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Alexander Gillespie: Church heritage important to us all
Our relationship with natural heritage is second to none but our relationship with cultural heritage is not so secure, writes Alexander Gillespie.
Wellington's earthquake risk revealed
If a big earthquake hits Wellington, the city could be cut off for four months and power and gas not fully restored for three months, a new report warns.
Bob Parker: My earthquake story
Christchurch mayor Bob Parker doesn't pull any punches in a personal account of the earthquakes that rocked his city.
CTV: Bomb rescue techniques used
A search and rescue expert used Oklahoma City bombing terrorist attack rescue techniques to take control of the CTV Building collapse site, an inquest heard today.
Quake revival no aid to jobless data
A shock jump in the unemployment rate to 7.3 per cent would have been worse without jobs being generated from the Christchurch rebuild.
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
A "strong" earthquake has struck Fiordland this morning, GeoNet reports.
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
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'
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
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
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has shaken the eastern Bay of Plenty early this morning, GeoNet reports.
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
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
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
Police today admitted the February 22 earthquake disaster in Christchurch "overwhelmed" their communication system.
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?