Christchurch earthquake: Latest updates

University of Canterbury student Sam Johnson, organiser of the student volunteer army which mobilises each day to help Christchurch residents. Photo / NZPA

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Prime Minister John Key is currently surveying damage to power cables and a substation in the hard-hit suburb of Bexley. He has met with Bexley residents hit hard by liquefaction, the volunteer student army and the New Zealand Army.

- NZHERALD STAFF, NZPA, NEWSTALK ZB, AGENCIES