Canterbury Earthquakes

A truck that simulates earthquakes to test soil quality is being tried out in Christchurch today. Audio

Philippa Tolley explores the application of the blueprint for central Christchurch and asks if local people are still enthused. Audio

A visit to Christchurch proved a surreal step back in time for one of the country's top comedians. Rhys Darby met his wife and performed his first stand up routine in the now quake-ravaged… Audio

Christchurch writer Fiona Farrell offers revealing stories in her book of interviews called The Quake Year. Audio

Conan Young considers when the rebuild of Christchurch will get underway and what the city may look like. Audio

Sam Harvey says that holding on to grace is one of the things that keeps him striving towards his calling to help others. He's a young pastor of the Beach Campus of Grace Vineyard Church in… Audio

An Ashburton couple who cooked barbecues for earthquake-weary Christchurch residents for nine months following the February quake have been named the joint winners of the Trustpower Community Awards.

Jeff is a paediatrician at Palmerston North hospital and president of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (the senior doctors' union). He trains health professionals on newborn life… Audio

Karen Brown returns to Christchurch to find out how the health services are coping a year on Audio

University of Canterbury geologist Mark Quigley recalls his personal experience of the Canterbury earthquakes Audio

Christchurch carpenter Chris Nutfield rescued three women from the collapsed PGC building. He's one of the many to receive a bravery and heroism award one year after the February 2011 earthquake. Audio

It's been a year since Pip Ranby was rescued from the top floor of the five storey Canterbury Television building. Audio

Martin van Beynen is an award-winning journalist with the Christchurch newspaper The Press. His book, 'Trapped: Remarkable Stories of Survival from the 2011 Canterbury Earthquake' documents the… Audio

Christchurch has been commemorating those lost in last February's killer quake. We hear from Bishop Barry Jones, Student Volunteer Army founder Sam Johnson, and President of the Royal Humane Society… Audio

It's one year today since a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch. Audio

Thirty-four-year-old beauty therapist Clemency Mutze was on the top floor of the CTV building in Christchurch when the 6.3 magnitude quake struck on 22 February 2011. She fell five storeys as the… Audio

Animals have also suffered upheaval because of the Christchurch earthquakes. Jan Collins is one of those caring for some the hundreds of pets who have been left homeless because of the earthquakes. Audio

Rachel Graham & Bridget Mills look at Christchurch and its people a year on from the earthquake Audio

We pay a virtual visit to one of New Zealand's museums. Tonight, Baden Norris, founder of the Lyttelton Historical Museum which is sadly no longer there. Audio