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Shakey night in Canterbury

Audio, Radio New Zealand

It's been another shaky night in earthquake-stricken Canterbury.

The Inconvenience Store Opening Night

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video compilation of visitors to the opening night of Julia Holden's Inconvenience Store exhibition on Tuesday 8 April 2014, talking about their favourite paintings.

Chch locals fed up with late night noise

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The agency in charge of fixing earthquake damaged pipes and roads in Christchurch was last night issued an excessive noise notice after keeping residents awake in the early hours.

Terminated by Snow

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A digger parked in a residential street covered in snow.

Hundreds spend a cold night after power cut

With many in Christchurch still living in earthquake damaged houses, the cold snap has prompted a call for temporary emergency shelters. Daphne Lewis-Mannix lives in a quake-damaged home in New Brighton. Her power was out last night, and she's been shivering overnight, already sick with a cold before the storm hit.

Vacuuming the Drains

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Workers use a large water-blasting pipe to clear blocked drains. The photographer comments, "The Australian company Barry Bros Turned up very late at night to clean out our street drains of liquefaction".

Some of the remains of the earthquake damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sac…

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Don't Put This Pipe Cleaner in Your Ear

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A worker uses a large water-blasting pipe to clear blocked drains. The photographer comments, "These guys worked really hard late at night to remove the liquefaction blocking our drains, but did not pre-warn people. Our elderly neighbour's toilet was drenched in water".

Photograph by Eroica Ritchie 141

Images, UC QuakeStudies

The "White Lights of Hope" spotlights shining into the sky at night from the central city.

Early morning Bay of Plenty quake

Articles, TV3

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook the eastern Bay of Plenty early this morning, following a 4.7 shake in Christchurch last night.

Sharp jolt awakens Christchurch residents

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A sharp earthquake was felt in Christchurch and Canterbury last night, jolting residents awake just before midnight.

Christchurch casino reopens bringing jobs, life to city

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Christchurch Casino reopened its doors last night for the first time since the February 22nd earthquake.

Opening Night! A new era for Otautahi's Court Theatre

Audio, Radio New Zealand

There's a big weekend in store for Christchurch where the curtain is being raised on the new Court Theatre. The new $56 million playhouse is the theatre's first permanent home since the 2011 earthquake destroyed its Arts Centre venue.

300 at EQC botched repairs meeting

Audio, Radio New Zealand

More than 300 people turned out to a meeting in Christchurch last night to hear about botched Earthquake Commission repairs.

Dance-O-Mat Photograph 5

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of banners hung from a rotary washing line, advertising the opening night of Gap Filler's Dance-O-Mat.

Earthquake documentary opens in Christchurch cinemas

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The first full-length film documenting the lives of those affected by the Canterbury earthquakes had its premiere in Christchurch last night.

Large aftershock shakes Canterbury

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Canterbury was hit last night by a large aftershock, a month to the day since a seven point one magnitude earthquake struck the region.

Woolston Brass perform in Christ Church Cathedral

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Musical instruments rang out in the Christ Church Cathedral last night for the first time since the Canterbury earthquakes. Anna Sargent was there.

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:20 17:33:19

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ralph Bungard, owner of Three Boys Brewery, testing the beer that started brewing the night of the Christchurch Earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:20 17:33:19

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ralph Bungard, owner of Three Boys Brewery, testing the beer that started brewing the night of the Christchurch Earthquake".

'White Lights of Hope' shine from Cathedral Square

Audio, Radio New Zealand

At one minute to seven last night, two beams of light were switched on to commemorate the anniversary of the first Canterbury earthquake.

Christchurch residents angered by plan to create dump

Audio, Radio New Zealand

There were angry scenes at a Christchurch meeting last night as residents tried to stop a dump for earthquake debris being built in their suburb.