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![Rika Hyuga](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rika Hyuga
Rika Hyuga, 30, was a student at the King's Education language school, on the third floor of the CTV building. She died when the building collapsed in the earthquake.
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Maysoon Abbas
A family doctor, Dr Maysoon Mahdi Abbas was trained in Baghdad but moved to New Zealand in the mid-90s, Fairfax media reported.
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<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Learn how to fight, not how to fit in
Tooth and claw competition is what we need, not John Key's mothering.
![Jarrod Booker: Why I'm going to stick with my shattered city](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Jarrod Booker: Why I'm going to stick with my shattered city
Resilience and comradeship will help us rebuild and be stronger than ever
![Christchurch earthquake: Hard times on Struggle Street](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: Hard times on Struggle Street
Surrounded by her children in the garage of their Hampshire St home in the Christchurch suburb of Aranui, Mafutaga Manuleleua still feels unloved.
![Searchers to enter cathedral spire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Searchers to enter cathedral spire
Searchers are close to entering the collapsed spire of Christchurch Cathedral, where up to 22 people are believed to have been killed during last week's 6.3-magnitude earthquake in Christchurch.
![Hero bus driver helped passengers to safety first, funeral told](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hero bus driver helped passengers to safety first, funeral told
Bus driver Andrew Craig helped all the passengers off his bus, crushed by debris from a fallen building, before he got out himself, mourners at his funeral were told today.
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Stephen Cochrane
Stephen Andrew Cochrane, 43, died just moments after shepherding his colleagues at Classique Furniture, in the suburb of Waltham, to safety following the earthquake.
![Search focus switches to recovery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Search focus switches to recovery
A search for survivors has now become a grim effort to recover dead bodies from the rubble of Christchurch city centre.
![Expect 'red streaks' in budget - PM](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Expect 'red streaks' in budget - PM
The Government's budget in May will show the cost of the Christchurch earthquake, Prime Minister John Key says.
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Christchurch's eastern suburbs 'neglected' - Brownlee
Earthquake recovery minister Gerry Brownlee has admitted the eastern suburbs of Christchurch have been neglected.
![Ofer Levy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ofer Levy
Ofer Levy, 22, was last seen checking out of a hostel in Manchester Street with a friend shortly before the earthquake.
![Gabi Ingel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gabi Ingel
Gabi Moshe Ingel, 22, was last seen checking out of a hostel in Manchester Street with a friend shortly before the earthquake.
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Lotto increases jackpot for Christchurch draw
The Powerball jackpot has been bumped up for this weekend's special draw to benefit the people of Christchurch, NZ Lotteries says.