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Hope and despair

For 17 years our Christchurch senior writer's house has been her sanctuary. Now she shares what it's like to have that notion shattered.

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‘We are just shattered’

For Christchurch residents, it seems for every monumental 'if' there is a cascade of 'buts' and 'maybes'.

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Blast those barricades

Business owners whose buildings are barred to them by Civil Defence are neither reckless nor troublemakers. They just want to get back to work.

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Frustration grows

The Governments response to the Christchurch earthquakes is shaping up as a good example of how not to run a recovery.

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Read all about it

In the weeks after the earthquake, the people of Redcliffs rediscovered the true meaning of social media.

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One day at a time

Christchurch confronts enormous conflicting crises: vanishing jobs and massive skills shortages.

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Reconstructing Christchurch

The rebuilding of strife-torn Londonderry holds lessons for us.

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Enter the red zone

Our Christchurch writer goes inside the cordon to survey the city's savaged heart.

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Rebuilding Christchuch – the going gets tough

The ideas are flowing for building a better, brighter Christchurch, but central business owners who want to stay are finding it tough going.

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Ian Simpson interview

EQC boss Ian Simpson defends his organisations performance, explains why his agency and the insurance industry are going to court, and insists that the money is finally starting to flow.

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Christchurch is struck again

Against a background of mounting frustration, a new rash of frightening, destructive quakes are battering Christchurch.

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The plight of Canterbury homeowners

The Governments package for Canterbury homeowners with badly damaged land has brought resolution for some and dismay for others. Rebecca Macfie looks at the circumstances of three households.

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Seeing the red zone

Rebecca Macfie takes a preview bus tour of Christchurch's CBD and finds that, even now, the devastation seems surreal.

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Christchurch’s heritage buildings are a must keep

The premature demolition of heritage buildings will harm the citys recovery.

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Despite Gerry Brownlee’s big cathedral document dump, the crucial question...

It is hard to find anything in the cache of documents published by CERA that justifies such a hasty demolition of ChristChurch.

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How the Christchurch Pops Choir lit up our neighbourhood

In the week our second post-earthquake winter hit hard, 50 or so choristers brightened the mood.

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Can Christchurch be revitalised?

Can Christchurchs vast barren demolition sites be revitalised with a new kind of lively, transitional urban design?

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Christchurch rebuild plan: a lot to like in the lolly scramble, but much to...

The governments blueprint for a rebuilt Christchurch CBD has won approval, but theres a mass of detail to work through before it can become a reality.

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Cranmer Courts: Christchurch heritage reduced to mulch

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Luxcity 2012: a hopeful, makeshift, magical glow

Christchurch city radiated with a wonderful light on Saturday night.

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EQ Royal Commission: Owners given 15 years

The Government proposes giving the owners of earthquake-prone buildings 15 years to strengthen or demolish.

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Earthquake-prone buildings: how to reduce the risk

A short summary of the EQ Commission's key points.

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CTV building catastrophe: a catalogue of tragic failure

The lethal building should never have been consented, finds Royal Commission.

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Rock steady

The devastation in Christchurch has set the scene for a new wave of affordable low-damage buildings and upgrades to existing ones based on rocking systems.

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