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Checkpoint for Thursday 24 February 2011
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Water available in the Christchurch area
7:58 PM.With around half of Christchurch still without running water, residents with their own artesian spring wells are giving the community the chance to replenish bottled water supplies. Audio
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Schools to focus on emotional recovery
7:55 PM.Christchurch principals say schools' recovery from Tuesday's earthquake will focus more on emotional issues than infrastructure. Audio
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Waatea News for 24 February 2011
7:53 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Norwegian sailboat missing in Southern Ocean
7:48 PM.The Rescue Co-ordination Centre picked up a distress beacon on Tuesday, and the naval vessel, the Wellington, searched the Ross Sea about 30 kilometres north of Scott Base, until early yesterday… Read more Audio
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Government response gaining momentum
7:44 PM.As Urban Search and Rescue teams from around the world join the rescue effort in Christchurch, the Government's response is also gaining momentum. Audio
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Canterbury's rural community offers accomodation
7:41 PM.Hundreds of beds are available outside the city and water and power supplies are still on. Audio
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Manawatu call centres taking thousands of missing person calls
7:38 PM.People wanting to register concerns about missing people, or have located missing people can call 0800 RED CROSS, that's 0800 733 276. Audio
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Cross back to reporters in Christchurch
7:33 PM.Erina O'Donohue and Rachel Graham take up the story. Audio
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Prudence Tobin lives in Merivale
7:26 PM.She says locals are pulling together. Merivale is north west of the central city. Audio
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St John supporting Urban Search and Rescue
7:24 PM.St John Ambulance service are working with the urban search and rescue teams in Christchurch. Audio
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EQC to ask Government to increase maximum claim
7:20 PM.The Earthquake Commission says it will ask the Government to increase the 100-thousand dollar maximum it can pay out for earthquake damage. Audio
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Thousands expected to gather to volunteer in clean up
7:16 PM.Over ten-thousand Facebook users have promised to help quake victims in Christchurch with up to a thousand volunteers already on the streets. Audio
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Christchurch coroner, Sue Johnson, was at the news conference
7:14 PM.She said the bodies will be released to relatives as they are identified. Audio
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The confirmed death toll from the earthquake has risen
7:12 PM.Superintendent Dave Cliff who is heading the police operation held a news conference within the past hour. Audio
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Utilities update
6:58 PM.The local power company Orion's chief executive, Roger Sutton, says the suburbs of Dallington, Brighton, and Sumner are worst affected. Audio
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Waatea News for 24 February 2011
6:55 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Fonterra head Andrew Ferrier
6:52 PM.The leaders of the country's 40 biggest companies have finished meeting with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance to decide how they can best contribute to the quake recovery work. Audio
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Erina O'Donohue looks at Supermarkets
6:47 PM.Our reporter Erina O'Donohue has been out in the north-western suburbs of Christchurch visiting supermarkets and petrol stations to see how people are coping. Audio
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Elderly face airlift from damaged Christchurch resthomes
6:39 PM.The Airforce is on standby to evacuate up to 200 elderly people from severely damaged resthomes in Christchurch. Audio
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Paul Burns
6:35 PM.The taskforce leader of the urban search and rescue team is Paul Burns. Audio
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Media allowed into parts of the stricken central city
6:27 PM.Three buses took reporters to the Christchurch Cathedral, and Canterbury TV and Pyne Gould buildings. Audio
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National Operations Manager, Fire Service
6:23 PM.Now for the latest on rescue effort by the fire service, the National Manager Special Operations, Jim Stewart Black. Audio
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Huge demand for flights out of Christchurch
6:20 PM.Our reporter Rachel Graham is at Christchurch airport. Audio
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Media conference and Judith Collins' thoughts on todays events
6:03 PM.The Prime Minister says he expects the death toll from this week's Christchurch earthquake will rise to more than two hundred. Audio
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Andrew Thomson, traffic control officer
5:57 PM.Andrew has been manning the intersection at the Stanmore shops since 5 o'clock on the day of the quake. He says there have been problems with people trying to break into shops. Audio
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The situation in Sumner
5:52 PM.Our reporter Katy Gosset has spent the day in Sumner, one of the worst-hit suburbs. Audio
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Sumner resident describes family challenges
5:51 PM.Paul Bolger lives there and was at home when the quake struck. Audio
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Evening Business for 24 February 2011
5:48 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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What's happening in the suburb of Shirley
5:41 PM.He says there's no power or water and he's flying up to Wellington on Saturday. Audio
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Defence Minister, Wayne Mapp
5:37 PM.Nearly a thousand troops and eighty army vehicles are maintaing the cordon around the city. Audio
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Business leaders meet with John Key
5:29 PM.The leader of the country's 40 biggest companies have finished meeting with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance to decide how they can best contribute to the quake recovery work. Audio
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Half of Christchurch's water supply reconnected
5:25 PM.Christchurch City Council's water and waste manager, Mark Christison, says steady progress has been made today on the repair job, which should stem some of the local frustration. Audio
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Kings Education hold news conference
5:22 PM.The company which runs the language school based on the third storey of the collapsed Canterbury Television building have just held a news conference. Audio
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The Christchurch mayor has the latest from the city centre
5:12 PM.The Christchurch mayor, Bob Parker. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 24 February 2011
5:00 PM.The Christchurch Mayor has the latest from the cirt centre, Kings Education holds a news conference, Half of Christchurch's water supply reconnected, Business leaders meet with John Key. Audio