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CTV: 'No confusion' over leadership
A Fire Service has disagreed strongly with some earlier witnesses at the CTV inquest that there was confusion over leadership on February 22 last year.
![Strong quake hits Fiordland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Strong quake hits Fiordland
A "strong" earthquake has struck Fiordland this morning, GeoNet reports.
![CTV: Emotional u-turn failed to pay off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
CTV: Emotional u-turn failed to pay off
Search and rescue units were told to stop scouring the collapsed CTV Building's rubble for survivors within 24 hours of it coming down.
![CTV site was 'chaos' after collapse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
CTV site was 'chaos' after collapse
A coroner's inquest today heard from a senior search and rescue expert who described the "chaos" at the disaster site when he arrived two hours after the building's collapse.
![CTV inquest: 'No one was listening'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
CTV inquest: 'No one was listening'
The inquest into the CTV deaths has heard of frustrations caused by delays and chaos in the hours after the catastrophe.
![Canterbury zoning process completed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Canterbury zoning process completed
The green-zoning of a final eight residential properties in the Port Hills of Christchurch marks the end of the zoning process in Canterbury.
![Quake shakes eastern Bay of Plenty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Quake shakes eastern Bay of Plenty
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has shaken the eastern Bay of Plenty early this morning, GeoNet reports.
![Earthquake shakes Hawke's Bay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Earthquake shakes Hawke's Bay
A 4.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded 20 km north-east of Waipukurau this morning at a depth of 34km.
![More harrowing testimony](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
More harrowing testimony
More harrowing testimony is expected as a coroner's inquest into the deaths of eight CTV building victims continues today.
![Officer 'frustrated' by thwarted rescue attempts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Officer 'frustrated' by thwarted rescue attempts
The police officer left in charge of the Christchurch earthquake's biggest disaster zone said he became "frustrated" at being ordered off the site as he tried to rescue survivors.
![Quake 'overwhelmed' police system](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Quake 'overwhelmed' police system
Police today admitted the February 22 earthquake disaster in Christchurch "overwhelmed" their communication system.
![Science standing on shaky ground](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Science standing on shaky ground
Mark Quigley asks: Do scientists have a right to be wrong? Does state-of-the-art science really enable us to speak confidentially about "low-probability" events?
![Chch quake report slams fire chiefs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Chch quake report slams fire chiefs
Fire chiefs failed to cope with the February 22 earthquake response, according to a scathing report out today which criticised them for being disorganised.
!['A ticket to change'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
'A ticket to change'
The Canterbury earthquakes were a chance for many to break out of their mundane existences, a researcher has found.
![5.5 quake hits near Taupo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
5.5 quake hits near Taupo
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near Taupo this afternoon and was felt along the East Coast of the North Island.
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Little chance of aftershocks
Aftershocks are unlikely after a 5.2 magnitude earthquake rocked much of the central and lower North Island today.
![Post-quake exodus bottoms out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Post-quake exodus bottoms out
The post-earthquake exodus from Christchurch has bottomed out, according to latest figures which show just 2800 people leaving the wider city area in the last year.
![Quake exiles look north](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Quake exiles look north
Cantabrians are setting their sights on Hamilton's housing market as they look to spend their newly received insurance payouts from damaged properties.