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![<i>Haiti one year on:</i> Neglect turns disaster to tragedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
<i>Haiti one year on:</i> Neglect turns disaster to tragedy
A New Zealander gives a harrowing account of how Haiti's nightmare is continuing.
![<i>Haiti one year on:</i> Rape crisis festers on](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
<i>Haiti one year on:</i> Rape crisis festers on
87 per cent of the quake survivors are still living in dangerous tented camps.
![Haiti: One year on](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Haiti: One year on
A year on from the devastating January 12 earthquake, the effects of the disaster are still being felt in Haiti.
![Chch retailers plan alternate Boxing Day bargains](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Chch retailers plan alternate Boxing Day bargains
Christchurch residents who missed out on the Boxing Day sales because of the earthquake will have another chance to bag some bargains.
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Almost 3500 claims from Boxing Day quake
There have been almost 3500 claims so far from the Boxing Day earthquake that struck Canterbury, the Earthquake Commission said today.
![Catching up with... Xavier Trousselot-Rhodes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Catching up with... Xavier Trousselot-Rhodes
Catching up with Xavier Trousselot-Rhodes - the lad who fell out of his house as the earth heaved.
![Weather and earthquake-related claims flood in](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Weather and earthquake-related claims flood in
Christchurch's Boxing Day aftershocks and the recent wet weather have seen more than 1000 claims lodged with the Earthquake Commission.
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Cathedral Square NYE party to go ahead
Tomorrow night's New Year's Eve celebrations in Cathedral Square will go ahead as planned, after quake-hit buildings were deemed safe.
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Decision on Christchurch NYE party tomorrow
The decision on whether Cathedral Square is safe enough to hold the traditional New Year's Eve celebrations after aftershocks on Boxing Day damaged buildings will be made tomorrow.
![Major aftershock cruel blow for struggling stores](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Major aftershock cruel blow for struggling stores
Central Christchurch retailers hit by the Boxing Day aftershock say it wiped out three months of economic recovery.