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Auckland motorway work winds up
New Zealand National News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 01:20
The revamped southbound lanes of Auckland's southern motorway have now reopened.
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Teachers point finger at criminal students
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
Under-fire teachers are turning the focus back on students after the Sunday Star-Times last week revealed dozens of teachers are still working in the classroom despite having serious criminal convictions.
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Rural Canterbury ripped up by quake
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
MP Clayton Cosgrove says it is a ''miracle'' that yesterday morning's earthquake didn't result in a horror death toll.
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Family safe, but home wrecked after quake
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
Going to sleep with his bedroom door open probably saved the life of 11-year-old Daniel Roberts.
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Civil Defence earthquake response 'superb' - minister
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
When the big quake hit Canterbury at 4:36am yesterday, the first click of the civil defence response was activated from deep within the bowels of the Beehive.
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Witnesses to quake's destruction
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
The cloudless blue sky over Canterbury belied the chaos on the ground as those at the epicentre of yesterday's quake struggled to come to terms with the devastation.
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My home, my castle - now pull it down
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
Five years ago Tony Everett was over the moon when he moved into his brand-new home next to Christchurch's Bexley wetlands, near the Avon. Now he has to pull it down.
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'Sad and bleak day' for South Island - PM
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
Prime Minister John Key has described September 4, 2011, as a "sad and bleak day" after the massive earthquake in Christchurch and the plane crash which claimed nine lives at Fox Glacier.
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Christchurch still reeling after quake
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
Central Christchurch was a sealed disaster zone last night as the city reeled from the trauma of the country's most damaging earthquake in 70 years.
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Canterbury earthquake can't stop wedding
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
Nothing was getting in the way of a Christchurch couple's big day yesterday, not even a 7.1 magnitude earthquake.
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Sex-abuse cuts 'all about costs'
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
A former senior ACC manager says the corporation's cuts to sexual abuse counselling are "all about costs", contrary to ACC Minister Nick Smith's claims they were about ensuring best practice for clients.
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Quake devastates Christchurch's heritage
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
Crucial investment in earthquake strengthening has saved some of Christchurch's most important older buildings but the city's heritage had still suffered a terrible blow.
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Twenty percent of quake homes uninhabitable
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
The cost of Christchurch's earthquake is expected to top $2 billion and the city could take years to recover.
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Bigger earthquake predicted to come
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:33
Scientists fear a bigger earthquake could be in the wings.
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Christchurch's AMI Stadium off limits after quake
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 11:26
The $60 million World Cup redevelopment at AMI Stadium is ''locked down'' as engineers survey the structure for damage.
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Quake rattles Canterbury sport legends
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 11:26
Two heroes of Canterbury sport were rudely awakened by the quake that hit Christchurch.
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Weather the next threat after earthquake
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 08:16
Severe winds forecast tomorrow may be strong enough to further damage already fragile buildings after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Canterbury early this morning.
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Map: Key earthquake locations
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 07:50
Click on the map's markers to view details of the some the key locations of the earthquake.
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Hororata teen's lucky escape
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 06:30
"I was very scared, indescribably scared," says 16-year-old Xavier Trousselot-Rhodes after being tipped out of his first floor bedroom and on to the ground outside, when this morning's earthquake struck.
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Heavy damage at quake epicentre
New Zealand National News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 06:23
Houses and farms near the epicentre of today's earthquake in rural Canterbury have suffered massive damage, but the sparsely populated area is believed to have escaped serious injuries or fatalities.
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