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Liquefaction problems

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Sue Holmes, resident of Seabreeze Close in Bexley, which was built on reclaimed land which has liquefied after the Canterbury earthquake; Dr Tom Wilson, lecturer in Hazard and Disaster Management, from the department of Geological Sciences, Canterbury University; and Bob Parker, Mayor of Christchurch.

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:09 14:25:14

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Working hard since the quake, Helipro helicopter pilot Kent Wilson".

Christchurch earthquake - Simon Morton

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Simon reports from Cashmere.

Evening Business News for 7 December 2010

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Australian-owned, ANZ Bank, is betting small and medium sized firms will drive earnings next year, bolstered by the Rugby World Cup and rebuilding of the earthquake-hit Canterbury region.

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.

Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 9 September 2010

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Almost a hundred homes north of Christchurch are declared unsafe to live in, 86 people who worked at Kaiapoi's New World supermarket are now jobless after Saturday's earthquake destroyed the store and a top defence official quits following allegations he lied on his CV.

Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 6 September 2010

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Army takes control of central Christchurch, Cabinet earmarks money for Canterbury quake, More on the damage from the Christchurch earthquake, Heavy rain causes flooding in lower North Island and Fox Glacier crash report could take two years.

Christchurch earthquake - Andrew Howe

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Head of Canterbury's regional civil defense.

Seismologist John Ristau

Audio, Radio New Zealand

An update on recent Christchurch earthquake aftershocks.

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:07 15:12:31

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake aftermath. The Wilson Parking building in Kilmore Street is being cordoned off".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:07 15:22:34

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake aftermath. Building inspector Rebecca Sanders photographing the Wilson Parking building on Kilmore Street".

Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett 2010:09:24 15:57:34

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Children in Diamond Harbour and Purau who decided to try and cheer up all the sick and elderly in the community after the quake by taking them bunches of daffodils. From left are Charmaine Cameron, Alex Cameron, Liam Schmidlin-Wilson, Ruby Gilligan, Ellie Rice, Sofia Rand, Zac Cottrell-Vincent (rear), Dorothy Schmidlin-Wilson, Sky Dehne and James Rice".

Christchurch earthquake - Frances Adank

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Frances Adank is in St Albans where there are ruptured pipes and collapsed chimneys.

Christchurch earthquake - Ian Beale

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Ian Beale joins us from Mt Pleasant where there has been a rock fall off Castle Rock.

Christchurch Press Image: Joseph Johnson 2010:10:11 16:09:44

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Terry Bellamy receives his two copies of 'The Big Quake' that he purchased from the Christchurch Press from Louise Wilson".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 17:15:15

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Local farmers carry on a 50-60 year tradition at the now demolished Famous Grouse Pub in Lincoln township. Raquel Wilson".

Marlborough Express Image: Scott Hammond 2010:09:10 08:31:22

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Marlborough Lines staff help out in christchurch after the earthquake. L-R. Ben Alexander, Owen Zinsli, Mark Rawlings, Stuart Prattley, Jon Wilson".

University of Canterbury re-opens doors to students

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Lectures resume at the University of Canterbury this morning after being cancelled for two weeks because of the earthquake.

Morning report earthquake special / with Mary Wilson and Kim Hill.

Other, National Library of New Zealand

Interviews with various people including radio reporters, the Christchurch mayor, police, and civil defence, on Saturday 4 Sept. 2010 after the Canterbury earthquake. Use Internet Explorer to listen to the archived MP3s. The streaming video (Ogg Vorbis) has not been archived.

The latest on the 7.1 earthquake in Canterbury

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Thousands of people are being evacuated from the Christchurch city centre with Civil Defence officials saying its simply too dangerous for residents to stay there.