Earthquake summary

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Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake.

Canterbury Earthquake - John Carter

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John Carter is the Minister of Civil Defence.

Canterbury Earthquake - Bridget Mills

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Bridget Mills is in the Christchurch central city with one of the rescue teams.

Canterbury Earthquake - Wayne Mapp

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Wayne Mapp is the Minister of Defence.

6pm Earthquake Bulletin

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Update of the Canterbury Earthquake.

Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 22 February 2011

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Suzie Ferguson, Mary Wilson and Hewitt Humphrey host rolling news coverage of the Christchurch Earthquake. The audio used comes from the start of the 6pm hour.

Canterbury Earthquake - Initial death toll

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Kate Gudsell received an initial death toll in the civil defence bunker in Wellington.

Canterbury Earthquake - David Neal

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David Neal is the national programmes manager for the Red Cross. The Christchurch Red Cross response team is out with the fire service, searching buildings for people who might be trapped.

Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

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John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.

Earthquake summary

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake.

Canterbury Earthquake - John Key

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Prime Minister John Key updates the death toll.

Canterbury Earthquake - Mark Watts

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Mark Watts works for Telecom.

Canterbury Earthquake - Rob Clark

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Rob Clark was on the sixth floor of his office building when the quake struck, and got stuck in gridlock leaving the CBD.

Canterbury Earthquake - Peter Beck

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The head of the Christchurch cathedral thinks people visiting the church may have been killed there when the quake hit this afternoon. The Dean of Christchurch, Peter Beck, says they rushed to get as many people out of the Cathedral as they could.

Canterbury Earthquake - Parliament adjourned after earthquake

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Parliament was adjourned as news of the earthquake came through. Party leaders made statements to the House as the seriousness of the situation became clear.

Canterbury Earthquake - David Meates

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David Meates is Chief Executive of the Canterbury District Health Board.

7pm Earthquake Bulletin

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Update of the Canterbury Earthquake.

Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

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John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.

Canterbury Earthquake - Andrew Holden

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Andrew Holden is the Editor of The Press. The Christchurch Press building suffered extreme damge.

Earthquake summary

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Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake.

Canterbury Earthquake - Peter Davy

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Peter Davy is the chief executive of Ports of Lyttleton.

Canterbury Earthquake - Elizabeth Brayton

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Elizabeth Brayton was in Charteris Bay when quake hit.

Canterbury Earthquake - Colonel Roger McElwain

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Colonel Roger McElwain has recently been briefed on the military response in Christchurch.

Canterbury Earthquake - Barry Corbett

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Christchurch city councillor Barry Corbett is at Civil Defence headquarters.

Canterbury Earthquake - Crusaders caught in quake

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The Crusaders rugby side had just finished training at Rugby Park when the quake struck.

Earthquake summary

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Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake.

Canterbury Earthquake - James Ball

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Some Christchurch residents were able to get out of the city to stay with relatives.

Canterbury Earthquake - Roger Sutton

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Roger Sutton works for Orion Energy.

8pm Earthquake Bulletin

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Update of the Canterbury Earthquake.

Canterbury Earthquake - Raul Dykstra

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The fire service in Christhcurch says its resources are stretched.