfax Video, September 2012 (11)
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
A video of an interview with Corporal Pani Bell about his work guarding cordons at the edge of the Christchurch central city red zone. Bell talks about the progress of the Christchurch rebuild, the shrinking of the red zone, the implosion of the Radio Network House on Worcester Street, and the temporary offices which have been built for the cordon guards.
Christchurch refugees report back on their new lives in Nelson
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A support group is being credited for helping Cantabrians settle in Nelson after escaping the earthquakes.
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Government is promising the new authority set up to lead Christchurch's rebuilding will listen to local people.
The Christchurch Arts Festival
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The many arts organisations left homeless by the Christchurch earthquake, including the Christchurch Arts Festival and the Symphony Orchestra, have received good news this week from Creative New Zealand. We hear from CEO of Creative New Zealand Stephen Wainwright, manager of the Christchurch Arts Festival Steph Walker, and James Caygill from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
Priorities for the new Christchurch 'Disaster Czar'
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Roger Sutton, the chief executive of networks company Orion has taken up a five-year contract as the CEO of the Christchurch Earthquake Reconstruction Authority, the top bureaucrat in the post-quake city.
Reports swirl of new head of Earthquake Recovery Authority
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A senior Wellington public servant is reported to be the new head of the authority that will oversee the Canterbury earthquake recovery effort.
Overseas experts to give evidence at quake inquiry
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes continues today, with overseas experts critiquing a New Zealand report that calls for a two-billion dollar upgrade to strengthen earthquake-prone buildings.
Small band of campanologists keep bellringing alive
Audio, Radio New Zealand
With the silencing of the Cathedral bells in Christchurch following February's earthquake there are now just six places in New Zealand where a full set of bells can be rung.
Midday News for 22 November 2013
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has backed off on his threats to the Christchurch City Council and one of the New Zealand Greenpeace activists is freed from a Russian detention centre.
Best of the Week - 9 September 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 9 September. This week .... New Zealanders getting savvy about price discrimination, sorting the News from the TV programmes, studying coral reefs to save them from extinction, we remember sports braodcaster Graeme Moody, the World of Wearable Arts travels to Hong Kong, and we have a series of features and interviews from a weekend of commemorating a year of earthquakes in Canterbury.
A new inquiry into the quake rescue operation in Christchurch
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Relatives of the victims of February's earthquake in Christchurch are backing a new police inquiry into how people were rescued in the aftermath of the disaster.
Businesses in busy Chch Mall forced to close
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A new slew of Christchurch businesses are in limbo after Merivale mall was closed because of earthquake risks.
Rebuild vs Repair - Christchurch insurers
Audio, Radio New Zealand
New assessment guidelines are reclassifying houses which were previously written off as being repairable, leaving owners up to $180,000 worse off. Kathryn talks to Leanne Curtis, spokesperson for the Canterbury Community Earthquake Recovery Network, and Renee Walker, spokesperson for IAG New Zealand.
Air NZ issues profit warning
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Surging oil prices and the impact of devastating earthquakes in Christchurch and Japan have prompted Air Zealand to issue a profit warning.
Further assistance for Canterbury quake victims
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A new agreement's been reached on how earthquake claims for seriously damaged mortgaged houses in Canterbury will be handled.
Cantabrians weigh with their preferences for anchor projects
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Christchurch businesses are calling on the council to keep the New Brighton pier open while earthquake repairs are completed.
Midday Sports News for 16 March 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The All Blacks coach Graham Henry says he'd have wanted another test before the Tri-Nations, even if the New Zealand Rugby Union hadn't organised the Christchurch earthquake fundraiser match.
Doug Backhouse: resilient communities
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Canadian expert on the development of healthy communities in British Columbia is in New Zealand to explore possibilities for contributing to the rebuilding of a resilient Christchurch following the earthquake and aftershocks.