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Rebuilding homes could take years - expert
Rebuilding up to 100,000 damaged and destroyed homes in quake-hit Canterbury could take years, a building executive says.
Rebuilding up to 100,000 damaged and destroyed homes in quake-hit Canterbury could take years, a building executive says.
The Christchurch earthquake is expected to provide a much-needed lifeline for NZ's beleaguered construction sector.
There have been nearly 5,000 insurance claims made already as a result of the Christchurch earthquake, says the Earthquake Commission. Here's how to make a claim.
Christchurch was "inevitably going to be brought to its knees" by an earthquake because of the nature of the ground it stands on, a scientist says.
"It's essentially a ghost town. You can see utter devastation," said Prime Minister John Key.
"It was like a giant had picked up our house and was just shaking it, shaking and shaking," said one resident.
The cost of damage from today's devastating quake could be as much as $2 billion, Earthquake Commission chief executive Ian Simpson says.