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![Christchurch earthquake: Tears and hugs for refugees at airport](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: Tears and hugs for refugees at airport
It was one of many emotional scenes at the domestic terminal of Auckland Airport as loved ones were reunited
![Christchurch earthquake: Woman returned to husband after 25 hour ordeal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: Woman returned to husband after 25 hour ordeal
At least 14 were still trapped and facing a second cold and lonely night in the mangled PGG building.
![Matthew (Matti) McEachen](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Matthew (Matti) McEachen
Tattoo apprentice Matthew Stuart McEachen (Matti) died as Southern Ink Tattoo in Manchester St came crashing to the ground.
![Christchurch earthquake: Hospitals cope with waves of injured](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: Hospitals cope with waves of injured
Christchurch hospitals are busy but coping as patient numbers swell from the earthquake.
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Murray Wood
Murray John Wood's day job was managing director of Canterbury Television. But outside his office he would often be found hammering the keys of his piano around the Garden City.
![Christchurch earthquake: PM sees grim reality for survivors](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: PM sees grim reality for survivors
Prime Minister John Key yesterday saw for himself the grim situation confronting earthquake survivors.
![Christchurch earthquake: Crusaders match called off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: Crusaders match called off
The Crusaders early this morning withdrew from their Super 15 match against the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday.
![Christchurch earthquake: Survival show presenter offers a few tips](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: Survival show presenter offers a few tips
Bear Grylls, extreme adventurer, is in New Zealand and has some survival tips for earthquake victims.
![Jeff Sanft](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Jeff Sanft
Jeff Pelesa Sanft, 32, was travelling on a bus in Christchurch's city centre when the earthquake struck.
![Christchurch earthquake: Terror on top of tallest building set to collapse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: Terror on top of tallest building set to collapse
Jovy Servitillo knew she was in trouble - she was on the 23rd floor of the tallest building in Christchurch.
![Christchurch earthquake: The survivors](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: The survivors
'Ten seconds either way' was the difference between life and death for CTV building survivor David Horsley.
![Philip McDonald](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Philip McDonald
Philip John McDonald (Phil), 57, an accountant with Leech and Partners, was working at the firm's offices in the Pyne Gould Corporation building in Cambridge Terrace when the earthquake struck.
![Christchurch quake: Australian 'family man' among dead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch quake: Australian 'family man' among dead
At least one Australian "family man" is among the Christchurch earthquake dead and the Australian government has warned the public to brace for more bad news.
![Christchurch earthquake likely to be NZ's worst natural disaster](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake likely to be NZ's worst natural disaster
Yesterday's quake - the death toll for which stands at 75 - may prove to be NZ's worst natural disaster.
![Christchurch quake: More than 100 may have perished in CTV](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch quake: More than 100 may have perished in CTV
Police say more than 100 people may have been lost in Christchurch's quake-ravaged Canterbury TV building, which they say is "unsurvivable". The official toll from yesterday's devastating quake stands at 75.
![Farewell from soldier's mates falls victim to quake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Farewell from soldier's mates falls victim to quake
Massive earthquake damage in Christchurch means Kirifi Mila, the New Zealand soldier killed in Afghanistan last week, will be buried in Hamilton without a formal military farewell from his army mates.
![Christchurch quake: 15 CTV staff believed to have died](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch quake: 15 CTV staff believed to have died
Fifteen CTV staff are believed to have died when their central Christchurch building collapsed after yesterday's magnitude 6.3 quake, CTV chairman Nick Smith says.
![Concern grows for missing Pyne Gould workers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Concern grows for missing Pyne Gould workers
At least 14 people are missing from two companies in the Pyne Gould building in Christchurch tonight.
![Quake mother's voicemail: 'I don't think I'm going to make it'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Quake mother's voicemail: 'I don't think I'm going to make it'
A woman trapped in rubble left a harrowing message for her son, in which she said she didn't think she would survive.
![Christchurch quake: What is a national state of emergency?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch quake: What is a national state of emergency?
Declaring a national state of emergency is an option when a disaster or other event is or is likely to be of such severity that it is beyond the resources of the local Civil Defence groups.