
Christchurch quake: 75 dead
Rescuers have recovered and identified 55 bodies and are yet to identify a further 20 bodies from yesterday's earthquake in Christchurch.
Rescuers have recovered and identified 55 bodies and are yet to identify a further 20 bodies from yesterday's earthquake in Christchurch.
The Government has declared a national state of emergency after yesterday's 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker says emergency cash grants will be made available for victims of yesterday's quake.
Cabinet will hold an emergency meeting at 9.30am to decide whether to declare a national state of emergency, Prime Minister John Key says.
Rescue workers are having to leave bodies in the streets of Christchurch as they focus on trying to save survivors of yesterday's devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake.
The official death toll from yesterday's earthquake in Christchurch has been revised to 38, but there are fears it could reach as high as 300 as rescuers uncover more bodies in the rubble.
Between the giant rubble littering the rain-drenched Colombo St, police pull another dead body and lay it down on a black tarpaulin.
Prime Minister John Key flew into Christchurch to what he says were scenes from a horror movie.
Much of Christchurch is without essential services after yesterday's earthquake with gas, power, water and phone infrastructure all affected.
North Island hospitals are receiving Christchurch earthquake victims and plan to send specialists to help in the devastated city.
The earthquake that struck Christchurch during lunch hour yesterday was an aftershock seismologists hoped would never come.
At least 100 people remain trapped in the ruins of Christchurch tonight following a devastating earthquake which claimed at least 65 lives.
Hope amongst the rubble of a collapsed multi-level office block on Madras Street as a woman buried by rubble is dug out alive after Christchurch's devastating earthquake.
Residents of the town at the epicentre of today's devastating aftershock have told of terrifying ordeals as the ground crumbled around them.
Darkness, rain and temperatures are falling on Christchurch with people still trapped in buildings crumpled by a massive earthquake. So far, 65 people have been confirmed dead with the toll expected to rise.
Prime Minister John Key has told reporters that the death toll from today's magnitude 6.3 earthquake stands at 65, and Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said it could quite possibly double.