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Christchurch earthquake: Rescuers' focus remains on the living
Rescuers will do everything humanly possible to find any survivors of Tuesday's destructive Christchurch earthquake, say police.
Rescuers will do everything humanly possible to find any survivors of Tuesday's destructive Christchurch earthquake, say police.
There is no possibility of survivors in the rubble of the Christchurch Cathedral, police said this afternoon.
Labour leader Phil Goff has been in Christchurch surveying the earthquake damage.
There are 76 dead in the temporary morgue set up by police in Christchurch and more coming "in ones and twos", Police Minister Judith Collins said as she praised the efforts of rescue workers this afternoon.
More bodies have been recovered from the collapsed CTV building in Christchurch.
Personnel at the PGC building in Christchurch have switched their focus from trying to find survivors to recovering the dead, the company says.
An ASB Bank economist says she expects Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard to cut the official cash rate by 50 basis points to 2.5 per cent in part due to the economic impact of the Christchurch earthquake.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has sent a letter of support to New Zealand Football chairman Frank van Hattum following the Christchurch earthquake.
The family of a woman feared dead in the earthquake has suffered another cruel blow with her home being burgled while her children waited for news.
Search and rescue staff are moving into the suburbs of Christchurch looking for the dead and injured from Tuesday's earthquake. The official death toll this morning stands at 72.
Prime Minister John Key has not ruled out imposing an earthquake levy similar to the flood levy brought in Queensland.
Images record the shocking aftermath of the magnitude 6.3 quake around the suburbs of Christchurch.