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People in Christchurch are being urged to apply for emergency welfare payments. Audio

Christchurch businesses are facing up to the the difficult task of relocating outside the badly-damaged central city. Audio

The Minister for Tertiary Education, Steven Joyce, says it will be sometime before its known how many language students were inside the CTV building when it collapsed. Audio

Many schoolchildren have been displaced because of the Christchurch quake. Audio

On the first Sunday after the quake, Reverend Peter Beck from Christchurch Cathedral is paying tribute to the rescue teams working on the building. Audio

The former Prime Minister, Helen Clark, flew in to Christchurch today and visited some of the worst-hit parts of the central city, which she described as a ghost town. Audio

The HMNZS Canterbury leaves Wellington for Lyttleton in the early hours of tomorrow with a load of supplies for Christchurch on board. Audio

\Some of the firefighters who worked to rescue people from the Pyne Gould and CTV buildings have been talking about their incredible stories. Audio

All Housing New Zealand tenants living in the worst hit suburbs of Christchurch won't have to pay rent for three weeks. Audio

This afternoon the Prime Minister launched a world-wide appeal to raise money for the people of Christchurch. Audio

People in Christchurch are being warned about raw sewage leaking into rivers, as well as some beaches. Audio

The earthquake on Tuesday and subsequent stress is expected to trigger a number of early births in the city. Audio