Conan Young

None of the 220 unsecured creditors of the Pike River mine, including many West Coast contractors, will get paid any more of the money they are owed. Audio

The sale of the Pike River mine to Solid Energy for seven-and-a-half million dollars has been confirmed. Audio

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard that evidence crucial to working out what caused the collapse of the Canterbury Television Building, was destroyed by the firm which oversaw its… Audio

The head of the structural engineering firm which designed the Canterbury Television Building says he did not review the buildings design and could not say whether it was safe. Audio

The body of a woman has been found in a quake-damaged house in eastern Christchurch and the police are treating her death as suspicious. Audio

A group trying to save Christchurch's cathedral says it's made a significant break-through. Audio

Some Christchurch homeowners fear they're being rail roaded into using the Earthquake Commission's preferred builders when it comes to earthquake repairs. Audio

A story written in prison about bestiality and hunting down victims has been presented in court today as evidence that the serial rapist Stewart Murray Wilson is at high risk of re-offending once he's… Audio

A structural engineer says he relives the inspection he did of the Canterbury Television building prior to its collapse, over and over, wondering if he could have done anything differently. Audio

The Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, has been accused in the High Court in Christchurch of abusing his powers and doing deals which allowed councils and Christchurch Airport to get… Audio

A forensic structural engineer who inspected the Canterbury Television Building after it collapsed says the concrete used in its construction was unusually brittle. Audio

An experienced builder says he couldn't wait to get out of the Canterbury Television Building after seeing how damaged it was in the September 2010 earthquake. Audio

The man in charge of the construction of the Canterbury Television Building is continuing to refuse to give evidence at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission Audio

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission begins looking into the collapse of the Canterbury Television Building today, with dramatic evidence due to be heard from some of the survivors. Audio

The Lyttelton community is calling for the Christchurch City Council to buy land for a civic square urgently, before it is sold to a developer. Audio

Three years since it was enacted, the anti-boy racer legislation is finally claiming its first victim with the crushing later this morning of a car belonging to a Wellington man. Audio

There's intense lobbying of dairy farmers with a vote on whether shares in Fonterra should be opened up to non-farmers just days away. It's being described as the most important decision farmers have… Audio

The Kaikoura District Council has become the latest local body to be criticised for considering rates rises to pay for large so-called, 'nice to have', projects. Audio

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

A prison manager says he didn't have enough money to replace the ceiling grilles that prisoners had hanged themselves from, despite a coroner's urgings. Audio