Canterbury Earthquakes
Morgan Godfery: rethinking New Zealand
Wellington writer, commentator and trade unionist who specialises in Maori politics and international indigenous issues. He is the editor of a new collection of essays, The Interregnum: Rethinking New… Audio
Mallory Ortberg: texting classics
Co-founder and editor of website The Toast, and advice columnist for Slate. Her first book, Texts from Jane Eyre: and Other Conversations with Your Favourite Literary Characters reimagines… Audio
Chch spent $3m on legal fees for claim
Christchurch City Council spent just over $3 million on legal fees to help settle its insurance claim, figures released to RNZ News show.
Chch earthquake waste dumper sentenced
A man who illegally dumped Canterbury earthquake waste on a Hororata farm has been sentenced to two months' community detention and 200 hours' community service. Barry Forster transferred at least...
The Wireless - protesting the TPP
Carla Green has writen about Liana Kelly's journey to protest against the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement for The Wireless. Audio
Bookmarks - Lianne Dalziel
Bookmarks is a new feature where we get some well known faces (or voices) to give us some recommendations - favourite books, smartphone apps, films, poetry, videogames, holiday destinations and… Audio
Joanna Preston and James Norcliffe - Canterbury Poems
sirens before dawn someone meets their neighbour for the first time - this Haiku by Doc Drumheller is from Leaving the Red Zone - poems from the Canterbury earthquakes - an anthology of poetry from… Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: the Christchurch Art Gallery
Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Mary Kisler, discussing the recently reopened Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Audio, Gallery
Opposition withdraws support for rebuild bill
Opposition parties are refusing to support a bill governing the next step of the Christchurch earthquake rebuild.
Christchurch couple still waiting for quake claim
A home owner in Christchurch who has been waiting five years for an insurance claim settlement says it's not good enough. Audio
House still damaged 5 years after quake
Labour leader Andrew Little told Morning Report the Government needs to impose a deadline and take over any cases that haven't been resolved. Nick and Miranda Rout are one of those unresolved cases.
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Man who threw substance at Minister lost son in quake
The man who threw brown slime at the Earthquake Recovery Minister yesterday says he did so because the government has shown no remorse to the families who lost loved ones in the earthquake. Audio
Mud-slinger lost son in quake
The man who threw muck over MP Gerry Brownlee says the government doesn't care. Do politicians need more protection though? Audio
Former Mayor Bob Parker relives February 22 2011
We asked Sir Bob to revisit today five years ago - a day when 185 lives were lost, and Christchurch changed forever. Video, Audio
Over a thousand people gathered in Chch for fifth anniversary
More than a thousand people gathered today in Christchurch's Botanic Gardens for a memorial service to remember everything Christchurch has been through since the devastating quake five years ago. Audio
Volunteer speaks of quake experience.
Today was also important for those who helped rescue survivors. Richard worked as a volunteer in the days after the quake. Audio
Chch couple have their damaged home rebuilt.
Liz and Keith have a more positive story. They weren't in Christchurch for the February quake and their damaged home has since been rebuilt. Audio
Wizard of Christchurch discusses the five years since quake
A familiar sight in Christchurch over the past 40 years is the pointy hat and black gown of the Wizard. Audio
Christchurch resident who lost their home in quake.
It wasn't just lives that were lost on February 22, 2011. Communities were lost too. Audio
Five years on Christchurch remembers
A service has been held to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Canterbury's destructive 6.3 magnitude earthquake. Video
