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Quake-hit workers to get $400 a week Govt subsidy, PM announces
Prime Minister John Key today announced those put out of work by last week's deadly earthquake will be eligible for subsidies of $400 per week.
Prime Minister John Key today announced those put out of work by last week's deadly earthquake will be eligible for subsidies of $400 per week.
Police have evacuated 200 properties in the exclusive Christchurch suburbs of Redcliff and Clifton Hills after cracks appeared in cliffs above the houses.
The bodies recovered after last Tuesday's 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch will be released to families as soon as possible and are being treated with respect in the meantime, the Chief Coroner says.
A man who used Lyttelton's historic Timeball Station to propose to his wife exactly a year before it was devastated by last week's quake says he is gutted the landmark has been seriously damaged.
A man who went to earthquake-hit Christchurch and joined the urban search and rescue effort there has been remanded in custody for a month after being charged with falsely representing himself as a rescue team member.
The short life of five-month-old Baxtor Gowland has been celebrated at a funeral in upper Riccarton this afternoon. A family friend said he'd be laid to rest next to his grandfather.
Baby Baxtor Gowland was today farewelled as the youngest victim of the Christchurch quake.
Police have named two more people confirmed dead in last Tuesday's magnitude 6.3 earthquake.
A distraught wife has left her husband after telling him he did not pick her up quickly enough after the earthquake.
All Whites defender Winston Reid is ready to put some of his mementoes from the World Cup up for auction to raise funds for quake-hit Christchurch.
The Eden Park Trust Board is offering to provide a home game for the Crusaders.
Christchurch can be rebuilt in a way that buildings would withstand very strong earthquakes in the future, Prime Minister John Key says.
Images reveal the aftermath of the magnitude 6.3 quake around Christchurch.
Thousands of Christchurch's 350,000 inhabitants have left in droves, flying, driving, even walking away, with no plans to return any time soon.
Emotion is fine but cool heads are needed for Christchurch's rebuilding, writes Chris Rattue.