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Christchurch population faces decimation as quakes drag on
Bank economists fear as many as one in 10 Christchurch residents will leave the region if major aftershocks continue in coming months.
Bank economists fear as many as one in 10 Christchurch residents will leave the region if major aftershocks continue in coming months.
Christchurch council has come under fire for hiring an investigator to gather evidence about people living in at-risk houses in the Port Hills.
Companies specialising in the tricky task of re-levelling buildings are gearing up for a massive amount of work fixing up damaged land in Christchurch.
62 parties have expressed interest in making submissions to the inquiry into why so many buildings were destroyed by the Canterbury earthquakes.
Although there is still some sensitivity within Pentagon, PM says the idea makes sense.
Today the Weekend Herald salutes the winners of the annual Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards, which honour one of the country's greatest leaders, the late Sir Peter Blake.
AMI, Christchurch's largest residential insurer, could be uninsured as soon as Friday as officials scramble to put reinsurance in place in the event of a fourth quake.
Taxpayers would pay most of the cost of repairing future earthquake damage to uninsured Christchurch infrastructure, a spokesman for Finance Minister Bill English says.