Admiral Thad Allen was the principal federal official in charge after Hurricane Katrina battered the US Gulf Coast in 2005, killing more than 1,700 people and displacing many more. Prime Minister John Key says the structure of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority was decided upon after an examination of the way other governments responded to disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's manager of demolitions, Warwick Isaacs.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 2 March 2011 entitled, "Random things".
A story submitted by Peter Seager to the QuakeStories website.
Murray Sherwan is the Chair of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood, as part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). Earthquake Recovery Minister Jerry Brownlee is watching on.
A story submitted by Lynette Evans to the QuakeStories website.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood, as part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). Earthquake Recovery Minister Jerry Brownlee is watching on.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 6 April 2011 entitled, "Day 44 - Delayed Dinner".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 October 2011 entitled, "Himalayas".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 5 May 2011 entitled, "Administrivia".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 14 March 2011 entitled, "Day 21 - inside the red zone".
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood. This was part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). Earthquake Recovery Minister Jerry Brownlee and a contractor are looking on.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood. This was part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). Earthquake Recovery Minister Jerry Brownlee and a contractor are looking on.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood. This was part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). Earthquake Recovery Minister Jerry Brownlee and a contractor are looking on.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood. This was part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). Earthquake Recovery Minister Jerry Brownlee and a contractor are looking on.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood. This was part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). Earthquake Recovery Minister Jerry Brownlee and a contractor are looking on.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood. This was part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). Earthquake Recovery Minister Jerry Brownlee and a contractor are looking on.
Niki Evans, Roeline Kuijer and Deak Helton at a seminar about earthquake recovery.
Shopping or retail therapy is helping some Christchurch residents return to normality after the February earthquake.
In the two hours following the earthquake, the St John Ambulance service in Christchurch took more than 353 calls. That compares to just 250 calls it usually receives during a standard 24-hour period. St John's Ambulance operations director, Michael Brook, joins us from Christchurch.
The Goverment has offered to pay out five thousand home owners in Christchurch of the most severely quake damaged properties.
Families of people still missing after last week's Christchurch earthquake have been told there is now officially no hope of finding survivors, though searchers are still insisting they are not ruling out a miracle.
Public and electoral law professor at Otago University, Andrew Geddis.
A member of the recovery team outside the Registry Building having retrieved important items.
With us is the chief executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority - Roger Sutton.
A camera man filming Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker and Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee handling a jackhammer on Kingsford Street in Burwood. This was part of the opening of the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT). A contractor is standing to the left.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 24 July 2011 entitled, "Being brave, and books in a fridge".
A member of the recovery team holding a computer screen, rescued from the Registry Building.
A member of the recovery team holding a computer screen, rescued from the Registry Building.