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Audio from Tuesday 22 February 2011

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13:48 Christchurch Earthquake - Jessica Maddock

Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Maddock reports from outside the Christchurch City Art Gallery which is being converted into a Civil Defence centre. (4′23″)

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14:00 2pm Earthquake Bulletin

Update of the Canterbury Earthquake including the Prime Minister's address to Parliament. (4′59″)

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14:05 Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University Wellington. (3′35″)

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14:09 Canterbury Earthquake - John Carter

John Carter, Minister for Civil Defence gives reporters in Wellington a briefing. (2′26″)

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14:11 Canterbury Earthquake - Daille Rogers

Daille Rogers is at Hagley Park where people have been evacuated from the central city. (2′21″)

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14:14 Canterbury Earthquake - Roger Sutton

Orion's chief executive, Roger Sutton outlines the power situation in Christchurch. (3′20″)

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14:17 Canterbury Earthquake - James McMullan

Christchurch resident James McMullan's house was badly damaged. (3′47″)

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14:21 Canterbury Earthquake - Jessica Horne

Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Horne is at her home in Christchurch, which has sunken into the ground. (3′18″)

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14:24 Canterbury Earthquake - Kimberley Grady

Kimberley Grady works for KiwiRail. (1′04″)

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14:25 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (1′24″)

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14:27 Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University Wellington. (2′06″)

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14:30 Canterbury Earthquake - John Key

Prime Minster John Key gives a statement regarding the Canterbury Earthquake. (1′26″)

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14:32 Canterbury Earthquake - Advice

Suzie Ferguson gives advice for people in Christchurch. (1′51″)

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14:34 Canterbury Earthquake - Paul Norris

Paul Norris is from The New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT. (2′53″)

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14:35 Canterbury Earthquake - Alistair Hamilton

Alistair Hamilton is the Canterbury Medical Officer of Health. (1′38″)

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14:37 Canterbury Earthquake - Bob Parker

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker says that this earthquake felt as violent as the one in September. (2′42″)

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14:43 Canterbury Earthquake - Jessica Maddock

Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Maddock reports from the Christchurch City Art Gallery which has been converted into a Civil Defence centre. (48″)

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14:45 Canterbury Earthquake - Jim Palmer

Jim Palmer is the CEO of the Waimakariri District Council. (2′23″)

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14:48 Canterbury Earthquake - Jane Patterson

Jane Patterson has been at the Beehive bunker getting a civil defence update. (3′54″)

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14:49 Canterbury Earthquake - Rauol Dykestra

Rauol Dykestra works for the Fire Service. (5′18″)

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14:52 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (1′58″)

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14:55 Canterbury Earthquake - Monique Oomen

Monique Oomen is at a closed Christchurch airport. (2′45″)

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14:57 Canterbury Earthquake - Effect on the sharemarket

The earthquake has also affected financial markets. The New Zealand dollar has tumbled, and the stockmarket has extended its losses. (1′41″)

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14:58 Canterbury Earthquake - Mark Littleton

Mark Littleton is the Chief Fire Officer in Lyttleton. (1′58″)

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15:00 3pm Earthquake Bulletin

Update of the Canterbury Earthquake. (5′29″)

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15:06 John Key gives rundown of widespread damage in Canterbury

An emergency Cabinet Meeting is being held at Parliament as reports begin to come in of the damage in Canterbury caused by this afternoon's earthquake. (2′49″)

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15:10 Canterbury Earthquake - Douglas Marshall

Douglas Marshall is the Civil Defence controller for the Selwyn District. (2′03″)

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15:12 Canterbury Earthquake - Bob Parker

Mayor of Christchurch, Bob Parker tells Cantabrians to take precautions, and declares a State of Emergency. (5′53″)

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15:18 Canterbury Earthquake - Peter Townsend

Peter Townsend is the Chief Executive of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. He's at Wellington Airport trying to get back to Christchurch. (2′20″)

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15:21 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (1′55″)

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15:23 Canterbury Earthquake - David Miller

David Miller is from Christchurch Civil Defence. (4′24″)

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15:27 Canterbury Earthquake - Jessica Maddock

Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Maddock reports from the Christchurch Central City cordon. (5′08″)

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15:33 Canterbury Earthquake - Bob Batty

Bob Batty is a town planner in Halswell. (4′28″)

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15:37 Canterbury Earthquake - Chris Brown

Chris Brown is in Lyttleton - the epicentre of the quake. (3′56″)

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15:41 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (2′16″)

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15:43 Canterbury Earthquake - Major Angus Mace

Major Angus Mace is from Burnham Military Camp. (2′39″)

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15:46 Canterbury Earthquake - Katy Gossett

Radio New Zealand reporter Katy Gossett reports from Linwood. (2′47″)

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15:50 Canterbury Earthquake - Nigel Stirling

Radio New Zealand Economics Correspondent reports from outside AMI Stadium. (2′35″)

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15:53 Canterbury Earthquake - Victoria Matthews

Victoria Matthews is the Bishop of Christchurch. (3′39″)

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15:57 Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences. (3′03″)

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16:00 4pm Earthquake Bulletin

Update of the Canterbury Earthquake. (7′30″)

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16:08 Canterbury Earthquake - State of Emergency

The mayor of Christchurch has declared a local state of emergency. (3′18″)

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16:11 Canterbury Earthquake - Megan Hazeldean

Megan Hazeldean runs the Akaroa Cottages in Banks Pennisula. (3′06″)

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16:14 Canterbury Earthquake - Barry Saunders

Barry Saunders is at the epicentre of the earthquake - Lyttleton. (4′27″)

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16:19 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (1′59″)

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16:22 Canterbury Earthquake - Phil Goff

Labour Party leader Phil Goff is outside the Pyne Gould building - where people are trapped inside. (4′26″)

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16:26 Canterbury Earthquake - News Conference

Finance Minister Bill English, and the Civil Defence Minister John Carter have a news conference at the Beehive theatrette. (10′02″)

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16:37 Canterbury Earthquake - Pip Ramby

Pip Ramby was rescued from the top floor of the Canterbury televison building. (4′09″)

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16:42 Canterbury Earthquake - Bridget Mills

Bridget Mills is in Latimer Square at a triage centre. (4′27″)

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16:46 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (1′41″)

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16:47 Canterbury Earthquake - James Thompson

James Thompson is the Operations Manager for Civil Defence Christchurch. (4′00″)

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16:52 Canterbury Earthquake - Dave Cliff

Dave Cliff is the Police Superintendent. (3′59″)

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16:55 Canterbury Earthquake - Denise Torrey

Denise Torrey is the principal of Summerfield School in the south of Christchurch. (2′20″)

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16:58 Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences. (2′11″)

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17:00 5pm Earthquake Bulletin

Update of the Canterbury Earthquake. (9′08″)

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17:10 Canterbury Earthquake - Jessica Maddock

Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Maddock has been to a Civil Defense Briefing. (8′10″)

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17:24 Canterbury Earthquake - Murray Sherwan

Murray Sherwan is the Chair of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission. (3′48″)

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17:27 Canterbury Earthquake - Michael Brooks

St John's Ambulance Operations Director Micheal Brooks. (6′28″)

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17:34 Canterbury Earthquake - Market reaction

The NZ dollar has tumbled and the stock market has fallen. (1′58″)

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17:37 Canterbury Earthquake - Amanda Cropp

Amanda Cropp is a Sumner resident. (3′10″)

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17:40 Canterbury Earthquake - Paul Burns

Paul Burns is the task force leader of Urban Search and Rescue. (3′58″)

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17:46 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (2′10″)

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17:51 Canterbury Earthquake - John Carter

John Carter is the Minister of Civil Defence. (5′24″)

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17:56 Canterbury Earthquake - Bridget Mills

Bridget Mills is in the Christchurch central city with one of the rescue teams. (1′58″)

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17:58 Canterbury Earthquake - Wayne Mapp

Wayne Mapp is the Minister of Defence. (1′54″)

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18:00 6pm Earthquake Bulletin

Update of the Canterbury Earthquake. (8′35″)

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18:00 Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 22 February 2011

Suzie Ferguson, Mary Wilson and Hewitt Humphrey host rolling news coverage of the Christchurch Earthquake. The audio used comes from the start of the 6pm hour. (30′23″)

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18:06 Canterbury Earthquake - Initial death toll

Kate Gudsell received an initial death toll in the civil defence bunker in Wellington. (48″)

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18:10 Canterbury Earthquake - Jessica Maddock

Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Maddock reports on a briefing by Mayor Bob Parker. (4′31″)

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18:15 Canterbury Earthquake - David Neal

David Neal is the national programmes manager for the Red Cross. The Christchurch Red Cross response team is out with the fire service, searching buildings for people who might be trapped. (1′48″)

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18:18 Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences. (2′57″)

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18:23 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (2′35″)

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18:26 Canterbury Earthquake - John Key

Prime Minister John Key updates the death toll. (5′41″)

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18:31 Canterbury Earthquake - Rob Clark

Rob Clark was on the sixth floor of his office building when the quake struck, and got stuck in gridlock leaving the CBD. (5′24″)

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18:37 Canterbury Earthquake - Peter Beck

The head of the Christchurch cathedral thinks people visiting the church may have been killed there when the quake hit this afternoon. The Dean of Christchurch, Peter Beck, says they rushed to get as many people out of the Cathedral as they could. (3′39″)

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18:40 Canterbury Earthquake - Mark Watts

Mark Watts works for Telecom. (2′54″)

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18:42 Canterbury Earthquake - David Meates

David Meates is Chief Executive of the Canterbury District Health Board. (5′14″)

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18:48 Canterbury Earthquake - Parliament adjourned after earthquake

Parliament was adjourned as news of the earthquake came through. Party leaders made statements to the House as the seriousness of the situation became clear. (4′36″)

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18:52 Canterbury Earthquake - Rachel Graham

Radio New Zealand reporter Rachel Graham is in Latimer Square. (2′49″)

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18:53 Canterbury Earthquake - James Ball

Some Christchurch residents were able to get out of the city to stay with relatives. (3′16″)

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18:58 Canterbury Earthquake - John Townend

John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences. (1′21″)

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19:00 7pm Earthquake Bulletin

Update of the Canterbury Earthquake. (7′31″)

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19:08 Canterbury Earthquake - Rachel Graham

Radio New Zealand reporter Rachel Graham is at the triage centre that has been set up in Latimer Square. (4′43″)

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19:12 Canterbury Earthquake - Peter Davy

Peter Davy is the chief executive of Ports of Lyttleton. (2′17″)

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19:15 Canterbury Earthquake - Andrew Holden

Andrew Holden is the Editor of The Press. The Christchurch Press building suffered extreme damge. (7′17″)

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19:22 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (2′56″)

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19:25 Canterbury Earthquake - Elizabeth Brayton

Elizabeth Brayton was in Charteris Bay when quake hit. (7′53″)

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19:33 Canterbury Earthquake - Barry Corbett

Christchurch city councillor Barry Corbett is at Civil Defence headquarters. (7′01″)

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19:40 Canterbury Earthquake - Colonel Roger McElwain

Colonel Roger McElwain has recently been briefed on the military response in Christchurch. (5′41″)

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19:45 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (2′23″)

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19:48 Evening Market Update for 22 February 2011

The earthquake has impacted the New Zealand markets. (1′22″)

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19:50 Canterbury Earthquake - Pete Connors

Pete Connors is the New Zealand Transport Agency Operations Manager. (1′49″)

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19:52 Canterbury Earthquake - Crusaders caught in quake

The Crusaders rugby side had just finished training at Rugby Park when the quake struck. (1′55″)

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19:57 Canterbury Earthquake - Roger Sutton

Roger Sutton works for Orion Energy. (3′35″)

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20:00 8pm Earthquake Bulletin

Update of the Canterbury Earthquake. (6′21″)

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20:08 Canterbury Earthquake - Monique Oomen

Monique Oomen is the communciations manager at Christchurch Airport. (4′11″)

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20:11 Canterbury Earthquake - Raul Dykstra

The fire service in Christhcurch says its resources are stretched. (2′16″)

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20:23 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (2′59″)

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20:26 Canterbury Earthquake - Stephen Jacobi

Today was the second day of a meeting of the US New Zealand Partnership Forum. (2′49″)

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20:32 Canterbury Earthquake - Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper is in the suburb of Woolston. (7′18″)

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20:39 Canterbury Earthquake - Bill English

Bill English addresses Press at the Beehive. (8′42″)

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20:48 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (2′51″)

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20:51 Canterbury Earthquake - Lydia Ayden

Lydia Ayden is Christchurch City Council's General Manager of Public Affairs. (6′00″)

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20:56 Canterbury Earthquake - Conor English

Federated Farmers have offered help for the earthquake. (3′44″)

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21:03 Canterbury Earthquake - Jim Palmer

Jim Palmer says there is significant damage, but it is not as bad as the September 4 earthquake last year. (1′54″)

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21:05 9pm Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (6′37″)

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21:11 Canterbury Earthquake - Bob Parker

Press conference with the Mayor of Christchurch. (15′19″)

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21:26 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (2′48″)

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21:29 Canterbury Earthquake - Roger Sutton

Roger Sutton is Orion's Chief Executive. (3′31″)

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21:36 Canterbury Earthquake - Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon is the Executive Director of Nursing for the Canterbury DHB. (6′35″)

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21:40 Canterbury Earthquake - Dave Cliff

Superintendent Dave Cliff is the Canterbury District Police Commander. (4′06″)

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21:45 Canterbury Earthquake - Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson is the Principle of Cashmere High School. (3′27″)

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21:48 Earthquake summary

Hewitt Humphrey summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (2′13″)

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21:51 Canterbury Earthquake - Phil Goff

Labour Party leader Phill Goff has been in Christchurch all day. (9′18″)

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22:00 10pm Earthquake Bulletin

Update of the Canterbury Earthquake. (13′39″)

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22:17 Canterbury Earthquake - Jessica Horn

Christchurch Reporter Jessica Horn is at the emergency accomodation centre at Bernside High School. (4′39″)

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22:20 Canterbury Earthquake - Dave Cliff

Canterbury Area Police Commander Superintendent Dave Cliff. (5′21″)

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22:27 Canterbury Earthquake - Don Rood

Radio New Zealand's Head of News, Don Rood, has just arrived in Christchurch. (3′25″)

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22:38 Canterbury Earthquake - Monique Devereux

Monique Devereux is a Christchurch resident and former Radio New Zealand reporter. (8′02″)

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22:41 Canterbury Earthquake - Mary Macharpher

Mary Macharpher is in Sydenham, and has two bedrooms for anyone who might need them. (2′55″)

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22:45 Earthquake summary

Catriona Macleod summarises news of the Canterbury Earthquake. (3′02″)

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22:50 Canterbury Earthquake - David Meates

David Meates is the Chief Executive of the Canterbury District Health Board. (5′46″)

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22:54 Canterbury Earthquake - David Neal

David Neal is the Red Cross National Operations Manager and is making his way to Christchurch to coordinate efforts with his staff. (6′42″)

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23:00 11pm Earthquake Bulletin

An update on the Canterbury Earthquake. (5′10″)

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23:05 Canterbury Earthquake - Jackie Shields

Jackie Shields is a resident of the Burwood suburb in Christchruch. (4′44″)

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23:11 Canterbury Earthquake - Vicki Treadell

Vicki Treadell is the British High Commisioner and is in Christchurch now. (4′21″)

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23:15 Canterbury Earthquake - Kerry Munro

Kerry Munro was at his glass factory when the earthquake struck. (4′57″)

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23:22 Canterbury Earthquake - Kelvin Scott

Kelvin Scott is a blind musician who usually plays in the square. He chose not to go today because it was raining. (8′24″)

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23:30 Earthquake summary

An update on the Canterbury Earthquake. (3′00″)

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23:33 Canterbury Earthquake - Jessica Horn

Reporter Jessica Horn is at Burnside High School, where a welfare centre has been set up. (4′57″)

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23:37 Canterbury Earthquake - Rachel Graham

Radio New Zealand Reporter Rachel Graham is at the Christchurch City Council's civil defense headquarters. (7′14″)

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23:44 Canterbury Earthquake - Judith Hughey

Judith Hughey is a Christchurch resident. (7′19″)

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